Tag: consortium in partnership with the University of Lagos Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development (CHSD)

80% of Lagos Communities Lack Functional Streetlights – ACRC Researchers

Gbenga Adeoti

‘How this exacerbates crime and insecurity in Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre,’ details of the study by the consortium in partnership with the University of Lagos Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development (CHSD)   The African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC), a body of researchers working across 12 African cities including Lagos and Maiduguri in Nigeria, has revealed that 80 per cent of communities in Lagos have no functional streetlights. This situation “exacerbates crime and insecurity in one of Africa’s most populous cities,” Platforms Africa reports the researchers to have said. Lagos,…

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