1. The perverse manifestation of civil society: evidence from Nigeria
2. According to the report of the Special Security Committee on Oil-producing Areas set up by the government in 2001, the disruption of oil operations by community disturbances, pipeline vandalisation and illegal bunkering reduced production by 15–20 per cent (300 000 to 400 000 barrels per day) on an ongoing basis. In 2006, this figure had gone up to 500 000 barrels per day (25 per cent of the total production) (Military asks for go-ahead to attack militants,Vanguard, 8 March 2006). According to the report of the Niger Delta Technical Committee set up by the Yar Adua government in 2008, the situation is worsening and this figure now stands at almost 30 per cent valued at about US$20,7 billion. This excludes another estimated US$3 billion lost to oil bunkering over the first seven months of 2008 (Technical Committee on the Niger Delta Report, November 2008 9)