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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Occupation of unused land or derelict buildings in Nigeria</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nigeria_(orthographic_projection).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Country marked in green" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Nigeria_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/220px-Nigeria_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Nigeria_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/330px-Nigeria_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Nigeria_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/440px-Nigeria_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="553" data-file-height="553" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> on globe</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aerial_view_of_Makoko_Slum_in_Lagos_Nigeria.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Refer to caption" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Aerial_view_of_Makoko_Slum_in_Lagos_Nigeria.png/220px-Aerial_view_of_Makoko_Slum_in_Lagos_Nigeria.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Aerial_view_of_Makoko_Slum_in_Lagos_Nigeria.png/330px-Aerial_view_of_Makoko_Slum_in_Lagos_Nigeria.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Aerial_view_of_Makoko_Slum_in_Lagos_Nigeria.png/440px-Aerial_view_of_Makoko_Slum_in_Lagos_Nigeria.png 2x" data-file-width="1645" data-file-height="856" /></a><figcaption>Aerial view of <a href="/wiki/Makoko" title="Makoko">Makoko</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lagos" title="Lagos">Lagos</a></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Squatting in Nigeria</b> refers to a person who is not the owner, taking possession of land or an empty house. Squatters migrate from the countryside to <a href="/wiki/Informal_settlements" class="mw-redirect" title="Informal settlements">informal settlements</a> in cities such as <a href="/wiki/Abuja" title="Abuja">Abuja</a>, <a href="/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt">Port Harcourt</a> and in particular <a href="/wiki/Lagos" title="Lagos">Lagos</a>. Lagos had a population of over 14 million people in 2019 and many <a href="/wiki/Slums" class="mw-redirect" title="Slums">slums</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Makoko" title="Makoko">Makoko</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Squatting_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Squatting in Nigeria occurs when people migrate from the countryside to cities such as <a href="/wiki/Abuja" title="Abuja">Abuja</a>, <a href="/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt">Port Harcourt</a> and in particular <a href="/wiki/Lagos" title="Lagos">Lagos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Low-cost_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Low-cost-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nwannekanma_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nwannekanma-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other reasons include the lack of low cost housing, unemployment and inability to access loans.<sup id="cite_ref-Low-cost_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Low-cost-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Barriers to the construction of low cost housing are corruption, lack of national policy initiatives and bad governance.<sup id="cite_ref-Low-cost_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Low-cost-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Nigeria" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria">COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria</a>, homelessness in cities was observed to be increasing in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-Nwannekanma_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nwannekanma-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the late 1960s and early 1970s, there was less squatting in <a href="/wiki/West_Africa" title="West Africa">West Africa</a> than in other areas of Africa and also <a href="/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America">Latin America</a>, because cheaply rented property was available and traditional tribal structures meant it was easy to find housing.<sup id="cite_ref-Peil_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peil-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the population in urban areas was rising rapidly: <a href="/wiki/Ajegunle" title="Ajegunle">Ajegunle</a>, now part of Lagos, went from a population of 12,951 in 1948–1952, to an estimated 120,000 in 1970–1972; <a href="/wiki/Aba,_Abia" class="mw-redirect" title="Aba, Abia">Aba</a> went from 57,787 in 1948–1952 to an estimated 300,000 in 1970–1972; <a href="/wiki/Abeokuta" title="Abeokuta">Abeokuta</a> went from 84,451 people in 1948–1952 to an estimated 250,000 in 1970–1972; <a href="/wiki/Kakuri" title="Kakuri">Kakuri</a> now part of <a href="/wiki/Kaduna" title="Kaduna">Kaduna</a> had 1,000 inhabitants in 1948–1952 and an estimated 30,000 people in 1970–1972.<sup id="cite_ref-Peil_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peil-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2020, <a href="/wiki/Lagos_State" title="Lagos State">Lagos State</a> issued over 2,500 eviction notices to informal settlements in Fagba a district of <a href="/wiki/Ifako-Ijaiye" title="Ifako-Ijaiye">Ifako-Ijaiye</a>, stating that the squatters were hoodlums who had been involved in the <a href="/wiki/EndSARS" class="mw-redirect" title="EndSARS">EndSARS</a> protests.<sup id="cite_ref-PT_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lagos">Lagos</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Squatting_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Lagos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The capital Lagos is the most populated city in Africa, with over 14 million people in 2019 (Nigeria as a whole had over 200 million people).<sup id="cite_ref-UN_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UN-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FT_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FT-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1995, almost 70% of the population of Lagos lived in <a href="/wiki/Slums" class="mw-redirect" title="Slums">slums</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WorldBank_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldBank-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Makoko" title="Makoko">Makoko</a> is an area composed of six villages, four on water and two on land. The villages on water are made up of wooden shacks built beside the <a href="/wiki/Third_Mainland_Bridge" title="Third Mainland Bridge">Third Mainland Bridge</a>. There are no official figures and population estimates range from 40,000 up to 300,000 people.<sup id="cite_ref-Ogunlesi_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ogunlesi-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An eviction attempt in 2012 by the State Ministry of Waterfront Infrastructure Development stopped when a resident was shot dead.<sup id="cite_ref-Ogunlesi_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ogunlesi-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Badia East is a <a href="/wiki/Slum" title="Slum">slum</a> beside the railway which has seen large-scale evictions in 1986, 1997, 2003 and 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-FT_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FT-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Squatting_in_Nigeria&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Low-cost-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Low-cost_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Low-cost_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Low-cost_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFEbekozienAbdul-AzizJaafar2019" class="citation journal cs1">Ebekozien, Andrew; Abdul-Aziz, Abdul-Rashid; Jaafar, Mastura (9 April 2019). 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States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squatting_in_Uruguay" title="Squatting in Uruguay">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squatting_in_Vanuatu" title="Squatting in Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squatting_in_Venezuela" title="Squatting in Venezuela">Venezuela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israeli_outpost" title="Israeli outpost">West Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komboni" title="Komboni">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squatting_in_Zimbabwe" title="Squatting in Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Movements</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abahlali_baseMjondolo" title="Abahlali baseMjondolo">Abahlali baseMjondolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Advisory_Service_for_Squatters" title="Advisory Service for Squatters">Advisory Service for Squatters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_of_Community_Organizations_for_Reform_Now" title="Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now">Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diggers" title="Diggers">Diggers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurodusnie_Collective" title="Eurodusnie Collective">Eurodusnie Collective</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exodus_Collective" title="Exodus Collective">Exodus Collective</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homeless_Workers%27_Movement" title="Homeless Workers' Movement">Homeless Workers' Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homes_Not_Jails" title="Homes Not Jails">Homes Not Jails</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justice_Not_Crisis" title="Justice Not Crisis">Justice Not Crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landless_Workers%27_Movement" title="Landless Workers' Movement">Landless Workers' Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mad_Housers" title="Mad Housers">Mad Housers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_the_Homeless" title="National Union of the Homeless">National Union of the Homeless</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Occupy_Homes" title="Occupy Homes">Occupy Homes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Coalition_Against_Poverty" title="Ontario Coalition Against Poverty">Ontario Coalition Against Poverty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Picture_the_Homeless" title="Picture the Homeless">Picture the Homeless</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plataforma_de_Afectados_por_la_Hipoteca" title="Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca">Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reclaim_The_City" title="Reclaim The City">Reclaim The City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Housing_League" title="Revolutionary Housing League">Revolutionary Housing League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Squatters%27_Action_for_Secure_Homes" title="Squatters' Action for Secure Homes">Squatters' Action for Secure Homes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Take_Back_the_Land" title="Take Back the Land">Take Back the Land</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_City_is_For_All" title="The City is For All">The City is For All</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Land_is_Ours" title="The Land is Ours">The Land is Ours</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/We_Are_Here_(collective)" title="We Are Here (collective)">We Are Here</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Cape_Anti-Eviction_Campaign" title="Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign">Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zone_to_Defend" title="Zone to Defend">Zone to Defend</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">In culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Squatter%27s_Tale" title="A Squatter's Tale">A Squatter's Tale</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ciutat_Morta" title="Ciutat Morta">Ciutat Morta</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dark_Days_(film)" title="Dark Days (film)">Dark 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