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Lagos, along with the towns from the then Western region (Ikeja, Agege, Mushin, Ikorodu, Epe and Badagry), were eventually merged to create Lagos State. [63] Lagos city was split into the present day seven Local Government Areas (LGAs), while the other towns now make up 13 LGAs in the state.
Oct 15, 2024 · In 1954 most of the hinterland was incorporated into the region of Western Nigeria, while the city itself was designated as federal territory. In 1960 Lagos became the capital of independent Nigeria. Control of its hinterland was returned to the city in 1967 with the creation of Lagos state.
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Sep 16, 2024 · In response to the overcrowding and congestion of Lagos, the federal government selected a new capital site, Abuja, which replaced Lagos as the national capital in December 1991. The state government centred in Lagos city was shifted to Ikeja in 1976.
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Lagos State was created on May 27, 1967 by virtue of States [Creation and Transitional Provisions] Decree No. 14 of 1967 which restructured Nigeria’s Federation into 12 States.
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Lagos was affected positively as well as negatively by Nigeria’s 1970s emergence as a major crude oil producer. On the upside, there was investment in infrastructure. This included the building of the second bridge linking the Island, the Eko Bridge, and re-building of the first (colonial) Carter Bridge. The third and longest bridge was commissione...
Positive changeshave taken place. For example, over the past 15 years the authorities succeeded in raising more taxes using money to restore basic infrastructure, expand public services and strengthen law enforcement. Researchshows that the commitment to reform the city was driven by electoral pressures as well as elite ambitions to construct an or...
One of the biggest problems is the lack of coherent and integrated development . Another major issue is flooding which Bongo Adi, a Lagos based environmental expert argues, hasn’t been decisively tackled. Nor have improvements over the past decade impressed everyone. As Femi Akintunde argues,Lagos remains deplorable, rowdy, unsanitary, and a city o...
There are two potential authorities: Lagos state, sitting at the top, and the municipal authorities which interact with the grassroots. The problem is that Lagos city isn’t really run by the city authorities. But effective urban governance should be “bottom-up”, making it possible for the people to take increasingly greater control over their lives...
Aug 11, 2019 · Lagos is the smallest state in Nigeria with only 3,577 square kilometers. The area was called Lagos in 1427 by Portuguese explorers; until then, it was called Eko which meant “a war camp”. During the era of the Benin Empire, trade expeditions were sent to Ghana by the Oba of Benin.
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Jul 6, 2010 · In 1960, Lagos became the capital of a newly-independent Nigeria. In the years after independence the city’s population ballooned from less 100,000 in 1963 to nearly 2.5 million in 1974 as people were drawn in from the country seeking work, education, and freedom from ethnic and religious conflict.
