Lagos Flashcards

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1
Q

_______ people move to Lagos every year in search of these opportunities.

  1. Life expectancy in Lagos is _______ ; Nigeria is _______
  2. _______ % children receive a primary education in Lagos
  3. Lagos has a _______ _______ _______ that cleans river water – 10% population Lagos benefit from this
  4. _______(like wells) are used to get ground water.
  5. However: (AO3) These are becoming increasingly polluted and contaminated with _______ from rising sea levels
  6. 2010 Nissan has opened up an assembly factory. This employs _______ people
  7. _______ % people work in the informal sector
  8. Sorting through 3,000 tonnes of waste a day, the 500 people live on Olusosun Dump: _______ plastics and burn _______ _______
  9. _______ _______ is a massive project: creating 1000’s of construction jobs
  10. Lagos contains _______ % of all Nigeria’s international trade
A
  1. 6000,000
  2. 70; Nigeria is 55
  3. 94.3%
  4. water treatment plant
  5. Boreholes
  6. salt
  7. 2,500 people
  8. 40%
  9. recycle plastics and burn copper wires
  10. Eko Atlantic
  11. 80%
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____ has a population of around 1 million (no-one really knows)

  1. Makoko is built on _______ into the waters of the Lagos Lagoon
  2. Average Lagos-ian will have electricity for _______ hours a day
  3. Only the wealthier can afford their own private (__________) generators
  4. _______ in _______ has clean piped water in Lagos
  5. 88% sewage in _______ _______ (grim)
  6. _______ _______ leads to poor air quality
  7. Gangs called ‘_______ _______ ’ demand protection money and sell marijuana. 29% young men are unemployed
  8. Only _______ % of Lagos’ waste is collected
  9. Rapid Bus Transit (RBT… ie bus lanes) – _______ people use it a day… is it enough? (AO3)
  10. Lagos Rail Mass Transport (LRMT) to open. Designed to transport _______ _______ _______ … can the 600,000 each year afford to use it? (AO3)
A
Makoko 
13.stilts 
14.3 hours 
15. (diesel)
16.1 in 10
17.  Open sewers/rivers 
18.Traffic congestion leads to poor air quality
19. ‘Area Boys’ 29%
20. 40%
21 .200,000 
22.1.4 million people
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_______ people move to Lagos every year in search of these opportunities.

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6000,000

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