The government of Lagos, Nigeria, is currently tearing down a slum built on water in which people have been living for over one hundred years now. While clearing slums to make way for more decent accommodation is apposite, the manner in which the government in Lagos seems to be going about the matter is inhumane and cruel. It is not clear that the government is helping the people to find alternative accommodation. The people were simply given 72 hours to vacate the area. Then people were sent to demolish the area. A government that does not want to be portrayed negatively needs to make sure it caters for the well-being of its people, that is, treat people humanely. Right now this is not being seen in the destruction of the slum in Lagos.
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