Photo credit; Authority Newspaper
While not necessarily supporting the disobedience of orders in a democracy, I find it bizarre that governments in Nigeria are busy giving people concerned a bizarre Christmas present.
They have chosen to demolish houses which lack approval from the authorities.
But then, I don’t agree that a house will just appear from the blue moon. Rather, I find it incredible that no single official of government was privy to the construction of the houses.
Apart from that, it speaks a lot about the social awareness to community safety among our people. If a construction is being done to affect a community, the people ought to have spoken up.
What are the governments doing to provide homes for those who have become homeless by the demolition? Even if they were the owners of the demolished structures, they don’t deserve to sleep rough!
This post is not supporting the setting up of structures without the approval of the concerned agencies of government.
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