Roles of Rivers State Community Affairs Department in Conflict Resolution between Host Communities and Oil-Companies - Open Access Library Journal

OALibJ > Vol.2 No.12, December 2015

Roles of Rivers State Community Affairs Department in Conflict Resolution between Host Communities and Oil-Companies ()

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DOI: 10.4236/oalib.1102198 1,151 Downloads 2,029 Views Citations

Author(s)

Franklin Eziho Nlerum, Mercy Dakoru Epepe

Affiliation(s)

Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics/Extension, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT

The study analyzed the roles performed by the Rivers State community affairs department in conflict resolution between host communities and oil-companies in Rivers State, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling, involving the consensus, random sampling and snowball techniques were used in selecting the sample size of 139 respondents which was used for the study. The questionnaire and interview schedule were used in the elicitation of data. Data were analyzed with percentage, mean and analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Result shows that the major roles performed by the Department were mediating (3.85), facilitating (3.42) and organization of workshops (3.08). Further result indicated that while the Department (3.08) itself and oil companies (3.49) accepted the roles performed by the Department as being satisfactory, the community (2.74) respondents were not satisfied. The major constraints to the roles performed by the Department were inaccessibility into community of conflicts, lack of funds and limited resources to work with. Good access into community of conflict, sufficient funding and resources to work with was recommended for enhanced roles of the Department in Rivers State.

KEYWORDS

Community Affairs Department, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Host Communities, Oil-Companies, Rivers State

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Nlerum, F. and Epepe, M. (2015) Roles of Rivers State Community Affairs Department in Conflict Resolution between Host Communities and Oil-Companies. Open Access Library Journal, 2, 1-8. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1102198.

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