Ijora Badia: A desperate attempt to #survive
Channel: BusinessDay NG
Date: 2019-09-12

Our #Journalist, Temitayo Ayetoto visited Ijora-Badia, one of Lagos' under-serviced but high density areas for a documentary on how the people in that area are trying to survive in the midst of life challenges.

Several tales have been told about Ijora Badia – a relatively unknown slum not very far from the seaport town of Apapa.

Ijora Badia sits on a massive heap of swampy refuse collected over a long period of time. Every form of drainage around the slum had been blocked and overgrown with wild bush, so that many of the homes were almost submerged by flood following the recent heavy rains.

Without the heavy boots, a visitor would have a lot more to contend with. For example, since there are hardly any trails on the ground, so that it is difficult to tell what parts of the filth are safe to step on. Human faeces, meanwhile, litter the corners. They continue to advocate for the help of the Government 

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