Shanties Resurface In PH

Temporary structures otherwise known as shanties have now taken over Benin Street estate in the Diobu axis of Port Harcourt.

The Tide’s investigations revealed that the number of temporary structures at the estate have increase in such a manner that the estate is turning to an urban slum in the city centre.

Our investigations have revealed that most of the residents of the area are squatters while the others are relatives to some of the contractors that built the estate.

It was gathered that one of the causes for sudden explosion in the number of Shanties at the estate was the displacement of Abonnema Wharf residents.

It would be recalled that Estate Surveyor and Valuer in Port Harcourt, recently urged the Rivers State government to without delay take over the estate, and settle the contractors according to the level of work done, so as to put the estate into a more meaningful use, especially in providing accommodation to civil servants in the state.