Several factors, such as explosion of urban populations due to massive rural-urban migrations and natural increase, urban housing deficit, inaccessibility to land and above all pervasive poverty have been found responsible for the proliferation and the prevalence of slums in Nigeria. Since, these people live in Lagos and pay their taxes, one would think it is incumbent on the state government to extend dividends of democracy to their region as well as prevent outbreak of diseases especially the recent outbreak of cholera which has to do with water. Your email address will not be published. There is hardly any usable item that cannot be found there. Upon investigation, it was gathered that the shanties are actually residents for the cart pushers as well as dealers in all kinds of other related businesses. Timothy Odedeji, Chairman CDA in the area, said: “The government has not been fair to us, we are always endangered anytime there is rainfall. Hence, they are most friendly with water. 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He lamented incessant building collapse with attendant loss of lives and properties in the area. Ironically, these slums, unlike most of those in other commercial cities, including Lagos and Port Harcourt, share common boundaries with posh edifices that house top government functionaries. These people as a result become nothing but endangered species with greater risk of disaster as a result of their vulnerability to the environment in which they live. quality buildings that are situated in degraded environment. (n.d). Download Vanguard News App. Apart from the two popular slums above, there are several others within the city of Abuja and the residents readily blame their poor earnings for being there instead of the other side where there is less filth and more shine.
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