By PETER ANOSIKE

The dream to make Lagos worth the salt of a mega city is coming to fruition with the intervention of the World Bank. Under an urban upgrading scheme, which involves infrastructure and other components, the global bank has selected nine slums which include: Agege, Ajegunle, Amukoko, Badia, Bariga, Ijeshatedo/Itire, Ilaje, Iwaya and Makoko for face-lift.

The project, which is under the Lagos Metropolitan Development and Governance Project (LMDGP) would cost $200 million. The International Development Authority (IDA), an arm of the World Bank, is financing the project, which would b e executed in three phases.

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Posted by rjorr at September 10, 2007 9:04 PM