Evicted and Abandoned

Nigeria

19 projects with confirmed or possible displacement between 2004 and 2013. That represents 30% of all the World Bank-financed projects in Nigeria. An estimated 36,173 people were displaced by 10 projects. The World Bank doesn't have information on the effects produced by the rest.

Top 3 projects per estimated # people physically or economically displaced

Click on the project name to see more details. (Data updated as of December 31, 2014. Read more.)

* = This project was administered by the World Bank but paid through another financier.

Confirmed displacement
Project name Approval date Status Cost Displaced people (estimated)
NG-Rural Access & Mobility Project-Phase 2 Sep. 25, 2012 Active $170M 428
Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project May. 8, 2012 Active $500M 1,087
Nigeria Lagos Urban Transport Project 2 Jun. 29, 2010 Active $190M 1,749
Nigeria Electricity and Gas Improvement Project (NEGIP) Jun. 16, 2009 Active $200M 5,100
Nigeria Federal Roads Development Project Apr. 3, 2008 Active $330M 750
Rural Access and Mobility Project (RAMP) Apr. 1, 2008 Active $60M 195
Nigeria Lagos Urban Transport Project Apr. 10, 2007 Closed $50M 1,344
Lagos Metropolitan Development and Governance Project Jul. 6, 2006 Closed $200M 16,857
Second National Urban Water Sector Reform Project Jul. 1, 2005 Active $200M 16
3A-West African Gas Pipeline (IDA S/UP) Nov. 23, 2004 Active $50M 8,647
Possible displacement
Project name Approval date Status Cost
Nigeria Youth Employment & Social Support Operation Mar. 26, 2013 Active $300M
State Employment and Expenditure for Results Project Mar. 6, 2012 Active $200M
Nigeria - Growth & Employment Mar. 17, 2011 Active $160M
Commercial Agriculture Development Jan. 15, 2009 Active $150M
Third National Fadama Development Project (Fadama III) Jul. 1, 2008 Active $250M
Community and Social Development Project Jul. 1, 2008 Active $200M
Niger Basin Water Resources Development and Sustainable Ecosystems Management Project Jul. 3, 2007 Active $186M
Nigeria National Energy Development Project Jul. 1, 2005 Closed $172M
National Urban Water Sector Reform Project 1 Jun. 15, 2004 Closed $120M
Projects with complaints
Project name Approval date Status Cost Displaced people (estimated)
Lagos Metropolitan Development and Governance Project Jul. 6, 2006 Closed $200M 16,857
3A-West African Gas Pipeline (IDA S/UP) Nov. 23, 2004 Active $50M 8,647