Key learning points

1. Many people in Lagos live in informal settlements because of a lack of affordable housing.
2. Traffic congestion and pollution are major problems in Lagos.
3. There are high levels of inequalities in Lagos.
4. Solutions include the Lagos Bus Rapid Transit system and floating schools.

Keywords

• Pollution - anything that makes the environment dirty or unhealthy

• Inequality - when something is not shared evenly between everyone

• Informal settlement - area of makeshift housing where the people who live there don’t own the land or have access to services like clean water, power, sanitation

• Informal job sector - jobs that are not officially recorded or regulated and do not involve the payment of taxes

• Poverty - not having enough money to afford basic human needs such as food, clothing or somewhere to live

Common misconception