Nigeria’s Colonial Site Located In Badagry Lagos
Needs Urgent Renovation
Mr Hodonu Daniel, the Facility Manager, First
Storey Building in Nigeria, located in Badagry,
Lagos State, says that 1,800 visitors have been
there in the last nine months.
Daniel said on Wednesday in Lagos that visits to
the structure, now 170 years, were made between
January and September.
NAN reports that the foundation of the building
was laid in 1842 and the house was completed in
1845.
“Our peak period is during the New Year, Easter,
Sallah and Christmas holidays and on public
holidays.
“We are used to recording about 180 visitors in a
month but it varies. We have recorded 1,800
visitors in the last nine month,’’ he said.
He said that some of the visitors that patronised
the facility were local and foreign tourists,
students, foreigners, adults and children.
“Students patronise the building more than
others,’’ he added.
Daniel said that this year’s patronage was better
than the previous years.
“The difference in the record of visitors that
patronised the building this year compared to last
year was not much,’’ he said.
He urged the Lagos State Government to support
the management in giving the building a facelift
that is of international standard.
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