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The Power Of Partnership:Building Sustainable Future Through Partnership In Post-Conflict Niger Delta Of Nigeria

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  • Uzoechi NWAGBARA

    (Greenwich School of Management, London, UK)

  • Onyi Franklin NWAGBARA

    (Nigerian Defence Academy)

  • Ucheoma NWAGBARA

    (Louisiana, USA)

Abstract

Using strategic partnership framework, the purpose of this paper is to explore how to build sustainable future in post-conflict Niger delta of Nigeria given previous attempts by past administrations that failed to bring lasting peace and sustainability in the region. Partnership working amongst governments, businesses and voluntary groups or civil society premised on sharing the burdens of governance for sustainability as well as to defuse conflict or oil complex is the approach taken in the paper. Despite extant scholarship on the Niger delta, none has used the framework of partnership to articulate sustainable future in the amnesty era, which is gradually slipping into a fresh wave of conflict in the wake of distrust by stakeholders. As shall be argued there is a positive correlation between strategic partnership and sustainable future in the region. Thus, in transcending the drawn-out conflict in the Niger delta, strategic partnership is required particularly since stakeholder engagement is necessary for credibility and trust in the structure of the post-conflict peace initiative (Amnesty Deal). This approach will engender trust, credibility and legitimacy as key stakeholders in the region will be involved via partnership working.

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  • Uzoechi NWAGBARA & Onyi Franklin NWAGBARA & Ucheoma NWAGBARA, 2014. "The Power Of Partnership:Building Sustainable Future Through Partnership In Post-Conflict Niger Delta Of Nigeria," Management Research and Practice, Research Centre in Public Administration and Public Services, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 6(2), pages 53-69, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:rom:mrpase:v:6:y:2014:i:2:p:53-69
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