African Journal of Law, Political Research and Administration ISSN: 2689-5102 Volume 3, Issue 2, 2020 (pp. 52-78) www.abjournals.org THE ‘MMT’ MODEL OF PEACE-BUILDING FOR ACTUALIZATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE NIGER DELTA REGION OF NIGERIA Ambily Etekpe1, Fie D. Dan-Woniowei2, Epoweide I. Koko3, Stella E. Ogroh4 1Professor of Political Science and former Head, Department of Political Science is presently Director, Institute of Niger Delta Studies, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Email:
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[email protected] ABSTRACT : The Nigeria’s Niger Delta region has since the uprising of Isaac Boro in February 1966 witnessed renewed conflicts. The region, devastated by oil and gas exploitation for over 60 years and the people still prevented from benefiting from the huge revenue, have raised an army from the abandoned youths to disrupt oil and gas facilities, kidnap and hostage taking of oil/gas companies’ staff. The action is meant to attract positive response from the federal government and multinational oil companies (MNOCs) that are allegedly inducing the conflict. Instead, they (federal government and MNOCs) have resorted to counter-insurgence measures, thereby creating high degree of insecurity and instability in the region and country. The scenario has been compounded by the lack of an appropriate model of peace-building since the Fourth Republic in 1999.