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cityboylagos:
Why Young Lagosians Can’t Afford Apartments: The Rent Crisis Gripping Agege & Mainland Ghettos


https://eyesoflagos.com/why-young-lagosians-cant-afford-apartments-the-rent-crisis-gripping-agege-mainland-ghettos/

akpumping7720:
Demand is actually more than supply. Overpopulation in Lagos is really a major factor of this pandemic. Everybody wants to Japa to Lagos.

Other state governors should sit up. Abuja is also experiencing similar situation.
Lack of job availability in urban areas of other states

ugodson:
The youth should look for an alternative place for work.
I work in kogi amd earn more than 300k and i tell you food and transportation is really cheap here.

Try and leave Lagos even though they buried our umbilical cords there we can survive outside of Lagos.

Was born and brought up in festac everything was just festac untill my eyes opend

JeebRock:
It's so so sad right now.
I'm almost homeless now. No where to go from here.

cityboylagos:
Why Young Lagosians Can’t Afford Apartments: The Rent Crisis Gripping Agege & Mainland Ghettos


https://eyesoflagos.com/why-young-lagosians-cant-afford-apartments-the-rent-crisis-gripping-agege-mainland-ghettos/

nwirinedu:
Property is over valued because of migration to Lagos.

If other coastal states were given half the treatment Lagos gets there d be no need to go to that swamp of a state.

Everything is chaotic, everyone who lived in Lagos and relocates to another state has to treat one form of mental illness before coming back normal.
It's not pretty of funny, one should not lose their sanity and soul just to belong to a swamp.

GentleGender:
This house rentage issue in Lagos is a very serious issue and the government should look into it.

Splashme:
The first civilian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, on Tuesday, said that the cancellation of the Lagos metroline project in 1985 was a major mistake and disservice to many Nigerians.

Jakande spoke in Lagos during the launch of a book which chronicled his life in politics and journalism.

The book, entitled, ‘Jakande: Leadership in Action’ is written by Dr. Bola Olaosebikan, who told the audience at the event that the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was not responsible for the cancellation of the project.

Jakande said, “Reflecting on the metroline project, I think it is a major disservice to many Nigerians. Imagine how many people would have benefitted. It would have made life easier and changed the face of transport in Lagos. Whoever cancelled it or gave the advice towards its cancellation didn’t do right.”

The former governor asked Nigerians not to vote for unserious leaders in the coming polls, saying the elections presented Nigerians with a good opportunity that should not be squandered.

Expressing the hope that Nigeria would soon overcome its developmental challenges, Jakande said hope would be actualised faster if credible people emerged as leaders in the next dispensation.

He said, “This book comes at a very auspicious time in Nigeria’s history as we need leaders who can act. We need leaders who would not compromise the standards of good governance. God has blessed this nation the most in Africa, although we have not reached where we should be; with the right leaders, Nigeria would overcome its challenges.”


http://www.punchng.com/news/cancelling-metroline-a-major-mistake-jakande/

eluquenson:
REVISITING SOME OF THE LATEEF JAKANDE'S GOVERNMENT ACHIEVEMENTS FROM OCTOBER 1979 TO DECEMBER 1983 (FOUR YEARS AND 3 MONTHS) IN LAGOS STATE

* His government built the current Lagos State Secretariat which houses all the state ministries as well as the popular round house hitherto occupied by all subsequent governors of the state.

* His government built the Lagos State House of Assembly complex.

* His government built the Lagos State Television

* His government built the Lagos Radio

* His government built Lagos State University

* His government established General Hospital in zones all over the state with assurance of free health care.

* His government established Teacher Training College and the College of Education.

* His government built low cost houses in Ijaiye, Dolphin, Oke-Afa, Ije, Abesan, Iponri, Ipaja, Abule Nla, Epe, Amuwo-Odofin, Anikantamo, Surulere, Iba, Ikorodu, Badagry, Isheri/Olowu, Orisigun etc.

* His government established the Water Management Board and Waste Disposal Board on the 18th of August, 1980.

* His government constructed the Adiyan Water Works to increase water supply in the state to 18.16 million litres per day.

* His government modernized and expanded the Iju Water Works which was first commissioned in 1915. This increased daily capacity from 159 million to 204 million litres per day.

* His government purchased and commissioned the giant car crusher equipment. The equipment was designed specifically to crush derelict vehicles in Lagos State. It had the capacity to crush 45 vehicles per day.

* His government constructed, rehabilitated and resurfaced Epe/Ijebu-Ode Road, Oba Akran Avenue, Toyin Street, Town Planning Way, Alimosho-Idimu-Egbe Road, Idimu-Iba-LASU Road, the new secretariat road and several others.

* His government constructed Victoria Island/Epe Road and thereby creating an ‘oil rig’ for Lagos State.

* His government established Asphalt Plant for the Department of Public Works.

* His government established Electricity Board for Rural Electrification with provision of street lights.

* His government modernized, expanded and commissioned Onikan Stadium in 1982.

* His government established a singular school system and ensured genuine free education in Lagos State and the beneficiaries of this policy are in different positions of eminence in the country and around the world.

* His government raised the primary schools in Lagos State to 812 with 533,001 pupils (against 605 primary schools with 434,545 pupils he met in 1979) and secondary schools to 223 with 167,629 students (against 105 schools with 107,835 students in 1979).

* His government constructed 11, 729 classrooms with the maximum of 40 children per class between March and August 1980, by 1983, he had constructed over 22,000 classrooms.

* In July 1983, two commercial passenger boats christened "Baba Kekere and Itafaji" to run the Mile 2 - Marina (CMS) route via the lagoons were inaugurated by his government to mark the official launch of the Lagos State ferry services.

* His government took over the ownership and financing of Lagos State Printing Corporation in July 1980

* His government established the first State Traffic Management Authority (Road Marshals).

* His government established small scale Industries Credit Scheme which preceded the EKO bank.

*His government established LASACO Insurance.

*His government expanded existing market and built new ones.

*His government established Traditional Medicine Board.

WHO SAYS 4 YEARS IN OFFICE IS NOT ENOUGH FOR MEANINGFUL ACHIEVEMENTS?

IT'S A FACT THAT 90% OF GOVERNORS IN NIGERIA SINCE 1999 WITH REVENUES AT THEIR DISPOSAL CANNOT BOAST OF A QUARTER OF THESE ACHIEVEMENTS EVEN WITHIN THEIR EIGHT YEARS IN OFFICE.

Shawarmagirl:
The Igbos are buying the land, build on it and still rent it back to the owners on high price. That's business.

Chukwudi4naija:
Even 10x of my current income in PH, I will never relocate to Lagos. I schooled there, but never wish to reside there for sanity sake.

Goodlady:
If wetin we dey read for news us true, rent is now very costly in some parts of the country.
It's alarming and it needs ministry of housing's urgent intervention.

dominique:
Very soon, families will soon start sharing apartments and splitting rent like it's done in some cities in the US and UK. How much is income that ordinary self contain apartments are going for 500-600k? How are low income earners and blue collar workers surviving in this Lagos, I don't understand at all.

Hemanwel:
I have said it several times: it's high time LASG started building high rise buildings in Lagos to be able accommodate the increasing demand of accommodation in Lagos State. The habitable landmass of Lagos is very small; yet people will build bungalow on 2 plots of land. This is a waste of land.

I really want to commend Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila for the beautiful initiative he's carrying out in his constituent in Surulere, with regard to solving the housing crises in the State.

I am going to probably create a thread about it and post pictures.

Sofistcatdmoron:
3m apartments
Money you go use Japa to europe

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anonimi:
Do other governors have federal airports and seaports as well as other infrastructure that Lagos has due to its being the federal capital territory from 1914?

Do other governors have the revenue that Lagos has, due to its high population? Is this not the case for London, New York and other cities that are commercial and/or administrative capitals of countries, whether developed or not?

ideatoprince18:
Why Young Lagosians Can’t Afford Apartments: The Rent Crisis Gripping Agege & Mainland Ghettos

ugodson:
The youth should look for an alternative place for work.
I work in kogi amd earn more than 300k and i tell you food and transportation is really cheap here.

Try and leave Lagos even though they buried our umbilical cords there we can survive outside of Lagos.

Was born and brought up in festac everything was just festac untill my eyes opend

anonimi:
Why have the senators and representatives of the other coastal states failed to get half of the federal treatment that Lagos gets for their own states?

Why are they failing in their legislative duties since the return to democracy 26 years ago

Gerrard59:
Lagos is Nigeria's smallest state with the biggest economy and it's the most populous.

Basic economics and geography.

That said, no professional living in Yaba earns 100K per month. Anyone who earns such and lives in Yaba has something wrong with him/her.

Gerrard59:
Your suggestion is apt. If I hazard a wild guess, Lagos is the only metropolitan city with a small land mass where the majority of the buildings on the mainland - its most populous zone - aren't high rises.

Lagos needs to build up, but are the required infrastructure available (piped water, lift that work 24/7/365, constant electricity, piped gas etc?)

That said, what's Femi doing that you commend?

alamscolo:
The government esp Lagos State government has an hand in this esp the current government, imagine a friend acquired a ppty for his mum, just to renovate, they stopped them from working it's been over 2 months now and they settled laspa, Las orisirisi with over 3m and still paying, the guy just dey regret, area boys and baale own still dey o. Assuming it's for rent, will it be cheap? Don't forget to add the skyrocketing cost of materials

Jughead29:
The President has caused a serious damage within months in the office just with useless policies that can take 10yrs to correct.

No solution yet to any of these problems that could urgently help the situations

Starving
Poverty
High cost of living
Low income
Inflation

ugodson:
The youth should look for an alternative place for work.
I work in kogi amd earn more than 300k and i tell you food and transportation is really cheap here.

Try and leave Lagos even though they buried our umbilical cords there we can survive outside of Lagos.

Was born and brought up in festac everything was just festac untill my eyes opend

Gerrard59:
There's no place in Europe that you can migrate to with that amount. Not even the Libyan - Mediterranean Sea route

nwirinedu:
What you see in Lagos is not the work of the senators but the president who hails from the area. Dont ask questions whose answer you already know, the few senators who try to push for development of their areas are being suspended, one of them is a lady who has been battling her suspension ever since.
You know this but the Agbado palliative wont let you say the truth. BTW I hear the chips is ready for distribution this month, have you secured your spot?