Xan Rice writing in the FT:
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What is known is Lagos’s old reputation and that is not good. “Housing congestion, traffic congestion,” says Mr Adediran (director of the city’s regional and master plan department.), reeling off a list in his office. “Broken social and physical infrastructure. Slums. Mountains of refuse blocking the roads. Bad security.”More here
He pauses, before adding: “But things have changed.” Mr Adediran is right. While the “go-slow” traffic jams do still occur, the drive from the financial district on Victoria Island to the Lagos State government offices in Ikeja takes 30 minutes, rather than 90 minutes as it may have done a few years ago. On the long bridge across the Lagos Lagoon, where thousands of shacks are perched on stilts in the water, women in bright yellow overalls with “Highway Managers” printed on the back sweep away the rubbish.
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