Festac Town
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Festac Town is a housing estate located along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway in Lagos State, Nigeria. Its name is derived from the acronym FESTAC which stands for Second African Festival of Arts and Culture which was held there in 1977.[1]
[edit] History
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Festac town originally and officially referred to as "Festival Town" is a large housing estate where the participants of the Second Festival of Arts and Culture held in Nigeria were accommodated. After the Festival, the Federal Government of Nigeria allocated the housing and landed properties to eventual winners who participated in a ballot. Initial regulations forbade such winners from renting and disposing-of the properties to third parties. The first was held in Senegal, another West African country. The estate is believed to be one of the largest in Africa with low, medium and high income earners. Festac town is managed by the Federal Housing Authority. For quite some time the majority of Nigerian computer scams (419 scams) have originated in the cyber cafes of Festac town.
[edit] Status
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The status of Festac is somewhat confusing as the Federal, State and Local Government all lay claim to the management of the estate and occasionally issue the residents with various charges ranging from valuation fees, Local Government levies to tenement rates.[citation needed] Despite this, the estate remains in neglect with all the facilities in utmost deplorable condition. Bad roads and lack of power supply are two of the situations the estate is suffering from. The is also no source of potable water supply to the community.[2]
Many of the youths of Festac town are believed to be engaging in "419" advance fee fraud.[3][4] [5]
[edit] References
- ^ "FESTAC Roads in deplorable condition." The Punch. Saturday 29 November 2008.
- ^ "Nigeria: We Need Over N3 Billion to Restore Festac Town - FHA." Daily Trust at All Africa. 18 November 2008.
- ^ "Nigerian Net Grifters Doing Fine." Associated Press at Wired. 6 August 2005.
- ^ Dixon, Robyn. "'I Will Eat Your Dollars'." Los Angeles Times. Thursday 20 October 2005.
- ^ Mbachu, Dulue. "Internet Scammers Keep Working in Nigeria." Associated Press via Yahoo! News. Saturday 6 August 2005.
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