TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Psychosocial Perspectives of Environmental Transitions in the Niger Delta
AU - Oduaran, Choja 
JO  - Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences
VL  - 15
IS  - 2
SP  - 33
EP  - 42
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1683-8831
DO  - pjssci.2018.33.42
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=pjssci.2018.33.42
KW  - Chaos
KW  -crisis
KW  -deprivations
KW  -degradations
KW  -diseases
KW  -poverty
AB  - The Niger Delta Region of Nigeria has undergone tremendous environmental transitions that might
have been studied from the economic, social and political perspectives. What is seemingly lacking is a
sustained analysis of the complete psychosocial perspectives of the transitions. Studying the transitions from
the psychosocial perspectives becomes even more urgent now because the lives of those negatively, affected
by the transitions should matter more than other considerations. Disturbed ecologies trigger off a number of
responses that can even put enormous stress on the gross domestic product and this in turn can affect the ease
or otherwise with which a national government can deliver on its promises to the people. This study is therefore
very important in terms of identifying the psychosocial support that communities in the Niger Delta would need
if equity and social justice are to be pursued as principles deserving attention in national resource allocation.
Using a qualitative design based partly on ethnographic portraits and content analysis, the study revealed that
there has been gross neglect of the psychosocial perspectives on the way government and other agencies
doing business in the region have tried to enforce redress in communities whose ecologies have been
negatively impacted over the years. Based on the findings, a psychosocial framework has been proposed that
could partly but significantly uplift the lives of the people of the Niger Delta Region.
ER  -