OBEN GAS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Environmental Impact Assessment of OBEN GAS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
FMENV COMMENTS UPDATE STATUS
6. SOCIO-ECONOMIC COMMENTS ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) OF THE PROPOSED DOMESTIC
GAS SUPPLY PROJECT/WEST AFRICA GAS PIPELINE BY
SPDC
I have gone through the draft EIA report
on the proposed project with
specific reference to the socio economic
aspects. The socio-economic
section provides an adequate overview of
the study devout just a few
pages to this important aspect. This an
attempt by SPDC to follow the
global paradigm shift to more emphasis
on the social, economic and
health impacts of development projects.
However there are some specific
gaps to be filled.
Page 3-22. under political and socio-cultural history,
it is stated that
the geographic locations and some of the
features of the host
communities are shown in table 3.14. the
table does not show the
geographic features rather if presents the
demographic structure.
Also page 3-23, under demographic characteristics the
1991
population figures of these communities
should have been presented
and the figures projected to year 2006
based on the population growth
rates for such settlements.
Page 3-23, figure
3.4
The sample size is very small for the
required inference to be made
does not show the 2005 projected
population as stated in section 3.2.2, the
figure presents the population distribution
by age.
In the figure 3.4, shows that there is no
one between the age of 16-24
in lkobi cross check this.
Page 3-27. 3.3.6.3, personal incomes, the
table 3.20 presents an
income level that seems unrealistic and
unlike what obtains in other
parts of the Niger Delta. With over 60.9%
Page 4 of 5
Corrected. See Table 3.19, p 3-
28
Updated – see Table 3.19
See table 3.19
The lowest age evaluated is 21
years
Updated. See Table 3.26, Fig.
3.6, pp 3-33, 3-34