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Mass demolitions, evictions as Nigeria continues housing push

Mass demolitions, evictions as Nigeria continues housing push

KELECHUKWU IRUOMA DEMOLA Adeleye and his family were sleeping in their three-bedroom bungalow when they were awoken by the sound of bulldozers demolishing the homes around them. In February a task force sent by Lagos state's New Towns Development Authority (NTDA) started bulldozing all the structures in the coastal neighbourhood of Oke-Egan and evicting the occupants. "I am pained and depressed," Adeleye, 38, said with tears in his eyes. "Look at where I have been sleeping with my wife and four children," he added, pointing to a half-finished building behind his welding workshop where his family has been staying since…
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