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Lagos slum evictions don’t work: 6 ways city planners can actually help the poor

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par Oluwaseyi Omowunmi Popogbe, Lecturer I, Crawford University

Millions of people in Lagos live in slums. Slums typically have poor housing infrastructure and sanitation, and limited access to education, health facilities and clean drinking water.

These challenges make the people who live in slums vulnerable to health crises, high illiteracy rates and poor standards of living.

A central element of the city authorities’ efforts to address the issue has been to evict people. Over the past decade, more…

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