Our Six Commitments to Our Host Communities
- 70% local employment quota — In every cohort of Afrisovera Builders, at least 7 out of every 10 trainees come from our priority host communities, and immediately adjoining LGAs.
- Community Development Fund — Up-front and ongoing payments to fund local schools, water, healthcare, and infrastructure independent of Afrisovera operations.
- Customary tenure honoured — All land acquisitions follow proper customary protocols: family head and community consent before any deposit, perimeter walks with adjacent landowners, joint signing by all stakeholders.
- Cultural preservation — Language, history, traditions, and identity of host communities preserved and celebrated in the city's identity, architecture, and naming.
- Long-term commitment — 25-year project horizon. We do not extract and leave; we build, live, and grow with you.
- Transparency to the community — Every transaction, every Community Development Fund payment, every employment decision tracked publicly. The community can audit us at any time.
Respect for Traditional Rulers
We engage the traditional authorities whose stewardship covers our candidate sites with the deepest respect:
The custodians of our host communities
Our candidate sites sit within communities of deep heritage and ancient, respected kingdoms in central Nigeria. We engage each traditional ruler and custodian with the deepest respect. The specific communities and their royal houses will be named publicly once formal agreements are in place — until then, we honour those engagements privately and through the proper channels.
Engagement protocol with all traditional rulers proceeds through the proper channels — Local Government Areas, Town Unions, and Royal Palace administrators. Petitions are formal and handwritten. Audiences are granted at the throne's convenience. Gifts and respect are given according to tradition.
The Community Development Fund
For every parcel acquired, we commit to a Community Development Fund (CDF) paid up-front to the community's elected stewardship body. Indicative scale for Phase 1 (50-1,500 hectare parcels):
| Parcel size | Up-front CDF | Annual ongoing CDF |
|---|---|---|
| 50 hectares (~125 acres) | ₦10-15 million | ₦2-3 million |
| 200 hectares (~500 acres) | ₦30-50 million | ₦5-10 million |
| 500 hectares (~1,235 acres) | ₦75-125 million | ₦15-25 million |
| 1,500 hectares (~3,700 acres) | ₦200-300 million | ₦40-60 million |
CDF allocations are decided by the community itself, not by Afrisovera. Typical uses:
- School building / refurbishment / books / teacher stipends
- Health post construction / equipment / medicines
- Water boreholes for the community (independent of our site borehole)
- Solar streetlights
- Maternal health support
- Youth scholarships
- Cultural festivals + heritage preservation
All CDF payments are tracked on our transparency dashboard at our public transparency dashboard.
Local Government Area Partnerships
Planned partnership engagement with our shortlisted host communities (to be named once agreements are in place):
Riverine heartland community
Deep historical significance and strong cultural identity to honour and integrate. Strong riverine site potential.
Agricultural-belt community
Central Nigeria. Agricultural belt. Strong potential for the agriculture-anchored phases. Community open to development partnership.
State-capital-adjacent community
State-capital adjacency and federal access. River-confluence proximity. Mixed cultural community.
Partnership with each LGA includes:
- LGA Chairman + Secretary as key liaisons
- LGA-level permits and registrations
- Local community development priorities incorporated
- LGA security cooperation for site protection
- LGA representation in Afrisovera Community Council (formed at Phase 2+)
Community Memorandum of Understanding (CMOU)
Every land acquisition is anchored by a formal Community Memorandum of Understanding signed by:
- AFRISOVERA NIGERIA LIMITED (Founder / Director)
- Traditional ruler representative
- Family head(s) of the land
- Village / town head(s)
- LGA Chairman as witness
- Independent witnesses (lawyer + local elder)
The CMOU sets out:
- Customary consent to the land assignment
- Community Development Fund commitments
- 70% local employment quota
- Cultural preservation commitments
- Ongoing community-engagement protocol
- Conflict-resolution mechanism
Returnee + IDP Support
From Phase 2, Afrisovera will formally partner with the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and IDPs to offer Internally Displaced Persons preferential pathways into the Afrisovera Builders programme — particularly those displaced by conflict across the wider region, including northeast Nigeria.
We will also partner with NIDCOM (Nigerians in Diaspora Commission) to support diaspora returnees seeking to bring their skills home — with relocation support, family-bringing-back grants, and senior leadership track placement for qualified returnees.
How to Engage Us
If you are:
- A traditional ruler or royal palace representative — please contact us through your LGA Chairman or by formal letter; we will follow your protocol
- A family head or community elder — please reach out via your LGA representative or village head
- An LGA Chairman or Secretary — please use the contact channels on our contact page
- A community advocate or town union representative — we welcome your engagement
Email community@afrisovera.com.ng or visit our Contact page.