When Nigeria hosted the second Festival of Arts and Culture in 1977, a new settlement was birthed in Lagos, with the primary aim of housing the participants that came for the festival. Festac Town consists of seven avenues and numerous arterials that facilitate ease of movement. The over 5,000-unit housing estate has evolved into a…
But today, Festac Town is losing most of its allure that made it one of the best places to live in Lagos then.The avenues and the arterial roads are still where they were, but not as they were. The well-paved, asphalt surfaces are now decorated with potholes and ditches. Two men wash their motorcycles in a stagnant water on a service lane on 3rd Avenue in Festac Town, Lagos. PHOTO: TONYE BAKARE
People fetch water in gallons outside a water bottling company on 24 Road in Festac Town, Lagos. PHOTO: TONYE BAKARE