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Chapter 13: Protecting Ethnic Minorities in Nigeria's Niger Delta

The presence of a resource like oil which is the mainstay of a multi ethnic state in the lands of minority peoples is guaranteed to generate conflicts as to the ownership control and benefits of the exploration and exploitation of the resource. These conflicts implicate the human rights of these minorities in their individual and group capacities such that to resolve these conflicts a number of measures are usually adopted by the State to recognize, promote, and protect the interests of these minorities. This paper reviews the measures employed by the Nigerian State to protect the ethnic minor…