High levels of Electricity supply in There is no system to deal with and areas poorest comes from waste from factories of slums are illegal connections that self-policed by often cut out. ‘Area Boys’ is high are no sewage Only 40% of rubbish is officially unemployment in systems and raw sewage is collected state owing ejected into the lagoon to the influx of causing health problems people from such as cholera every corner of the country 60% of the Lack of sanitation basic Slum housing is found on illegally population live in facilities in the slum areas occupied land (it doesn’t belong to slums like them). It is often marshy poorly Makoko drained land that no one else wants to build on The government would like to Diseases which are not treated The infrastructure is targeted for waterfront location to serve the increase the Infant Mortality Rate improvement with clean running richer residents off Lagos with (IMR) and death rates lowering water and a sewerage system this businesses, homes and services life expectancy will help the population become better educated. Lack of health care means Income to be divided Without an education is hard for fertility rates are high (the amongst very large families Makoko residents to escape the average number of children per meaning there is little to of poverty’ ‘cycle woman). This makes it harder to continue children’s education. provide basic services as the Less than 10% of Makoko’s population is constantly population are even educated at increasing. primary school. Few people from Makoko As so many people work in the Some people in Makoko work in continue into further education informal sector they do not pay the fishing industry but the waters and most likely work in the taxes so there is little money here are highly polluted nboth informal employment. from tax to invest in education from sewage and as a waste dump and healthcare for such a for the city. Fishing is often youthful population hazardous and unproductive as there are so little fish left. The government want to The government have not The demolition of Makoko will demolish this settlement and considered the rehousing of the lead to shanty towns in the rebuild and redevelop the area slum dwellers city growing in size and put under into a waterfront attraction pressure as the Makoko residents will have nowhere else to go
High levels of and areas of slums are self-policed by ‘Area Boys’ Electricity supply in poorest comes from illegal connections that often cut out. There is no system to deal with waste from factories is high unemployment in state owing to the influx of people from every corner of the country are no sewage systems and raw sewage is ejected into the lagoon causing health problems such as cholera Only 40% of rubbish is officially collected 60% of the population live in slums like Makoko Lack of sanitation basic facilities in the slum areas Slum housing is found on illegally occupied land (it doesn’t belong to them). It is often marshy poorly drained land that no one else wants to build on The government would like to waterfront location to serve the richer residents off Lagos with businesses, homes and services Diseases which are not treated increase the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) and death rates lowering life expectancy The infrastructure is targeted for improvement with clean running water and a sewerage system this will help the population become better educated. Lack of health care means fertility rates are high (the average number of children per woman). This makes it harder to provide basic services as the population is constantly increasing. Income to be divided amongst very large families meaning there is little to continue children’s education. Less than 10% of Makoko’s population are even educated at primary school. Without an education is hard for Makoko residents to escape the ‘cycle of poverty’ Few people from Makoko continue into further education and most likely work in the informal employment. As so many people work in the informal sector they do not pay taxes so there is little money from tax to invest in education and healthcare for such a youthful population Some people in Makoko work in the fishing industry but the waters here are highly polluted nboth from sewage and as a waste dump for the city. Fishing is often hazardous and unproductive as there are so little fish left. The government want to demolish this settlement and rebuild and redevelop the area into a waterfront attraction The government have not considered the rehousing of the slum dwellers The demolition of Makoko will lead to shanty towns in the city growing in size and put under pressure as the Makoko residents will have nowhere else to go
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