SIXTY four-year old Mrs. O.F. Olayinka, a retired businesswoman, has been suffering from arthritis on her legs in the last few years at her high brow area of Babs Animashaun Street in Surulere, Lagos. Because of this affliction, her movement is restricted and she therefore stays at home all day. The same is true of many senior citizens.
Alhaji Babs Animashaun, the renowned businessman and Lagos socialite, who Ebenezer Obey, Nigeria's juju music maestro, sang his praise in 1972 in the hit song, "Board Members", lives in the area. Many of those who live in the area were the movers and shakers in Lagos.
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