TY - JOUR
T1 - Local Content Requirements in Nigeria's Extractive Sector and the Implications for Sustainable Development
AU - Abe, Oyeniyi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of SOAS University of London.
PY - 2022/2/27
Y1 - 2022/2/27
N2 - This article examines the framework of Nigeria’s local content laws and policy, and the implications for sustainable development. The legislation is geared towards safeguarding local productivity and aiding the progressive aspirations of Nigeria’s citizens. While commendable in principle, there have been questions about policy articulation, implementation and enforcement mechanisms, especially with regard to the Sustainable Development Goals. The article examines the local content legislation in Nigeria, and how policies have shaped the community-corporate nexus. This exposes the challenges facing extractive resource governance in a jurisdiction such as Nigeria and the discourses that have permeated legal scholarship on the practical deference to local content by non-state actors. It considers that well designed and implemented local content requirements are catalysts for structural development. To achieve sustainable development of its extractive sector, Nigeria requires state-led determination to stimulate economic growth and development. The article argues for continuous consultation as a bedrock for meaningful engagement.
AB - This article examines the framework of Nigeria’s local content laws and policy, and the implications for sustainable development. The legislation is geared towards safeguarding local productivity and aiding the progressive aspirations of Nigeria’s citizens. While commendable in principle, there have been questions about policy articulation, implementation and enforcement mechanisms, especially with regard to the Sustainable Development Goals. The article examines the local content legislation in Nigeria, and how policies have shaped the community-corporate nexus. This exposes the challenges facing extractive resource governance in a jurisdiction such as Nigeria and the discourses that have permeated legal scholarship on the practical deference to local content by non-state actors. It considers that well designed and implemented local content requirements are catalysts for structural development. To achieve sustainable development of its extractive sector, Nigeria requires state-led determination to stimulate economic growth and development. The article argues for continuous consultation as a bedrock for meaningful engagement.
KW - Local content requirement
KW - Extractive sector
KW - Sustainable development
KW - Nigeria
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85122126509&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0021855321000504
DO - 10.1017/S0021855321000504
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85122126509
VL - 66
SP - 73
EP - 96
JO - Journal of African Law
JF - Journal of African Law
SN - 0021-8553
IS - 1
ER -