In five years’ time, Lagos, the commercial centre of Nigeria, is set to overtake the Egyptian capital, Cairo, as Africa’s biggest city; the United Nations-Habitat report, has said.


According to the report, it is estimated that by 2015, Lagos will have 12.4 million inhabitants.


The reported added that the number of people living in African cities would triple over the next 40 years and by 2050, 60 per cent of Africans would be city dwellers.


UN-Habitat Executive Director, Mr. Joan Clos, told the British Broadcasting Corporation on Wednesday that Africa needed to invest urgently in housing.


He told the BBC that sub-Saharan Africa could learn from North Africa as Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia had almost halved slum areas in the past 20 years.


Some 199.5 million people in sub-Saharan Africa live in slums, the highest number in the world, the UN said earlier this year.


According to UN-Habitat’s State of African Cities 2010 report, urbanisation is happening faster in Africa than anywhere else in the world.


By 2030 the continent will no longer be predominately rural, it says.


Clos said that cities were attractive places for those wanting to relocate.


“People are looking for a better future and they think the city can offer that,” he told the BBC’s Focus on Africa programme.


http://www.punchontheweb.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201011252332662

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I do not know how to import the picture of Lagos on the link above, tutorial on that pls.

Lagos state Gov. is working hard to transform Lagos State , Other Govs in other states are busy impoverishing their states.

Big deal. :-)
To be the biggest or the best, which is more important?

then lets flush out ALAYE boyz

Kudos to the governor

Quality over quantity, imo.

While the growth rate of Lagos is impressive, too much of the populace essentially dwells in slums. Something needs to be done to raise the status quo up a bit. I wish there were more jobs in Nigeria sef

I also wonder a bit about the nature of this population growth. Where is it coming from? I know that people all over West Africa move to Lagos, but it'd be nice if we understood the different components of the population growth a bit better.

@poster
right click on picture trhen save in ur pc, from their copy to attach.

Really?
How come Kano has 44 Local Governments compared to Lagos State's 20?
Talk about politics of deprivation.

That was a CLARION call on our Government to wake up!

You mean Africa's largest slum?

Kano State should stop boasting about their fake population

dats a bad news for.lagos biggest state in africa without no job,electricity,and even police collecting 20 naira

bullshit

like i give a rat's a$$

largest by population only or by land size

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ZIM DRILL:

largest by population only or by land size

Population of course! Where you want increase the land to?

That sounds like a good report

good news

bad news

that's very good news for somebody's ear   to hear, i must appreciate Gov Fashola for his effort toward Lagosian, may God give him more vision for Lagos state Amen

now that there is no available land in Lagos, this is the time for those who are interested and have a vision of establish a multinational companies to come and buy land in Benue where there's available land.

In terms of what - crime or sophistication or development?

that is very good for somebody ear to hear.

bad news

Largest by population also could mean largest slum in Africa, if we are not already there. Cairo however remains one of the most fascinating cities in Africa. It is beautiful and Lagos is still 100's of years from getting to where that city currently stands architecturally.

bababuff:

Population of course! Where you want increase the land to?

you must be clever than that

is lagos an isolated island ?

it can increase land size by incoperating other areas to be part of lagos

Horus:

LOL

we have becomerich no 9 here!

ZIM DRILL:

you must be clever than that

is lagos an isolated island ?

it can increase land size by incoperating other areas to be part of lagos

Lagos can increase land size by incorporating other areas to be part of Lagos?? Did you think this one through??

Good Lord! All the UN said was Lagos will become the most populated city in Africa and we already have morons spewing out retardedness. Some things never change.

olafolarin:

Really?
How come Kano has 44 Local Governments compared to Lagos State's 20?
Talk about politics of deprivation.

Very important question.the North have always claimed to be more poulated than the south.
it's a just a political strategy applied by the psst military government to give dominance to the north over the south.

great news