Nigerian Authorities Demolish Slum in Lagos

July 17, 2012 from LinkTV News

In an attempt to clean up the city, the Nigerian government displaced nearly 100,000 residents during the demolition of the Makoko Slum in Lagos. Slum dwellers claim there was no official warning made by the authorities before the demolition took place. Anguish and chaos ensue as the former residents plead with the government for assistance in relocating them.

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Makoko

Makoko is a slum neighborhood located in Lagos, Nigeria. At present its population is considered to be 85,840; however, the area was not officially counted as part of the 2007 census and the population today is considered to be much higher. Established in the 18th century prim... Explore this topic

Politics of Nigeria

Nigeria is a Federal Republic modeled after the United States, with executive power exercised by the president and with influences from the Westminster System model in the composition and management of the upper and lower houses of the bicameral legislature. However, the Presi... Explore this topic

Lagos

Lagos is a port city and the most populous city in Lagos State, Nigeria. Officially, the population of Lagos was last recorded in 2006 at 7,937,932. Lagos is the second fastest growing city in Africa and the seventh fastest growing city in the world. Lagos was originally inhab... Explore this topic

Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in t... Explore this topic

Demolition

Demolition is the tearing-down of buildings and other structures. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a building apart while carefully preserving valuable elements for re-use. For small buildings, such as houses, that are only two or three stories h... Explore this topic

Slum

A slum, as defined by the United Nations agency UN-HABITAT, is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing, squalor, and lacking in tenure security. According to the United Nations, the percentage of urban dwellers living in slums decreased from 47 percent t... Explore this topic

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