Impact of Resettlement Action Plan of Lagos Red Rail Line on the Perception of Project Affected Persons’ (PAPs)

Abstract

This study emphasizes the project-affected persons and their perception concerning the activities of the government in Lagos State. Lagos Red Rail Line is going to be a laudable project that will result in the socio-economic development of the State and reduce traffic jams when completed. The study employed a survey research technique which included administration of interviews with the respondents through focus group discussion and questionnaires in Ikeja, Yaba, Mushin, and Oyingbo and secondary sources of data such as Journals, the Internet, Government Gazette, and Magazines. The study adopted Ordinal Logistics Regression to analyze its result. The study reveals that a lack of confidence in government coupled with a high rate of illiteracy is responsible for the adverse reaction of the project-affected persons. The study therefore recommends that the government at all levels in Lagos State and Nigeria at large should build the confidence of the residents in the State and Nigeria by fulfilling the promises made to residents of Lagos State and Nigerians before and after the elections.