Deal #1680

Names of communities / indigenous peoples affected

Name of community

Elele Alimini

Recognition status of community land tenure

Indigenous Peoples traditional or customary rights not recognized by government

Comment on recognition status of community land tenure

The government has been criticised for improperly using the Land Use Act to seize peoples' land by force, despite the fact that the Act states that the government is allowed to take any portion of land for the "public interest" and not to seize the land and give it to a private company to profit from. He calls for the amendment of the Land Use Ac

Consultation of local community

Community consultation

Limited consultation

How did the community react?

Community reaction

Mixed reaction

Presence of land conflicts

Yes

Comment on presence of land conflicts

SIAT Nigeria is accused of land grabbing-A 5-month investigation by Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi and Kevin Woke revealed how SIAT Nigeria Limited is grabbing host communities' lands and paying them only six hundred Naira (N600) per hectare annually.

Negative impacts for local communities

Environmental degradation, Socio-economic

Comment on negative impacts for local communities

land grabbing and pollution is causing hardship in host communities SIAT Nigeria Limited, has polluted the river with its fertilisers and chemicals used for weed and pest control.

Promised or received compensation

Received compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements)

SIAT Nigeria Limited is grabbing host communities' lands and paying them only six hundred Naira (N600) per hectare annually. This is three times less the amount of what land owners typically pay to neighbouring villages to buy a ridge of farmland for a farming season. The company's operations have contaminated the streams and rivers that serve as the majority's supply of drinking water.

Promised benefits for local communities

Education, Productive infrastructure (e.g. irrigation, tractors, machinery...), Roads

Comment on promised benefits for local communities

SIAT has failed to uphold its CSR commitments despite promising to provide water, electricity, scholarships, and road building in its memorandum of understanding with host communities