RESETTLEMENT ACTION PLAN FOR THE Public Disclosure Authorized PORT HARCOURT AND OBIO/AKPOR WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION PROJECT Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Final Report Resettlement Action Plan Ministry of Water Resources and Rural Development Public Disclosure Authorized Rivers State Resettlement Action Plan for the Port Harcourt and ObioAkpor Water Supply and Sanitation Project Hospitalia Consultaire Final Report Resettlement Action Plan Ministry of Water Resources and Rural Development Rivers State Prepared By Hospitalia Consultaire Ltd 2, Masaka Close Off Olusegun Obasanjo Way, Zone 7, Wuse District, Abuja, Nigeria. i Resettlement Action Plan for the Port Harcourt and ObioAkpor Water Supply and Sanitation Project Hospitalia Consultaire TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................................................ V LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................................................... V ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ................................................................................................ VIII EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................ X CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 1 1.0 OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND ..................................................................................................................... 1 1.1.1 INSTITUTIONAL ORGANIZATION .................................................................................................................. 2 1.1.2 CURRENT SITUATION OF URBAN WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION IN RIVERS STATE ....................... 3 1.1.3 PROJECT COMPONENTS ................................................................................................................................. 5 1.2 JUSTIFICATION FOR THE PREPARATION OF RAP ........................................................................... 7 1.3 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE RAP ................................................................................................. 8 1.4 SCOPE OF WORK ................................................................................................................................ 8 1.5 RAP METHODOLOGY ....................................................................................................................... 9 CHAPTER TWO DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT AREA ...................................................... 11 2.1 OVERVIEW OF RIVERS STATE ......................................................................................................... 11 2.1.1 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS .................................................................................................................... 12 2.1.3 PEOPLE .......................................................................................................................................................... 15 2.1.4 ECONOMY ...................................................................................................................................................... 15 2.1.5 MINERAL RESOURCES ................................................................................................................................. 15 2.1.6 AGRICULTURE .............................................................................................................................................. 15 2.1.7 TOURISM ....................................................................................................................................................... 16 2.2 PORT HARCOURT AND OBIO/AKPOR LGAS ................................................................................. 16 2.2.1 HOUSING IN THE PROJECT AREA ............................................................................................................... 16 2.2.2 WATER SUPPLY IN THE PROJECT AREA ................................................................................................... 17 2.2.3 LOCAL ECONOMY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE PROJECT AREA ................................................................... 17 2.2.4 GREATER PORT-HARCOURT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (GPHDA) ................................................ 18 2.3 SOCIO-ECONOMIC BASELINE CONDITIONS OF PROJECT AFFECTED PERSONS (PAPS) .............. 18 2.3.1 GENDER DISTRIBUTION OF PAPS ............................................................................................................... 18 2.3.2 AGE DISTRIBUTION OF PAPS .................................................................................................................... 20 2.3.3 MARITAL STATUS OF PAPS ....................................................................................................................... 21 2.3.4 EDUCATIONAL STATUS OF PAP ................................................................................................................ 21 2.3.5 INCOME STATUS OF PAPS .......................................................................................................................... 22 CHAPTER THREE POLICY AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ............................................ 24 ii Resettlement Action Plan for the Port Harcourt and ObioAkpor Water Supply and Sanitation Project Hospitalia Consultaire 3.0 POLICY AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ...................................................................................... 24 3.1 THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK (ESMF) OF THE NATIONAL URBAN WATER SECTOR REFORM PROJECT 1 & 2 (NUWSRP) ............................................................ 24 3.2 THE RESETTLEMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK (RPF) OF THE NUWSRP 1&2 ............................. 25 3.3 WORLD BANK SAFEGUARD POLICIES ............................................................................................ 26 3.4 AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT POLICY (2003) ................... 26 3.5.1 AFDB GENDER POLICY 2001 ................................................................................................................... 29 3.6 POLICY ON DISCLOSURE AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION (DAI) .................................................. 29 3.7 CONCLUSION DRAWN FROM REVIEW OF AFDB AND WORLD BANK POLICIES ON INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT .......................................................................................................................................... 29 3.8 NIGERIA LAW/LAND USE ACT ....................................................................................................... 30 3.9 COMPARISON BETWEEN LAND USE ACT AND THE WORLD BANK’S (OP4.12/OS2) POLICIES AND AFDB’S INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT POLICY (2003) .............................................................. 31 CHAPTER FOUR IDENTIFICATION OF PROJECT IMPACTS AND PROJECT AFFECTED PERSONS 33 4.1 APPROACH TO IMPACTS AND PAPS IDENTIFICATION ................................................................. 33 4.2 DISCUSSION OF PROJECT IMPACTS ................................................................................................ 34 4.3 IMPACT REDUCTION MEASURES UNDERTAKEN ............................................................................ 35 4.4 INVENTORY OF AFFECTED ASSETS/STRUCTURES IN THE PROJECT AREA .................................. 36 4.5 CENSUS OF PROJECT AFFECTED PERSONS (PAPS) ...................................................................... 36 4.5.1 ANALYSIS OF IMPACTS AND INCOME RESTORATION MEASURES FOR VULNERABLE GROUP/PAPS 36 4.5.2 PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR ASSESSING INCOME RESTORATION ............................................... 37 4.6 ENTITLEMENT MATRIX FOR THE PAPS ........................................................................................ 37 4.7 DESCRIPTION OF ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR DEFINING VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF PAPS ........ 38 4.7.1 PAPS LOSING PERMANENT STRUCTURES-FOR RESIDENTIAL (IMMOVEABLE STRUCTURES) ......... 39 4.7.2 PAPS LOSING PERMANENT STRUCTURES-FOR BUSINESS (IMMOVEABLE STRUCTURES) ............... 39 4.7.3 PAPS WITH MOVEABLE STRUCTURES ..................................................................................................... 39 4.8 DURATION FOR CIVIL WORKS ........................................................................................................ 40 4.9 CUT-OFF DATE ................................................................................................................................ 40 4.10 PROOF OF ELIGIBILITY ................................................................................................................. 40 CHAPTER FIVE VALUATION AND COMPENSATION OF...................................................... 41 AFFECTED STRUCTURES AND PROPERTY ................................................................................... 41 5.1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 41 5.2 METHOD OF VALUATION FOR COMPENSATION ............................................................................. 42 5.3 SUMMARY OF COMPENSATION AND RESETTLEMENT BUDGET FOR PAPS ................................. 43 5.4 DELINEATION