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Urban governance and smart future cities in Nigeria: Lagos flagship projects as springboard?

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2021-01-20
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Lagos colony emerged from the creation of a geographical entity known as Nigeria, through the amalgamation of the southern and the northern protectorates by the British in 1914. This, supposedly, set the stage for the building of a prosperous and egalitarian society. Agunbiade and Olajide (2016: 1), note that the ‘quality of physical form, socio economic structure and governance outlook of what later became of Nigerian cities are products of many interacting forces over time and space’. The historical and political development of Nigeria can be generally categorised into three eras – pre-colonial (years before 1861), colonial (1861–1960) and postcolonial (1960 – present). Agunbiade and Olajide (2016) further discuss the political dimension of governance in Lagos, in time and space, as well as the implications on urban development and service delivery.
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