The Politics of the Novel in The Niger Delta: From Kaine Agary to Chimeka Garricks (Published)
Politics is a vital aspect of Nigeria’s development from 1960s to present. It is central in any discourse on the Niger Delta. Oil has been the bane of modern Nigerian politics; and a good number of the government’s policies, programmes and interventions are interpreted as conscious move to access and control oil money. Since political power translates into automatic ownership of the oil and the soil that bears it, then the scramble for oil resources has opened a new vista in the Nigerian political calculations. This assumption is predicated upon the political dimension of some of the issues raised in the Niger Delta literature. Working within the context of ecocriticism and Rob Nixon’s idea of slow violence, the study seeks to examine the treatment of political issues in the Niger Delta novels of Kaine Agary’s Yellow-Yellow and Chimeka Garricks Tomorrow Died Yesterday, and how these issues affect developmental efforts in the region. The study concludes that political leadership can become a catalyst for national development and transformation when rightly steered,
Citation: Ohagwam U. (2022) The Politics of the Novel in The Niger Delta: From Kaine Agary to Chimeka Garricks, Global Journal of Politics and Law Research, Vol.10, No.7, pp.60-67
Keywords: Degradation, Environment, Politics, resources
‘POVERTY DEFINITION’ AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO PROJECTS FAILURE IN KILIFI COUNTY, KENYA (Published)
It is evident that poverty has remained a key challenge to mankind worldwide with a lot of resources being used to address the same with little success. It is worth noting that the definition of the single word has been the focus despite having different interpretations, with little concern put on its interpretation while coming up with projects to address the same. It was against that background that a cross sectional survey was conducted on two dairy projects targeting poverty reduction in Kilifi County Kenya. Forty farmers supported with dairy cows by Heifer International and Plan international were surveyed. The study observed that inadequacy in resources, knowledge, responsibility, skills and or ability played a key role in projects success and defining poverty. The study led to the definition of poverty as; “the inadequacy in resources, responsibility, knowledge, skills and/or ability to sustain a livelihood and/ or richness in a given community” A Regression model was also suggested to address the five variables in poverty reduction projects.
Keywords: Knowledge, Poverty, resources, responsibility, skills and ability