Lagos govt to appeal court order halting demolition of slums

Lagos govt to appeal court order halting demolition of slums

Lagos state government has rejected a High Court ruling that it stop a programme of evictions on the city’s waterfront that has left more than 30,000 Nigerian fishermen and their families homeless. The government of Nigeria’s fast-growing mega-city of 23 million in October announced its intention to demolish all waterfront communities, home to around 300,000 […]
Source: Lagos govt to appeal court order halting demolition of slums

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post culled from nigerianpilot.com