ASSESSMENT OF THE INTEGRATION SCHEME IN ABUJA: A CASE STUDY OF GARKI
ASSESSMENT OF THE INTEGRATION SCHEME IN ABUJA: A CASE STUDY OF GARKI
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2004-12
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BALOGUN, Bakare Dare
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Abstract
The thesis presents a review and assessment of
integration - one the policies adopted for the
resettlement of the populations affected by the new
Federal Capital development project in Abuja,
Nigeria. The other policies, tried before the
introduction of integration are complete and partial
resettlement with varying degrees of measures to
evacuate the affected settlements to other locations
within the Federal Capital Territory or outside. The
policy of integrating some of the indigenous
settlements into the fabric of new developments was
conceived as an aftermath of the failure of the other
policies especially due to high costs of
compensation.
More than ten years since its adoption in a pioneer
scheme at Garki, the study has revealed that although
the implementation of integration has avoided some of
the problems of other policies, it has created others
with equally serious consequences both on the people
and the development of the new city. The policy,
aimed at containing the original settlements rather
than expelling them, has brought the indigenous
populations face to face with new developments that
have threatened their traditional ways of life and
means of sustenance.
Some of the consequences of integration as
represented by the Garki project include the influx
of migrants who through monetary enticements have
dispossessed the people of land for housing. There is
also shortage of land for farming. There are also
effects on the way of life of the population itself -
changes in employment and income, longer travel
distances to farms, changes in the structure and form
of the settlement etc. In addition, integration has
not been implemented as initially conceived. Thus
infrastructure and social facilities are not
adequate, alternative spaces for housing are not
appropriate and compensation, where applicable, too
small. The study made recommendations on measures
necessary to maintain and improve the use of the
integration policy in Garki and other parts of Abuja.
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A thesis submitted to the Postgraduate School, Ahmadu Bello University,
Zaria
In partial fulfillment of the MSc Degree (Urban and Regional Planning)
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Environmental
Design,
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
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ASSESSMENT,, INTEGRATION,, SCHEME,, ABUJA,, CASE STUDY,, GARKI