It’s been 35 years since the Nigerian government carried out its biggest forced eviction ever of the 300,000 residents of Maroko in Lagos.
- Professor of Planning and Heritage, University of Liverpool
Governing a city like Lagos, with deep-seated socioeconomic inequalities, is not a job for the fainthearted.
Lagos poses a set of particular challenges when it comes to making interventions work.
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