With Docu-film, hFACTOR debunks eviction narrative | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

Last week, stakeholders in the media, real estate developers, government officials, traders’ associations and social advocates converged on the National Museum, Onikan, Lagos, to screen a docu-film on government’s evictions of some people on their space and the social implications such actions have brought to Lagos, which is assumed to be on its way to becoming a smart city.

Also, there was a session that debunked some of the myths often held by government to carry out their evictions. Rethinking Cities Initiatives and Heinrich Boll Foundation, Abuja, have put some of the ideas in a booklet, titled, ‘Lagos Urban Planning: Debunking Myths And Stereotypes.’ He joined forces with other advocates to call for a gradual approach to formalising the informal economy, involving urban management, inclusive policies and partnerships with often poor informal workers, stressing that Lagos will do well to follow this approach as its diverse informal economy rather than being an impediment could potentially hold the key to its economic success.

She observed that using public health concern, as a pretext for evictions, is an age-old method, which is used around the world for gaining access to lucrative real estate. According to her, mass evictions are conducted with lethal force and the land reallocated to new affluent owners or private property developers, who transform the area into luxurious housing estates pegged at prices beyond the reach of former owners. She observed that this pattern of violent gentrification has been consistent in displacing thousands of people from Maroko to Makoko to Otodo, Gbame, pushing them deeper into poverty.

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