62: Ethnic group Estimated number of Settlement pattern affected persons Bunu Communities 4,800 living within the Large square, tin roofed huts proposed farm area Large, nucleated and accessible (Indigene ethnic group, settlements along main roads and of Okun ethnicity) 2,000 living outside the secondary roads. (Ape, Aiyede, proposed farm area but Ighun, Tata, Ibori, Eshe, cultivating fields within OkeBukun, Ayegunle, Ode Ape, the proposed farm area Agbadu, Apaa,Agbede) Tiv communities 1,440 living within the Small, scattered homesteads. proposed farm area. Circular, thatched huts arranged in (settler farmers from Benue a circular pattern often around a State who arrived in the last 8 central communal hut. Tiv to 20 years) settlements are clustered in the centre of the farm area Fulani settlements 850 living within the Groups of circular thatched huts proposed farm area. arranged in a linear pattern. (semi settled farmer-pastoralist Cluster of settlements in southern arriving from northern Nigeria 200 living just outside the part of proposed farm and along over the past 2 generations) farm area and cultivating the eastern boundary. or grazing within the farm area. Igbira settlements 410 living within the Clusters of square, usually tin proposed farm area. roofed huts. Small settlements of (settlers from Okene area of up to 50 people. Kogi state) farmers Not estimated Individual families living amongst Bunu communities (settler farmers) Nomadic Fulani (Bororo) Not estimated, no fixed Migration through the project area. dwellings, Source: PEIA fieldwork 2014 - Analysis of 2012 satellite imagery, GIS analysis. The most striking feature of the settlement pattern in the project is the distinction between the indigene (Bunu) community and the various settler groups (Tiv, Fulani, Igbira, The Bunu regard themselves as the traditional owners of the land, and are governed by strong systems of traditional authority. Six Bunu clans inhabit the project area: (1) the Alape group centred on the villages of Ape, Ode Ape and Agbadu,
62: Ethnic group Estimated number of affected persons Settlement pattern Bunu Communities (Indigene ethnic group, of Okun ethnicity) 4,800 living within the proposed farm area 2,000 living outside the proposed farm area but cultivating fields within the proposed farm area Large square, tin roofed huts Large, nucleated and accessible settlements along main roads and secondary roads. (Ape, Aiyede, Ighun, Tata, Ibori, Eshe, OkeBukun, Ayegunle, Ode Ape, Agbadu, Apaa,Agbede) Tiv communities (settler farmers from Benue State who arrived in the last 8 to 20 years) 1,440 living within the proposed farm area. Small, scattered homesteads. Circular, thatched huts arranged in a circular pattern often around a central communal hut. Tiv settlements are clustered in the centre of the farm area Fulani settlements (semi settled farmer-pastoralist arriving from northern Nigeria over the past 2 generations) 850 living within the proposed farm area. 200 living just outside the farm area and cultivating or grazing within the farm area. Groups of circular thatched huts arranged in a linear pattern. Cluster of settlements in southern part of proposed farm and along the eastern boundary. Igbira settlements (settlers from Okene area of Kogi state) 410 living within the proposed farm area. Clusters of square, usually tin roofed huts. Small settlements of up to 50 people. farmers (settler farmers) Not estimated Individual families living amongst Bunu communities Nomadic Fulani (Bororo) Not estimated, no fixed dwellings, Migration through the project area. Source: PEIA fieldwork 2014 - Analysis of 2012 satellite imagery, GIS analysis. The most striking feature of the settlement pattern in the project is the distinction between the indigene (Bunu) community and the various settler groups (Tiv, Fulani, Igbira, The Bunu regard themselves as the traditional owners of the land, and are governed by strong systems of traditional authority. Six Bunu clans inhabit the project area: (1) the Alape group centred on the villages of Ape, Ode Ape and Agbadu,
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