Azura-Edo Independent Power Plant Environmental Impact ... - IFC

Stakeholder Engagement Engagement Activity Stakeholders Specific Discussion Areas Timing
• Meeting with Edo
State Land
Department
27 July 2011
Community Engagement,
engagement with local
groups and traditional
leaders, further
engagement with
Government authorities.
• Lands Officials;
• Public Private;
Partnership (PPP)
Representatives;
• ERM Representatives;
and
• Local Community
Liaison Officer (CLO).
• Cut off date for enumeration and asset census. No legislative
concept of a cut off date which can be followed by the land
department;
• Issue of new graves and other construction activities, as
compensation only given for improvements to land;
• Once compensation money allocated, people will go to the Enogie
and pay a fee to gain permission to settle into new communities;
• The enumeration process is asset, not household driven, and no
format exists at present for use by the land department;
• The acquisition process steps; and
• Common understanding of issues between ERM and the land
department.
• Meeting with Edo
State Ministry of
Lands, Survey and
Housing
• Government Officials;
and
• Azura Representatives.
• The ministry has previously worked on projects funded by the WB
and understands WB’s requirements for resettlement;
• The ministry has no objections to working with ERM and to the
standards set by the WB and suggested that the land department
work with ERM on the resettlement process;
• The asset census form used by the Government will be shared with
ERM, and ERM’s census survey and social baseline will be used to
achieve WB standards;
• Power is vested in the state and Edo State governor, who has the
authority to make decisions with respect to land; and
• The land expropriation process; the revocation of land rights is first
approved by the governor and published in the gazette. Field
surveys are conducted and final compensation payments are
allocated, on approval of the governor.
27 July 2011
• Meeting with Edo
State Ministry Office
Public Private
Partnership Office
• Government Officials;
• Azura Representatives;
and
• PPP Office.
• Update on the EIA and RAP process;
• Key concerns of the ministry; and
• Request for support in conducting the EIA and RAP process.
27 May 2011
• Local Councillors;
• Local People; and
• Azura Representatives.
• Enogies are the traditional leaders of the communities;
• Institutional clarity between the LGA and Councillors and
traditional leadership; and
• The need for a grievance mechanism throughout the Project.
27 July 2011