Twenty-four million people live in Lagos, and it's rapidly increasing. Many think of Lagos as a thriving center of business and opportunity, but the urban poor and working class here tell a different story.ĪKINWOTU: Legba, another driver, tells me in Yoruba he moved to Lagos several years ago.ĪKINWOTU: He says that too many people in Lagos are suffering and that many of the people who work at this bus station go hungry. They move to Lagos so that when they leave Lagos, they'll be able to - their life will be even more better.ĪKINWOTU: But those people from villages moving for a better life can often meet a cold reality. ISMAIL: Most of the people that - are living at the village.
He's a 56-year-old driver from Jos in central Nigeria, and he's been driving passengers between Jos and Lagos for 32 years. Plenty of people are moving to Lagos.ĪKINWOTU: Every day, plenty of people move to Lagos, says Adelahu Ismail. The arrivals pour out into the heat and collide into a frenetic scene of street sellers hawking soft drinks, travelers rushing to make connections and drivers maneuvering their buses through the crowds.ĪDELAHU ISMAIL: Every day, people are moving to Lagos. Vans packed with passengers arrive from near and faraway cities across Nigeria. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: (Speaking Yoruba).ĮMMANUEL AKINWOTU, BYLINE: Drivers call out destinations in this sprawling outdoor bus station on the outskirts of Lagos. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: (Speaking Yoruba). But a failure to develop the city as it rapidly expands means the prospects for new arrivals may be growing dim. Thousands of Nigerians move to Lagos every day, drawn by hope and the promise of opportunity that has always drawn people to major cities. It's the commercial capital of Africa's most populous country. Lagos is Nigeria's coastal megacity, and it is booming.
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