National Security And Oil Pipeline Vandalization In Nigeria A Cause- Effect Analysis

Abstract

This paper explored the nexus between national security and oil pipeline vandalization in Nigeria. We appropriated abstractions emanating from the basic propositions of Marxist theory of the post colonial state and argued that Nigeria is mono-cultural, extractive and exploitative. The increased consciousness of the Niger Delta people about the exploitative character of the Nigerian state led the militants into oil-pipeline vandalization and this threatens the survival of the national economy. This paper recommends among others that an urgent diversification of the Nigerian economy to reduce the excessive dependency on oil as the mainstay of government revenue.