caption: Gov. Babatunde Fashola addressing Makoko residents
By SaharaReporters, New York
The Egun Community, which lives on the Lagos lagoon that is currently being demolished by the State Government, today trooped out to the Governor’s office at Alausa to protest their displacement and the demolition of their wooden shacks on the Makoko stilt.
Addressing the community, Governor Babatunde Fashola said that some individuals, whom he did not identify, are benefiting from the sufferings of the residents as they live on the water, and are receiving grants from international charities and funding bodies.
He told the age long water-float residents that occupants of the demolished
Monday, 23 July 2012
Demolition At Makoko: Residents Of Historic Waterfront Community Protest To Governor Fashola Of Lagos
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