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Lagos-Badagry Expressway: Deplorable highway hinders Nigeria’s multi-billion naira tourism hub in historic town
Published 6 June 2021
The poor condition of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway is discouraging local and international tourists from visiting Badagry thereby killing the toursim potential of the ancient town, Afeez Hanafi reports
For months, I longed to visit historical sites in Badagry, Nigeria’s foremost tourism destination far-flung Lagos. I always looked forward to seeing monuments and relics of the transatlantic slave trade spanning 16th to 19th centuries. Those are signs of Nigeria’s history millions of people within and outside the country are curious to see.
Sometime in February, I went online to read up on tourist attractions in the ancient town. I stumbled on the line of a tour guide, Anago Osho, and quickly phoned him for enquiries. We agreed on N8,000 entry fees even though he made me realise he charges as much as N15,000 including boat fares ....

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