Lagosians, especially the Afro-Brazilans, Lagos@50 invites all to a
sensitization encounter at Speaker Corner, Freedom Park, Broad Street Lagos..
"The message on the
celebration logo exhorts us to enhance enhance
(not denounce) the Heritage..
In spite of on-going
Initiatives, to preserve and enhance the -in this case, Afro Brazilian
"Heritage that
narrates History, not merely of Lagos but of the African Diaspora in monuments -
the Olaiya Building in Tinubu Square was clandestinely bulldozed in some
commercial development interest during the recent extended Muslim holiday.
"This has been an
on-going struggle, especially since National Independence. In order to preempt a
repeat under the ever-hovering bulldozers, please let us gather at the Speakers
corner on October 22, 2016 at Freedom Park, to discuss strategies against a
repeat of this midnight assault on a common Patrimony.
"What we find
especially galling and embarrassing is that this accelerated demolition took place
at the very time when at least two foreign governments had committed in
assisting with the preservation of the Brazilian structures in Lagos and had
begun its work closely with Nigerian preservationists.
"The format will be an
Open House exchange with the hopeful consensus of an appeal, not only to the government of Lagos but to the
Federal government to adopt and effect a uniform policy for the Preservation of all national heritage sites and buildings even in the frenzy of development."
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