Providing All-Round Security Against Oil And Gas Infrastructure Sabotage And Physical Attacks On The Staff Of NNPC And Multinational Oil Companies In Nigeria As A Critical Article Of Her National Security Efforts

Zems, Mathias

Abstract: By the period the demise of the cold war era took place, there occurred paradigm shift in the earlier are conceptualizations of the term ‘national security. So when viewed from the binoculars of this emerging paradigm, the manifestation of the attacks on oil and gas infrastructure network, staff of NNPC and the multinational oil companies in Nigeria and their implications no doubt hold out severe threats to national security in the country, (Onuoha, 2012: 99). This is in addition to other costs such as those from kidnappings, piracy, gangsterism and other forms of organized crime who’s monetary, psychological and emotional values are too difficult to be quantified.

Keywords: Oil Terrorism, kidnapping/physical attacks on NNPC Staff, Oil/Gas infrastructure sabotage.

Title: Providing All-Round Security Against Oil And Gas Infrastructure Sabotage And Physical Attacks On The Staff Of NNPC And Multinational Oil Companies In Nigeria As A Critical Article Of Her National Security Efforts

Author: Zems, Mathias

International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research

ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)

Research Publish Journals

Vol. 3, Issue 2, April 2015 - June 2015

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Providing All-Round Security Against Oil And Gas Infrastructure Sabotage And Physical Attacks On The Staff Of NNPC And Multinational Oil Companies In Nigeria As A Critical Article Of Her National Security Efforts by Zems, Mathias