Makoko

Um, so I, I got very lucky.

I met a young fixer, a woman who, who introduced me to women in a certain part of Lagos called Makoko, which actually-

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... ended up being kinda like the m- one of the main locations in the film.

And Makoko is, um, is on the lagoon in Lagos.

It's kind of a-

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In the news, the federal government has charged senior advocate Michael Zekome with forgery.

People whose houses have been demolished in Makoko sleeping on the water now.

Before you demolish, give them provision where they will stay before you demolish them.

You know when they want to do their housing for their cronies or

You know, just other things that just like, wow, this is impact.

And then there was this, you know, the largest, um, of course there's so many other ones, you know, in Lagos, for instance, in Makoko that you go to.

Is it, um...

Is this even your environment here? Well, I did one recently where, behind you here, Alpha Beach,

it's a practice that has come with a whole lot of challenges in itself.

When the communities use the waste to claim land, communities like Makoko in the city of Libos has been widely known to do that, and several communities like that.

Of course, the sewage system is usually so poor.

Yeah, so it's a practice that we have seen, and it's something that is not a very great feature.

In the news, the federal government has charged senior advocate Michael Zekome with forgery.

People whose houses have been demolished in Makoko sleeping on the water now.

Before you demolish, give them provision where they will stay before your demolition.

You know when they want to do their housing for their cronies or

Makakoa.

I was gonna say Makoko.

You might be closer.

No, you're right.

People

whose houses have been demolished in Makoko sleeping on the water now.

Before you

demolish, give them provision where they will stay before you demolish