Despejos Zero na Nigéria

Mr. C. W. Enwefah is the Secretary-General of the National Union of Tenants of Nigeria, a leading NGO responsible for housing right advocacy in the country. In an interview held on 1st June 2009 with the Weekly Star, a Nigerian-based newspaper publication, the Secretary-General explains the mindset of his organization on the demolitions carried out in Port Harcourt by the Rivers State Government. Excerpts of the interview are as follow:

Mrs Gift George, women leader in Abonema Wharf community addressing the media during the Social Action organised press briefing on Wednesday, 27th January, 2010.

Social Action in collaboration with Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) organised a press briefing at Abonema wharf community on Wednesday to once again draw attention to the plights of the over 200,000 people that would be displaced and rendered homeless.

View the pictures on the demolitions carried out in Port Harcourt

One of the De-roofed buildings in Njemanze Street, Port Harcourt

This Report is given based on follow-up activity by the National Union of Tenants of Nigeria, which includes visits to the area and interviews with the affected persons. The Report will be update to include the living conditions of the affected and suggestions on how they could be assisted to alleviate their plights and prevent a reoccurrence.

Photo-Report on Njemanze Street demolition (6-7 November 2009)

by: National Union of Tenants of Nigeria
The destruction of Njemanze Street that lasted till Saturday 7th November 2009, razed down several buildings, including living houses, commercial premises and religious places, which provided accommodation to over 15,000 users notably residential tenants, business owners and church worshippers.

House marked for demolition, Njemanze Road

Cientos de personas han sido obligadas a abandonar sus hogares para dar paso a un proyecto de desarrollo comercial en el estado de Rivers (Nigeria), según ha tenido conocimiento Amnistía Internacional.Los habitantes de la carretera de Njemanze, en Port Harcourt, perderán sus casas definitivamente si las autoridades locales siguen adelante con sus planes de demolición esta semana.

28/03/2009
Nairobi

Here you could find the architectural design of the Silverbird project, for which upto one-third of Port Harcourt population is to be rendered homeless and jobless come April 2009.

This blueprint is for proposed alternative to waterfront demolition and presented by Abonnema Wharf Community House Owners Association consequent to the state government’s plan to demolish all waterfronts in Port Harcourt for development. 

12 March 2009
Sabon Lugbe is a settlement near Airport road. The demolitions started on the 9th of March 2009 and will continue until all the non-indigenous houses are destroyed. On Friday 13 march it was still continuing. Two weeks before the demolitions started officers from FCDA came to the settlement to announce that the demolitions would start on the 9th of March. Members of the community then went to the court to call for an injunction. While they were waiting for a court injunction to stop the demolitions; the Development Control Department already gave the go-ahead and the demolitions started on Monday the 9th of March, 2009. On Wednesday morning the 11th they still had not heard from the lawyer.

Enquanto a escalada de demolições em Port Harcourt atingia proporções incontroláveis em 2008, a União Nacional de Inquilinos da Nigéria [National Union of Tenants of Nigeria] procurou e obteve uma ordem da Corte Suprema Federal da Nigéria para garantir o direito de seus associados à moradia adequada contra o Governo de Rivers State, a parte responsável pela violação. A ordem era substanciada por um dispositivo constitucional que diz ficando todos os assuntos ou ações relacionados ou que tenham conexão com o caso objeto do processo até a conclusão final do caso.

Activists of the Moscow City Council with the support of the Left Front held a picket at the Embassy of Nigeria

Today, on December 4, Mossovet and Left Front activists held a picket by the Nigeria embassy. They stood with posters saying “Nigerian inhabitants, we are with you!” and “No to lawless evictions!” After a while, a delegation of three activists entered the building to give the ambassador a letter on behalf of Mossovet.

La alianza internacional de los habitantes y la sociedad civil mexicana exige a la embajada de Nigeria alto a los desalojos y a la masacre de la población en Rivers

El día 3 de diciembre de 2009, una comisión de las organizaciones urbanas de México integrada por UCISV-VER, Unión Popular Valle Gomez, El Barzon Juridico, el Consejo de Defensa de la Vivienda, la Coordinadora de Colonias Unidas de Oaxaca, la Alianza Internacional de los Habitantes, el Centro Operacional de Vivienda y el Centro de Estudios Ecuménicos, se presento en la embajada de Nigeria para exigir alto a los desalojos en Port Harcourt, estado de Rivers. a través de un comunicado firmado por dirigentes sociales de 31 organizaciones urbanas, la secretaria de vivienda del gobierno legitimo y diputadas federales.

Buenos Aires-Embajada de la República Federal de Nigeria

La Alianza Internacional de Habitantes y la sociedad civil argentina exige a través de una carta de protesta a la embajada de Nigeria frente a los desalojos y la masacre de la población en Port Harcourt, en Rivers

Protest against evictions in Nigeria, Palestine and Israel, Nigerian Embassy, Tel Aviv, Israel

Protest against evictions in Nigeria, Palestine and Israel: Tel Aviv, April 26 2009

עברית אחרי אנגלית

In Nigeria, Palestine, Israel and the rest of the world, all people have the right for a roof above their head – a right that is taken by governments.