SOCIO ECONOMIC IMPACT OF RESETTLEMENT SCHEME IN NIGERIA: ASSESSING ITS EFFECTS AND SUSTAINABILITY (A CASE STUDY OF BAKASSI PENINSULAR, CROSS RIVER STATE)

The study examines the Scio-Economic Impact of Resettlement Scheme in Nigeria. The name Bakassi Peninsula cannot be mention without he international court of Justice pronouncement on 22nd November 2007 which ceded the colony to Cameroon and transferred its. Sovereignty and as a result came rippling consequences which disrupted their peaceful life as they were to migrate elsewhere. Resettlement of this magnitude could have an overwhelming adjoin areas. The specific objective of this study was to ascertain the Socio-Economic Impact of Bakassi Penisila Resettlement Scheme in Cross River with special to its implication towards sustainability: The Crucial appraisal to the suitability of the migrated area to the Socio-Economic pattern of Bakassi people was considered. Those factors impacting on it sustainability. Asserting the Impact on its sustainability comparing Social Economic development of the people during the pre-resettlement period and the resettlement scheme era. The study therefore recommended that both government and nongovernment organization should come to the aid of the displaced persons in terms of health care facility and education of the people of the area. And since they are predominantly fishermen hence the need to improve their occupation such as fishing techniques, boats, nets etc.