GOVERNMENT OF ABIA STATE, NIGERIA RAP for Umuogele Umuakwu Gully Erosion Site STATE NIGERIA EROSION AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROJECT (ABS-NEWMAP) Public Disclosure Authorized SFG1691 V10 Public Disclosure Authorized Draft Final Report Public Disclosure Authorized Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) FOR Umuogele Umuakwu Gully Erosion Site Prepared By: Abia State NEWMAP State Management Project Unit (SPMU) NEWMAP House Besides Commissioners’ Quarters Umuahia, Abia State (2017) Public Disclosure Authorized RAP for Umuogele Umuakwu Gully Erosion Site TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................................................ V LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................................................... V ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ................................................................................................... IX EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................ 11 JUSTIFICATION FOR PREPARING A RAP ................................................................................................... 11 CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 17 1.1 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ..................................................................................... 17 1.2 OBJECTIVES AND BENEFITS ................................................................................................... 17 1.3 PROJECT COMPONENTS .......................................................................................................... 18 1.4 JUSTIFICATION FOR PREPARING RAP .................................................................................. 25 1.5 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE RAP ..................................................................................... 26 1.6 SCOPE OF WORK ..................................................................................................................... 27 1.7 RAP METHODOLOGY .......................................................................................................... 28 CHAPTER TWO DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT AREA ....................................................... 30 2.1 OVERVIEW OF ABIA STATE .................................................................................................... 30 2.1.1 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ..................................................................................................................................... 30 2.1.2 MAJOR OCCUPATIONS .................................................................................................................................... 31 2.1.3 EDUCATION ...................................................................................................................................................... 31 2.2 BIO-PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT PROFILE .............................................................................. 31 2.2.1 PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................................................. 31 2.2.3 RAINFALL ......................................................................................................................................................... 32 2.2.4 TEMPERATURE ................................................................................................................................................ 32 2.3. OVERVIEW OF THE INTERVENTION COMMUNITIES.............................................................. 32 2.3.1 DESCRIPTION OF UMUOGELE UMUAKWU COMMUNITY ........................................................................... 32 2.3.2 DESCRIPTION OF THE UMUOGELE UMUAKWU GULLY EROSION SITE ................................................... 32 2.4 ADMINISTRATIVE AND POLITICAL OVERVIEW ..................................................................... 34 2.4.1 GENDER RELATIONS AND INVOLVEMENT .................................................................................................. 34 2.4.2 CONFLICT RESOLUTION MECHANISM ......................................................................................................... 34 2.4.3 COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION .......................................................................................................... 35 2.5 SOCIAL AMENITIES IN THE COMMUNITY............................................................................... 35 2.6 SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF PROJECT AFFECTED COMMUNITY ...................................... 36 2.6.1 PROFILE OF PROJECT AFFECTED PERSONS (PAPS) ..................................................................... 37 SIZE, STRUCTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF PAPS ................................................................................................... 37 EDUCATION AND LITERACY RATE ........................................................................................................................... 40 INCOME AND LIVELIHOOD ......................................................................................................................................... 40 VULNERABILITY ISSUES AMONG PAPS ................................................................................................................... 41 RAP for Umuogele Umuakwu Gully Erosion Site CHAPTER THREE POLICY AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ............................................ 42 3.0 POLICY AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ............................................................................. 42 3.1 THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK (ESMF) ..................... 42 3.2 THE RESETTLEMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK (RPF) ............................................................. 42 3.3 INTERIM GUIDELINES FOR ADDRESSING LEGACY ISSUES IN WORLD BANK PROJECTS, ................................................................................................................................................. 44 2009 44 3.4 POLICY ON DISCLOSURE AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION (DAI) ......................................... 45 3.5 NIGERIA LAW/LAND USE ACT OF 1978 AND RESETTLEMENT PROCEDURES .................. 45 3.5.1 REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAND USE ACT ................................................................................................. 46 3.6 HOW LAND IS OWNED/ACQUIRED IN THE PROJECT AREAS ....................................................... 48 3.7 COMPARISON BETWEEN LAND USE ACT AND THE WORLD BANK’S (OP4.12) POLICY ... 48 CHAPTER FOUR IDENTIFICATION OF PROJECT IMPACTS AND PROJECT AFFECTED PERSONS 50 4.1 APPROACH TO IMPACTS AND PAPS IDENTIFICATION ........................................................ 50 4.1.1 TYPE OF ACTIVITIES AND LAND ACQUISITION REQUIREMENT ................................................................ 50 4.1.2 COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL PROPERTIES AND OCCUPATIONS THAT WILL BE LOST ........................................................................................................................................ 50 4.2 DISCUSSION OF PROJECT IMPACTS ........................................................................................ 51 4.3 IMPACT AVOIDANCE MEASURES UNDERTAKEN ................................................................... 51 4.4 MITIGATION MEASURES ........................................................................................................ 52 4.5 INVENTORY OF AFFECTED ASSETS AND CENSUS OF PAPS .................................................. 52 4.6 CENSUS CUT-OFF DATE ......................................................................................................... 53 4.7 INCOME RESTORATION MEASURES FOR VULNERABLE GROUP/PAPS .............................. 53 4.9 ENTITLEMENT MATRIX FOR THE PAPS................................................................................ 54 4.10 DESCRIPTION OF ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR DEFINING VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF PAPS 55 4.11 PROOF OF ELIGIBILITY ........................................................................................................... 56 CHAPTER FIVE VALUATION AND COMPENSATION OF ...................................................... 57 AFFECTED STRUCTURES AND PROPERTY ................................................................................... 57 5.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 57 5.1.1 REPLACEMENT COST METHOD FOR ASSETS/STRUCTURES .................................................................... 57 5.1.2 INFLATION CONSIDERATION TO THE VALUATION/BUDGET ................................................................... 58 5.2 METHOD OF VALUATION FOR COMPENSATION .................................................................... 58 5.2.1 VALUATION METHOD FOR LAND PROPERTY ............................................................................................. 58 5.2.2 VALUATION METHOD FOR HOUSING PROPERTY ....................................................................................... 59 5.2.3 MOVEMENT ALLOWANCES/ASSISTANCE ................................................................................................... 59 5.3 SUMMARY OF COMPENSATION AND RESETTLEMENT BUDGET FOR PAPS ......................... 59 5.4 PROCEDURE FOR DELIVERY OF ENTITLEMENTS .................................................................