MODELS FOR RESETTLEMENT OF DISPLACED PERSONS IN NIGERIA: THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
Nsidibe Akpan Usoro &*Itimitang Wilson Etukudo
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State Nigeria
Email: ussh0074@gmail.com, dritimitang@yahoo.com
*Corresponding author
ABSTRACT
The involuntary displacement of some human populations in Nigeria have grown unabated in recent times, leaving millions of Nigerians uprooted from their traditional homes without much prospects of immediate solutions to their plight. Development projects, conflicts and natural disasters are among the key factors that trigger displacement of populations from original habitations. Within the past sixty years, researchers and policy makers have advanced various models for planning resettlement programmes. Some of these models are reviewed in this paper; these include the Scudder-Colson –Four-Stage model, the Risks and Reconstruction model and the Bakassi Resettlement and Re-integration model. Without prejudice to postulations of the various resettlement models developed in the area of study, this paper advocates a holistic approach in the resettlement of displaced populations which is emphasised in anthropological perspective.
Keywords: Involuntary Displacement, Human population and Resettlements Model.
