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schools and tell to the been reduced to rubble. how do you think the shapes of generation and their politics in their life has been shipped? why vitamin some conflict inside story on our jazeera, i lose . hello, i'm come all santa maria, this is counting the cost on al jazeera. you look at the world of business and economics this week, nigeria to recessions, in 4 years, youth unemployment and insecurity getting worse. but there is one growth industry, kidnapping, cheap guns flooding into the country. nigeria efforts to close the border just have not worked. then as the sabotaged best in environmental concerns driving shell to fill up and walk away from its on shore nigerian oil operation. and even though

countries around the gulf of guinea, a stepping up security to fight off a rise in piracy, which countries still was effected? our focus this week, you can timing nigeria. ah. so it's just the one topic this week and we are very conscious that there is a lot of negative news here. but the fact is, nigeria is dealing with a lot at the moment and it is all extremely consequential. nigeria economy is not in great shape, which means people look for alternatives. in some cases, extreme alternatives. you remember back in 2014, when the millison group booker, harass my global headlines for abducting nearly 300 school girls from the town of chip book. but it's still happening with an $800.00 students have been kidnapped in the northwest of nigeria since december. and these are separate from the islamist insurgency center on the northeast. here's some detail for you. this is from the armed conflict, location and event data project. all these kidnapping events,

they've mapped out a just from the 1st 4 months of this year. that's after abduction and forced disappearance events more than doubled back in 2020 i have a different interpretation on the spot out. the pink spike that you see in 2014. that's when the book on her on she book can nothing's happened. but 20202021. so a huge increase in abductions by communal militias. those are the ones in blue and more worryingly abduction events in the 1st 4 months of this year have overtaken the total for last year. so not properly dealing with insurgency and kidnappings, as part of nigeria problem. but the government's failure to grow the economy to accommodate the population. i started making it worse. economy of 206000000 people fell into its 2nd recession in 4 years. and more than 60 percent of nigeria is working, age population is younger than 34. problem is unemployment for the 15 to 24 year olds that was 53 percent in the 4th quarter. and it was 37 percent for people age

between 25 and 34. so we're going to dive into a lot of issues this week. oil piracy that coming up later, but we're going to start with nigeria borders. the government shut them in 2019 to restrict the flow of illegal weapons that last month. president mohammed bihari surprised a lot of people when he said it had failed and was in fact feeling numerous conflicts. a report from a man made interest in seminary town on the border between nigeria and been this boat to market, used to be a thriving commercial hub. it's now a shell of it. for myself, it was known for cheap imports like rice, automobiles, and garments. but not anymore. it's been 6 months since niger reopen, it's west and land border with been but people like successful motorcycle dealer or more layer in was a they having to find other work to make a living. and he's not happy. you got my tell you, but i was daily life because if somebody comes in the 4 points,

you get free passage of goods on people. but i've got to do, but i know that's what i thought you may lose. because if i shall opening to some group of people in this country, he says, such favors have ruined small businesses like hiss and by extension have had the economy. head of a local trade is union agrees no will lead to market. there's little activities at the market, even the number of visitors reduced substantially with incomes wiped out. people stay at home and such. you can't get the taxes as you know, the residency, even passenger traffic is not what it used to be. the motor closure was meant to reduce the import of hold. i can encourage domestic growth and stop the smuggling of firearms. and ellison got into an idea. but after one on have years, the president admits said more arms came in during the band, raising questions as to what it actually achieved. what fishes, however,

he says the shut down was a resounding success as there is cross border cooperation and sharing of intelligence on smuggling. there were a lot of the jaws of her previous is i terms old on funding with into the country through illegal ordered. there were also arrests of migrants which could have complicated if it gives dismissal. but enforcing the bottles has made it more expensive to live in the communities like semi people. he has a numerous checkpoint to hurting the transportation of goods from across the border and other parts of an idea. the government reopen its borders just as the free trade agreement facilitated by the african union was coming in force. but months later, business activity here has yet to pick up. nigeria government has accused its neighbors

of endangering not only the economy, but also security, saying weapons and ammunition still flow across the borders to feed it ever growing conflict. so let's piece all of this together. then the government's been fighting vocal. harassed in the northeast, there is an ongoing conflict between nomadic capital who is in crop farm is in central and southern regions. there is a separate rebellion in the southeast. what is all of his doing to nigeria will here is some mattie to help us out. he's the director of the, a boucher school of social and political thoughts and it's great to have you with us the overall insecure situation right across the country. how much of this, in your opinion actually rests with the government? or is this just such a big problem that it actually, it's almost too big to get a hold on? well, i do get hit with the government because 1st on 2 levels, the national level, the failure, did you have enough government periods of buddhism of social and economic goods

means that does steve competition for available resources. and then that is compounded by the system of governors. that's fair, in which government trends to understand it. and what does of equity and justice in, denton, you know, kind of consensus among what good needs and trusts among citizens. so failure in the printer, government to groups, it can be crisis to, to create a sense of belonging to leave the road. it says, of fictional, the state of the sub level south is south south, south west of the country. we see that it will fail of published and government must indefinitely go. is it good but also in the current and i agreed and essentially we real this connection between the people governance, andy of the state police. and that's what give us to

start press. so primarily is there is some suggestion that the failure to act against some of those communal militia, which we talked about earlier, is because the president is, it's part of those is why do you put any weight into that? i think there is, i mean, if you look at, before it became present present in 2015 in the previous election, he kind of flowed himself spokesperson for the laps and then get into power. he did not try to could have says of even this book. he, he spoke against booker and b, as for, for dinner. say, again, was the book on the books present time because government, so when it comes to power, the image has, again, he did not have in the way to manage the price is dependent on spoken. i guess for

any hudson as well as i'm taking them. so don't something to do with this challenge, in a sense, it's bundling with the degree what a policies and then probably saw so just a perhaps referred to perception that yes, been maybe he didn't. and of course that show you some degree in. so just to not do it. so the apple i, bob was a, was, was a repeat to prescribe before these rise of violence. well, probably participation, but nobody up to date let the man that adopt toward the forge in the global federalist. how didn't of shirley prescribe as tell groups in niger we have the nigerian federation, the whole country. we also have

a lot of different regions of there is again, some suggestion or talk about the idea that some regions could withdraw like to be off for a region. i mean could, could they, could they survive on their own? i think you said when i was talking about but sufficient so many years after the civil war. that was very good. i think there's also some degree of cause issues because it's that we are better to get it. i would say the last 6 years i tend and says most so for example, the public book is it was really absent to add it led by son joseph george. now seeing radicalization and in fact, bam is sometimes look, but the lips are lead us when it is separate, it's close in mind and i get the problem. the sink is credible. it's credible what we need to do at

a level of national leadership. that risk is obviously the country, the prisoners insisted that this doctor is losses gives was famines and perhaps good public support for some of his good devil. shall this be. but primarily that i just, it is fallen, but i'm also pointed out i wasn't in my muscle in politics recreating showing everybody feels good because of it. and just but i guess to me didn't for granted these, they know $1000000000.00. beach was the last game shifting and the government is go back to the center and chris sent you distrust they come, you know, dancing credibility in the us momentum. so let's move away from the security side

of things and talk about the economy. you mentioned it before, the lack of jobs. well, in fact, the insecurity which creates this poor economic condition and the lack of jobs. how does nigeria turn that around? the population is growing. how do we get to a point where actually those youth in nigeria will have jobs and will have something to look forward to the lack of integral, punish nick. the failure of the government to increase or you have freedom economy freedom. if it continues to be one of the worst support actually research. and if i had a policy like minimum wage level rights, i'm only as so track to driving economic way. so does that. we're going to fill 7000000 people are going to go. but the last couple of years, just 100000000 to be to go. so since here is the broad one

is policy, the need to go about to real economic policy? the target economic, where been the credit will put in its job creation is you can have job creation when i must've said that she has world is not focusing on production. the consumer cross direct tv to the concrete is what is driving because you kind of have an economy we asked it's good to fit our lives revenue and the incentive to create revenue for so far as we are not a political kind of me. and therefore job creation. this didn't stimulating simple job creation will be real deceptive. every loading part of the center to cynthia levels didn't get progress that could what so provided this could be going to expect mission arises, what would it cost and the failure and the moment to failure as in the last

20 years. but i want to heighten on that is at sam mattie with his thoughts on nigeria is economic future. sam, thank you so much for your time. thank you. the right, so security or lack all of it seems to be at the heart of a lot of nigeria issues and that extends to arguably it's most important sector. oil rolled out shell is that it wants to fill it's on shore oil facilities in nigeria because of all the sabotage and theft. shells already sold a handful of its own shore oil blocks in the niger delta over the past decade because of community unrest and continued attacks on its will. installations that come with its own subset of knock on effects. if you light in january shell was ordered to pay damages to farmers after an appeals court in the hague, found its nigerian subsidiary was liable for oil spills in the delta. more than

a decade ago, shell is argued, the spills were caused by sabotage. and that it shouldn't be held accountable for the dealings of a foreign subsidiary, but environmental groups of the argued shell was to blame, at least for the poor maintenance and security of the oil pipes. let's build on this now with energy analyst. 4 more. okay, you on there who has worked in the niger in effect for more than 2 decades now. great to have you with us and your your expertise on this topic shells withdrawal. let's talk about that 1st. is that necessarily a bad thing? are they not? local companies who could actually see this is an opportunity. shells withdrawal is, is bad for the industry in my area. and what i me, the local companies down, they will not be able to feeling the gaps, shells leaving, they're going to create because they do not have the capacity to absorb to volume that's shown to produce. don't forget that shell has been

upon our company, the industry in my area, and they to talk to about 60 percent. it's not more often than us production of oil and gas. their local companies will not be able to feel the shoes of shell. they're pulling out ok and it blames the issues of sabotage and oil theft for the reason that it is leaving. i mean, how much responsibility can we always talk about responsibility whether it fits with the company or. ready with the government on a security level, the issue or sabotage is real and it bite, it buys both the companies and the government. ah, but when it comes to a personal bullying that's particularly want to look at food to our person. blame too. but because a question i've been asked this way,

all the blames will go to the government because they are ill tact and the pipeline found a line decision is able to happen because there's no security for. ringback the infrastructure and shell, or any of the oil companies, we're not a foreigner. companies or the local companies are not in the business of switch richie beyond the business of exploration and production of oil and gas. and so you couldn't lay blame for it. she totally dependent issue on any business where that you'd be shell, be estimate, manufacturing company and business. so that blame goes squarely 100 percent on the government. and what about carrying for wrong was there not some oil legislation that the nigerian government has failed to pass? would that have made

a difference in legislation that time on events have about taken? it's been about 21 years coming and somehow because of legislation that there was so much talk about it now and somehow managed to get ourselves stuck in a past that didn't exist where we are, the moments match the piece of legislation redundant and the problem of the oil and gas industry, pre bates, that legislation and to just narrow it down to one piece of legislation whose time has already passed anyways. ok. it's, it's to oversimplify the issue really. ready oil is and this could be in so many countries, it's either a blessing or a curse. so perhaps a little bit of both nigeria case what happened to the oil wealth, has it been squandered? has it been lost? is it when i just look at the overall economic situation of the country and think

about how much money can come in from oil. there's a disconnect there. yes, there is. there is a disc about and there are reports after reports by many institutions, both local and international that has exposed this disconnect that you're talking about the other day. i was looking at a report from the world bank back at 2001 or 2003, they're about and they made such claims about corruption, you know, being responsible for. ready for stuff your thing is this, the disconnect is there you did, you did ask what happens at wells, the wells that down. but you know, the thing with production wells is age as well. and over time, the volume of crude or gas able to guess from them will be

depleted. however, missouri has made so much money from oil and gas and it doesn't show on the streets . it doesn't, it doesn't, it doesn't show on, on, on the equity now. in the lesson exactly doesn't show in everyday life for people there and they are the people who don't have, you know, end up wondering why, why are we not in a better situation? why has that money been squandered? how did it happen? suburban, interesting question. how, how did it happen? well, it went into it went into private pockets of some of some of the broods runs in the country that it will, it will, it will take us hours if we want to go deep into this. and there is also the issue of not reinvesting into the industry. i mean, for example,

as far back as 2015, those of us in the industry knew that there was a serious lack of investment that was required for industry at the time. and you don't, you don't get something out of nothing. if you don't invest well then something you're not going to get returns. and somehow we do that selves to believe that, oh yeah, we're always going to have. all right. and so we're always going to money. well, but that's the title job insurance, because i know it's a depletion resource. and apart from the fact that is a depletion results where we are in the world today, some of the biggest concerns myself in the west are beginning to greg wallace shipped away from sources. well, images source. i would do an absolutely nothing about it. i worry that it might get

to a point in my country where i would have to be drinking on a la south because the rest of the world no longer meets the commodity goodness a fascinating talking to you for my. okay, you my thank you so much for your time. really appreciate it. thank you for having me. and finally, piracy countries around the gulf of guinea are stepping up in security, trying to fight off a sharp rise in attacks by pirates. it's actually not the most dangerous area in the world for that with nearly half of all the attacks this year and in areas stretch from, from senegal in the north, to angola in the south. but of the 13 countries which have coasts on the gulf of guinea, it is nigeria, which is one of the worst effected once again, i made interest with our report this time for the port city of lake off the nigeria test out new equipment soon to be deployed it's the, it's an arsenal of ground. air and sea vessels and equipment designed to tackle pirates operating in the gulf of attacks in the region of grown in number and

sophistication of the past 5 years is very difficult to advocate. but our target is to see as 0 tolerance of my time is leaky within and beyond. out one to 2. we have a complete gamble of land at the approach that can handle the issue of the insecurity. countries in the region lose nearly a $1000000000.00 annually to pirate attacks. many carried out in nigeria and waters . many countries in west africa i'm the gulf of guinea have tied the maritime security to that of the continents biggest economy and for good reason. a significant number of the 32 attacks carried out in the 1st quarter of 2021 happened in nigeria. static toria, waters ship operators who, what the country's deployment of additional vessels like this. 17 interceptor boats

10 aircraft including groves will help to keep the number down in addition to the loss of lives and equipment, many businesses have closed. there was a time in the country that we had almost time, right. the problem was due to the out of the, the pirate. and the last a lot of business. do you lose out on reno, nevada, going on. and she says, getting them back will be hard as new threats a merging we have that come from you room and i mean, they feel i'm children recall and they respect remote in right on the on red minus ship operators,

navigating the gulf of guinea. now pay insurance premiums, similar to what's paid by those in wars owens, forcing some to avoid the region altogether. officious in nigeria, i hope the improve security force will restore confidence in merchants once again play the gulf of guinea. and that is our show for this week, but i want to know what you think and what you want to see on the show as well. you can tweak o d m may come all a j 8th. the hash tag is a j, v t faith. the email address that you prefer that's counting the cost down to the red dot net and as ever there is more online algebra dot com slash ctc. that will take you straight to our page and have entire episodes for you to catch up on whenever deadline. but that is, it's this edition of counts in the cost. i'm come all santa maria from the whole thing. thanks for joining us. the news on our 0. the

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