ENERGIZING EDUCATION PROGRAMME Livelihood Restoration Plan (LRP) UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR FINAL REPORT FEBRUARY 2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ............................................................................................... I EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................. III ES 1: BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY .............................................................................................. III ES 2: PROJECT DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................ III ES 3: OBJECTIVE OF THE LIVELIHOOD RESTORATION PLAN (LRP) ............................................. IV ES 4: RATIONALE FOR LRP .......................................................................................................... IV ES 5: ANALYSIS OF PAPS ............................................................................................................... IV ES 6: DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL PROJECT IMPACTS ..................................................................... IV ES 7: IMPACT AVOIDANCE MEASURES ............................................................................................. V ES 8: MITIGATION MEASURES .......................................................................................................... V ES 9: RECONNAISSANCE VISIT ...................................................................................................... VI ES 10: PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATION .................................................................... VI ES 11: CENSUS CUT-OFF DATE......................................................................................................... VI ES 12: APPROACH TO LIVELIHOOD IDENTIFICATION .................................................................... VI ES 13: GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM ..................................................................................... VII ES 14: MONITORING AND EVALUATION ......................................................................................... VII ES 15: IMPLEMENTATION COST AND FUNDING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE LRP ........................ VII ES 16: IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE FOR LRP ........................................................................... VIII CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 1 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY ..................................................................................................... 1 1.2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................... 1 1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE LIVELIHOOD RESTORATION PLAN (LRP) ................................................. 3 1.4 RATIONAL FOR LRP .................................................................................................................... 3 1.5 UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES OF LRP ............................................................................................. 4 1.6 STUDY METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................... 4 1.6.1 KICK-OFF MEETINGS WITH REA-PMU AND ENGAGEMENT WITH WORLD BANK AND THE PARTICIPATING UNIVERSITY ....................................................................................................................... 4 1.6.2 LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................................................................. 5 1.6.3 RECONNAISSANCE VISIT ........................................................................................................................ 5 1.6.4 CONSULTATION WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS ....................................................................................... 5 1.6.5 METHOD OF PAPS IDENTIFICATION ................................................................................................... 6 1.6.6 DATA CAPTURE AND ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................ 6 CHAPTER TWO: STATUTORY LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORKS ... 7 2.4 THE REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS OF FEDERAL MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT (FMENV) CONCERNING MINI GRID ACTIVITIES IN NIGERIA ..................................... 8 2.5 NIGERIA LAW/LAND USE ACT OF 1978 AND RESETTLEMENT PROCEDURES ....................... 9 2.5.1 REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAND USE ACT ........................................................................................ 9 2.6 GAP ANALYSIS BETWEEN THE POLICIES OF WORLD BANK AND THE LAND USE ACT, 1978 OF NIGERIA ........................................................................................................................................... 11 CHAPTER THREE: PROJECT ENVIRONMENT AND BASELINE DATA .......................... 14 2 3.1 GEOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND OF THE STATE ........................................................................ 14 3.4 LAND USE STATUS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT SITE ........................................................... 19 3.5 SOCIAL BASELINE OF THE PROJECT HOST COMMUNITY ......................................................... 19 CHAPTER FOUR: IDENTIFICATION OF PROJECT IMPACTS ............................................... 21 4.1 APPROACH TO IMPACTS IDENTIFICATION ............................................................................... 21 4.1.1 DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL PROJECT IMPACTS.................................................................................. 21 4.2 IMPACT AVOIDANCE MEASURES............................................................................................... 21 4.3 MITIGATION MEASURES ........................................................................................................... 22 4.4 IDENTIFICATION OF PAPS ........................................................................................................ 22 4.5 SOCIOECONOMICS PROFILING OF PAPS ................................................................................... 22 4.6 DESCRIPTION OF ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR DEFINING BENEFICIARIES ............................ 27 4.7 CENSUS CUT-OFF DATE ........................................................................................................... 27 4.8 ENTITLEMENT MATRIX FOR ELIGIBLE PAPS ......................................................................... 27 CHAPTER FIVE: LIVELIHOOD IDENTIFICATON AND PRIORITIZATION ....................... 29 5.1 APPROACH TO LIVELIHOOD IDENTIFICATION ........................................................................ 29 5.2 ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT LIVELIHOOD ACTIVITIES AND UNDERLYING INPUTS ......... 29 CROP FARMING AT SUBSISTENCE LEVEL OR LOW SCALE COMMERCIAL FARMING IS THE DOMINANT LIVELIHOOD ACTIVITY IN THE PROJECT AREA. MAJORITY OF THE PAPS DEPEND ON CROP FARMING AS MEANS OF LIVELIHOOD WHILE FIRE WOOD SELLING AND SAND MINING ARE OTHER COMPLEMENTARY FORMS OF LIVELIHOOD ENGAGED BY PAPS. ....................................................... 29 5.2.1 FACTORS THAT HAVE INFLUENCED THE EXISTING DOMINANT FARMING LIVELIHOOD ... 29 5.2.2 ANALYSIS OF PROFITABILITY OF CURRENT LIVELIHOOD .................................................... 30 5.3 NEW LIVELIHOOD OPTIONS IDENTIFIED ............................................................................... 30 5.4 PRIORITY ACTIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF LIVELIHOOD OPTIONS.............................. 31 CHAPTER SIX: LIVELIHOOD RESTORATION PLAN .............................................................. 33 6.0 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 33 6.1 OBJECTIVE OF THE LIVELIHOOD RESTORATION ACTION PLAN ............................................. 33 6.2 LIVELIHOOD RESTORATION PLAN DESIGN .............................................................................. 33 6.3 MONITORING AND EVALUATION RESULTS FRAMEWORK ..................................................... 35 CHAPTER SEVEN: STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND CONSULTATION ..................... 40 7.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE CONSULTATION AND ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY .................................. 40 7.2 STRATEGY FOR CONSULTATION PROCESS ............................................................................... 40 7.3 SUMMARY OF THE STAKEHOLDERS’ CONSULTATIONS ............................................................ 40 7.4 ENGAGEMENT PLAN FOR FUTURE CONSULTATION ............................................................ 51 CHAPTERS EIGHT: GREVIANCE REDRESS MECHANISM FOR EEP................................... 55 8.1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 55 8.2 ......................................................................................................................................................... 55 8.3 POTENTIAL ISSUES THAT COULD CAUSE GRIEVANCES ............................................................. 55 8.4 METHOD AND STRUCTURE FOR REPORTING AND ADDRESSING GRIEVANCES ...................... 57 8.5 GRIEVANCE UPTAKE STRUCTURE ............................................................................................ 57 8.5 GRIEVANCE REDRESS PROCEDURES ......................................................................................... 59 8.6 GENDER BASED VIOLENCE (GBV)