Lagos Whole Facts Flashcards
What is the life expectancy?
Lagos; 70
Nigeria; 55
How many under 5’s die in Nigeria compared in Lagos?
Nigeria; 201/1000
Lagos; 152/1000
How many schools are in Lagos?
150 schools
How many children receive a primary education in Lagos?
94.3%
How many people benefit from the water treatment plant that cleans the river water?
10% of the population in Lagos
What do street vendors sell in the informal sector?
Bottled water
What are the problems with boreholes?
They are polluted and contaminated with salt from rising sea levels
What are new businesses doing?
Turning organic waste into biofuels for energy
How many 2010 Nissan employees?
2,500 people
How many people work in the informal sector?
40%
How many people live on Olusosun dump?
500 people
What businesses have grown from that?
Restaurant, bars and 3 cinema
How many watts of energy does organic waste is being turned into biofuel?
25 mega watts
How many jobs does Eko Atlantic create for construction?
Thousands
How much international trade does is contained in Lagos?
80%
How many people move to Lagos every year?
600,000
How many homes will be in Eko Atlantic?
1/4 million but homes will be expensive
Makoko population?
Around 1 million
How to people get around?
Canoes (people live in them)
How many hours does Lagos have of electricity?
3 hours a day
What type of people can afford to get their own private (diesel) generators?
Very wealthy
1/10 has clean water in Lagos: true or false?
True
How many families share 1 toilet
15
How much of their sewage is in open sewer/rivers?
88%
What three diseases are common because of lack of sewers?
Cholera
Diarrhoea
Dysentery
What is polluted with waste and oil?
Lagos lagoon
What are two things The Area boys damand?
- Money
- Protection
They sell marijuana
How many young men are unemployed?
29%
How much of Lagos’s waste collected?
40%
How much rubbish does oslusun dump sort through by hand every day?
3,000 tones
How many people use Rapid bus transit per day?
200,000
Lagos rail mass transport transports how many people?
600,000
How many more fatalities on the Lagos roads than Eu cities?
3x
How much is air pollution over the recommended limit?
5x