The clearing of more than 200,000 people who live on the waterfronts of Port Harcourt will wreck businesses and lives
Having to stand by and watch helplessly as bulldozers destroy home and possessions is probably one of the hardest things any person could endure. Yet that threat looms for more than 200,000 people who live on the waterfronts of Port Harcourt, in Rivers State, Nigeria. And for some – like Love Bassett Okpadio – it has already become a reality. Okpadio used to live in Njemanze, an informal settlement on Port Harcourt’s waterfronts, with her husband and five children. In August 2009, Okpadio and her family were forcibly evicted from their home which was demolished under state authorities’ orders. Read The Full Report
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