Urban Migration and Renewal in Nigeria: Future Drivers of
Economic Growth. How African cities will be the biggest drivers of the
Rising Africa Story?
On Wednesday August 15th, Broll Staff attended an event which was
hosted by Mail and Guardian Africa at Four Points Hotel.
The recently launched pan-African news and information portal noted that Nigeria was chosen to lead the debate because Lagos is expected to be the 11th biggest city on the planet by 2015 with 16 million inhabitants.
'As we struggle to find the means to house and feed the people undertaking rural-urban migration, Africans will look to Nigeria as the first to face the mammoth task of ensuring that human settlement, infrastructure development and job creation are well managed in the growing city-society.' - Mail & Guardian Africa.
The recently launched pan-African news and information portal noted that Nigeria was chosen to lead the debate because Lagos is expected to be the 11th biggest city on the planet by 2015 with 16 million inhabitants.
'As we struggle to find the means to house and feed the people undertaking rural-urban migration, Africans will look to Nigeria as the first to face the mammoth task of ensuring that human settlement, infrastructure development and job creation are well managed in the growing city-society.' - Mail & Guardian Africa.
During the event
Governor Fashola, who was the Speaker noted 3 key things that needed to be done:
- Invest in education - He explained that this was a key route to national development especially within the science and technology sectors.
- Embrace Information Technology - Governor Fashola also called on Nigerians to utilise the internet and also social media to aid in bridging the development gap.
- Reduce Poverty - By means of reducing the large infrastructure deficit.
It was indeed a gathering of great minds...looking forward to the next meeting!
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