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Port Harcourt: Why Amaechi Cannot Demolish The Waterfronts
Mr. C. W. Enwefah
is the Secretary-General of the National Union of
Tenants of Nigeria, a leading NGO responsible for housing right advocacy in the country. In an interview held on 1st June 2009 with the Weekly Star
, a Nigerian-based newspaper publication, the Secretary-General explains the mindset of his organization on the demolitions carried out in Port Harcourt by the Rivers State Government. Excerpts of the interview are as follow:
Port Harcourt, Abonema Wharf: a community sitting on a keg of gun powder!
Mrs Gift George, women leader in Abonema Wharf community addressing the media during the Social Action organised press briefing on Wednesday, 27th January, 2010.
Social Action in collaboration with Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) organised a press briefing at Abonema wharf community on Wednesday to once again draw attention to the plights of the over 200,000 people that would be displaced and rendered homeless.
Demolished houses in Port Harcourt:
View the pictures on the demolitions carried out in Port Harcourt
Demolitions and evictions in Port Harcourt after the UN-Habitat/Governement mission
(March 18 2009)
Demolitions and evictions in Port Harcourt after the UN-Habitat/Governement mission
(March 18 2009)
Bulldozers Sack PH Residents
The Mirror, 18-24 July 2008
Media report on the arbitrary manner of carryng out the demolitions in PH
September 11 2008
Pictures of some demolished residential buildings in PH
July 2008