Government’s attempt towards eradication of slums.
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Though it can be said that the major factor that leads to the development of slums in Nigeria is basically urbanization. The effort of the government even if microscopic cannot be overlooked as they have contributed towards the eradication of slums. They include:

1. The ignoring of slum conditions to develop on a larger scale: The appropriate approach to the prevention of slums is the use of proactive measures. To be proactive is to "manage the process of urban expansion so that cities can organize, orient, and initiate their response to the Multitude of challenges and opportunities posed by their urban future (World Bank, 2008 pp. 29-30). The Documentary evidence examined suggests that Nigerian authorities are reluctant to adopt this approach and the Consequence is the growth of shanties and shacks. In Abuja for instance, the residents of slums are usually allowed to acquire land from the native people who are waiting for resettlement by the government, and this allows them to illegally squat on land that belongs to the federal government. As of 2004, there were 27 squatter settlements in different parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and their combined development covered a land area of 2412 hectares.

2. Eviction of slum residents: In 2006, Nigeria was ranked third among the worse violators of housing rights by the Geneva-based CORHE (CORHE, 2009). From 2000 to 2011, more than two million people have been forcibly evicted from their homes in different parts of Nigeria. And most of those affected were already marginalized in slums and many had lived their lives without access to clean water, sanitation, adequate health care or education (Amnesty International,2011). There are two key issues of concern about forced eviction in Nigeria: firstly, the residents are often not given adequate notice of eviction or even evicted without prior notice. For example, about 19,000 people were forcibly evicted from their homes in August 2009 at the Njemanze waterfront in Port Harcourt. These evictions were carried out without adequate notice (Amnesty International, 2011). Further, the Amnesty International (2011) announced via a press release published in its website that:

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