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POVERTY AND INCREASE IN CRIME RATE IN THE NIGER DELTA
ABSTRACT
Niger Delta is a wetland in the Southern part of Nigeria with a lot of human and material resources. The resources from the area marks a lot to the federal government as a major means of revenue generation. But the federal government has deprived them of such benefits, hence the declaration for resource control. The aim of this paper is to examine the linkage between poverty and increase in crime rate in Niger Delta. While the objectives are to evaluate the happenings and proffer solutions to easily ameliorate the extent of harm the situations has caused after all. Then study adopted the actualization and attribution theories which are used to evaluate the linkages of poverty and increase in crime rate in the Niger Delta. It also adopted descriptive research method and made use of secondary data. The study found out that in Nigeria, the land use decree of 1978 alienated the people of Niger Delta from the management of the resources that comes out from their land; that bad political leadership that is parochial without the interest of the people, was one of the major challenge; high level of fraudulent corruption in the country stands as a hindrance to development of the Niger Delta area; lack of control on environment and implementation of environmental laws is also a challenge and that poverty is in the increase in the Niger Delta region. The study therefore recommended: Abolition of Nigeria land use decree of 1978, qualitative education, participatory process involving the people of Niger Delta community members in decision-making, appropriate skill knowledge to ameliorate poverty, strengthening of anti-corruption agencies among others.
Key Words: Poverty, Crime and Niger Delta.