FG’s benefits transfer systems to host communities failing ― Report vanguardnews
to address the exploitation, degradation and deprivation suffered by the communities, according to a report by Centre for Social Studies and Development.
However, according to Henshaw, in the area of local benefits, the government superintended systems of benefits transfer to communities, including the NDDC and Ministry of Niger Delta, the 13% derivation fund, and ecological funds, have failed to ensure that communities adequately benefit from natural resource earnings.
“Unfortunately, the fact that the agreements are non-binding in many instances, and their implementation discretionary, is a significant weakness,” he noted. “In the area of managing local impact, while Nigeria’s Environmental Impact Assessment, EIA, Act required that project proponent present plans for mitigating adverse impacts of their proposed projects, there is no strong evidence indicating that, in taking decisions over resource projects, the government prefers the option of preventing costs over compensation and minimization of such negative costs.
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