Succor seems to be on the way for the Lagos State Government as the United Nation’s agency, the UN- Habitat, has revealed its plan to partner the state on initiatives that would promote a livable and sustainable city. Speaking during the commemoration of World Habitat Day 2015 in Lagos, UN-Habitat Programme Manager for Nigeria, Mr. Kabir Yari, said that the agency was ready for more robust collaborations with the state government in order to achieve its collective dream of a safer city. He said: “UN-Habitat is ready to support the state government at formulating strategies toward delivering the mandate of a sustainable urbanization and adequate shelter for all.”
The theme of this year celebration is “Public Spaces For All”. World Habitat Day celebration is a United Nations programme with the purpose of reflecting on the state of towns and cities and on the basic right of all to adequate shelter. Reflecting on the theme of the celebration, Yari, noted that as more people flock to the cities and human scales become increasingly smaller, avenues for social, cultural and other forms of public interaction have become progressively fewer.
According to him, the progressive erosion of the public open space in the cities has become a major casualty of the unsustainable urbanization, adding that this has rubbed community of some of the critical elements of a healthy and productive space to grow and develop.


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