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Urho-Nisen-Urho-Nisen, which will be affected by the Project activities. They
are in Omagbae South Ward Six of the Uhunmwode LGA in Edo State,
Nigeria.
This baseline section provides information for Edo State, the Uhunmwode
LGA and the local communities in the vicinity of the Project. In order to
provide further context to the social baseline, some commentary is also
provided at a national level.
The data reflected in this ESIA baseline is mostly quantitative and based on
the outcome of the qualitative surveys carried out (ie Focus Group
discussions). A baseline based on the outcomes of the quantitative data
surveys is documented in the baseline section of the associated Resettlement
Action Plan (RAP) Section 4.
5.2 METHODOLOGY
A combination of research methods were used to collect socio-economic data,
including the following:
• Review of secondary data;
• Reconnaissance survey to identify all communities that will be directly or
indirectly affected and to alert communities leaders and residents to the
Project and to the proposed studies;
• In-depth interviews with community leaders of the identified communities
(traditional leaders, women leaders, religious leaders and youth leaders);
• Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) with groups of adult males, adult
females and youths;
• Direct observations; and
• Participatory tools used during FGDs, specifically community mapping,
Venn diagram and paired needs ranking and case studies formulation.
Table 5.1 assesses the range of methodologies used in the social baseline study.
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