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

9.10 EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMY
The Project will result in employment opportunities during all phases of the
project, also resulting in secondary and induced positive impacts on the
economy with the increased demands for goods and services in the area and
skills development. The provision of electricity to the communities close to
the Project site and the increase in electricity supply to Nigeria will result in
significant economic benefits locally, regionally and nationally. The
cumulative impacts of this additional employment in the area and electricity
supply to the Nigerian grid with the NIPP development will result in minormoderate
positive cumulative impacts.
9.11 INFRASTRUCTURE
Although the influx of job-seekers will result in pressure on existing
overburdened infrastructure, the Azura Power will invest in local community
project(s) to upgrade local roads, construct boreholes and health and
education projects and will facilitate the provision of electricity locally.
The additional influx of job-seekers associated with this Project will result in
minor cumulative impacts on infrastructure. It is expected that there will also
be cumulative positive impacts on infrastructure although details of the
infrastructural developments currently planned by the Government
authorities of by the developers of the NIPP for the area are unclear.
9.12 HEALTH PROFILE
There are community health and safety risks associated with the Project which
include explosions from the gas pipeline, traffic hazards and noise and dust.
In addition, there are higher risks of STIs (including HIV/ AIDs) and potential
psychological impacts related to influx, unmet expectations and increased
tension in the local communities. In addition, there will be potentially
positive impacts from improved sanitation due to borehole construction (and
other community investment projects). These impacts are likely to be negative
and cumulative also as there are similar hazards associated with the
neighbouring NIPP plant. There is already tension in the local area stemming
from the dissatisfaction of some stakeholders with the compensation
payments made by the NIPP and jealousies between communities in respect
of opportunities to provide labour to the NIPP project and obtain contracts
there from. Overall the cumulative impacts to the community health profile
are considered to be of minor- moderate significance.
9.13 WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY
There are limited cumulative impacts related to workplace H&S. There are
related to the potential for increased breeding sites for disease vector (eg