The Niger Delta Crisis: Beyond the Price of Crude Oil

  • Monday, Jul 28, 2008

  • The Niger Delta Crisis: Beyond the Price of Crude Oil

    with

    Dr. Pat Utomi
    Senior Faculty
    Lagos Business School

     

    moderated by

     

    Jennifer Cooke
    Co-Director
    CSIS Africa Program

     

    Dr. Utomi is a fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants of Nigeria and a Senior Faculty of the Lagos Business School-Pan African University, where he is the director of the Centre for Applied Economics. He has served in senior positions in government, as an adviser to the president of Nigeria, in the private sector as chief operating officer for Volkswagen of Nigeria, and in academia. He discussed the key issues fueling the violence in the Niger Delta and the obstacles and prospects for moving forward to resolve the conflict.

     
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    Opportunities for U.S. Engagement with Nigeria, Africa Program, Rising U.S. Energy Interests, African Security Issues
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    Africa

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