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| Shell Petroleum Development Company's Environmental Concern and the Restiveness in Bonny Rivers State, Nigeria |
Virgilus I. Nwokeke & Frank-Collins N. Okafor PhD
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Abstract:
The restiveness in Bonny of Rivers State has become worrisome due to the inability of SPDC to render Satisfactory Corporate Social Responsibility through environmental improvements and sustainability in the area. The research examined SPDC's Corporate Social Responsibility in terms of environmental development and the spate of restiveness in Bonny. To generate credible data for proper interrogation of the problem, primary and Secondary Sources were adopted. Thus, an accessible population of ten communities in Bonny was randomly selected and studies. The data were analysed using mean values to answer the research questions, while the hypotheses were tested using the Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Coefficient at 0.05 level of significance. The study found that the environment of Bonny was depleted due to the oil exploration and exploitation activities of SPDC, hence there were problems of environmental degradation and pollution. This led to the restiveness of the youths that manifested in Kidnapping, hostage taking, pipeline vandalisation, destruction of public and private buildings and so on. Again, the study found that the government has not mustered up strong political will to compel SPDC to be complaint with the extant laws on the environment so as to ensure global environmental best practices. However, the study has recommended that the Federal Government should come up strong with regulations on the environment which SPDC should strictly comply with. The study also recommends that SPDC should maintain environmental best practices in Bonny which are the equivalent of what happens in every part of the world where it operates.
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