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Post-Compensation Challenges of Compulsory Acquisition in Nigeria: Insights from the Second Niger Bridge Project

This study interrogated the compulsory acquisition and compensation as tools for advancing public infrastructure in Nigeria, but which often generates complex challenges that persist long after initial payments, as exemplified in the second Niger Bridge project. It highlighted inadequacies in Nigeria’s post compensation framework leaving displaced persons and affected communities struggling to recover socially, economically and psychologically. The objective was to investigate this post compensation challenges. An empirical method drawing on geospatial analysis, administrative records and fiel…