The Lagos State government is pushing to contain the crisis in the state’s rental market, where the scramble for shelter has become a bruising contest between shrinking pay packets and soaring rents.
From the tenements in low-income settlements such as Okokomaiko, Mushin and Ajegunle to the glassy estates of Ikoyi, Victoria Island and Lekki, landlords are raising house rents, issuing fresh invoices that read like ransom notes.
This means that the rental situation in the city is completely indifferent to location, which is why there has be
