TITLE:
Roles of Rivers State Community Affairs Department in Conflict Resolution between Host Communities and Oil-Companies
AUTHORS:
Franklin Eziho Nlerum, Mercy Dakoru Epepe
KEYWORDS:
Community Affairs Department, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Host Communities, Oil-Companies, Rivers State
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.2 No.12,
December
17,
2015
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.