5). The Local Government improving or at least restoring entitlements before can grant occupancy rights to their livelihoods and displacement or restriction of any person or urbanization on standards of living in real access. non-urban land in its terms relative to jurisdiction, where that land levels or to will be used for levels prevailing prior to the “agricultural, residential or other beginning of project purposes.” The Local Government can implementation, whichever is also grant these rights for higher grazing purposes may be “as customary in the Local Government Area concerned” (Land Use Act, Section 6). The states that There is no equivalence Land Use Act Completion of resettlement Implement all relevant compensation will be for the between Nigerian law and and compensation resettlement plans before value of their World Bank policies on “unexhausted project completion and as at the date implementing relevant improvements” provide resettlement that the revocation takes place resettlement plans before entitlements before (Land Use Act, Section 6 and project completion or on displacement or restriction of Section 29). Specifically, it providing resettlement access. For projects involving states that compensation shall entitlements before restrictions of access, impose
5). The Local Government can grant occupancy rights to any person or urbanization on non-urban land in its jurisdiction, where that land will be used for “agricultural, residential or other purposes.” The Local Government can also grant these rights for grazing purposes “as may be customary in the Local Government Area concerned” (Land Use Act, Section 6). improving or at least restoring their livelihoods and standards of living in real terms relative to levels or to levels prevailing prior to the beginning of project implementation, whichever is higher entitlements before displacement or restriction of access. Completion of resettlement and compensation The Land Use Act states that compensation will be for the value of their “unexhausted improvements” as at the date that the revocation takes place (Land Use Act, Section 6 and Section 29). Specifically, it states that compensation shall Implement all relevant resettlement plans before project completion and provide resettlement entitlements before displacement or restriction of access. For projects involving restrictions of access, impose There is no equivalence between Nigerian law and World Bank policies on implementing relevant resettlement plans before project completion or on providing resettlement entitlements before
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