Wetin dey happen for Makoko no be small matter o! Lagos State Government don raze stilt houses wey plenty families dey use as homes. People wey dey live for di lagoon now don dey find alternative to survive as dem no get where to go.
As we sabi, dis na another chapter of forced eviction wey don dey happen many times for Lagos. Children and elderly for di area now dey suffer pass because dem need to find where to sleep and eat. Makoko don turn from place wey dem fit enjoy life to survival ground. Families dey tie canoe together just to create small home wey dem fit sleep.
One mother, Elizabeth Ottom, dey talk say her family no get food and dem turn canoe to their house. She dey wonder how dem go survive as dem receive no notice for di demolition wey happen. “Dem just come destroy everything, no warning, nothing!” she talk, as tears dey roll for her eye. E be like say hope don disappear for many of them.
Your guy, Jack, wey be fisherman, confirm say di night no dey easy at all. If person turn for sleep, fit fall enter water. Di fear wey dey grip dem no be to play! Children too dey enter am; dem dey paddle canoe and help adults but e no dey easy. Dis wetin we fit call survival of di fittest now.
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