Nigeria: Urban Renewal Board Tasked On Shanty Towns

Officials of the Lagos State Urban Renewal Board (LASURB) have been tasked on the need to ensure that all shanties in the state disappear.

The Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Engineer Hakeem Gbajab-iamila who gave the charge at a briefing with the LASURB officials said that slums like, Ilaje, Bariga, Otto, Ijora and Oko-Baba are upgraded to habitable standard.

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