The world organization’s special rapporteur on the right to housing says Nigeria’s unable to properly accommodate hundreds of thousands of its people.

UN Special Rapporteur On The Right To Housing, Leilani Farha says the Nigerian government’s  housing programs do not make a dent in the need to put rooves over the heads of the people in Africa’s most populous country.

Farha’s report will be particularly embarrassing to Nigeria as leaders gather in New York for the UN General Assembly.

She calls for an end to the forced evictions of whole communities – particularly in the capital Lagos.

Farha says arms, arson and arbitrary arrest are used to move thousands, mainly women and children, to build luxury housing complexes for the wealthy.  

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The meeting precedes the United Nations General Assembly kicking off this week.

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres urges world leaders to  leave their beautiful speeches at home and come to the climate change summit in New York with concrete plans.

The UN boss’ remarks follow disturbing scientific findings that the signs and impacts of global warming are speeding up.

The World Meteorological Organization says the past five years have been the warmest on record.

Sea level rises have accelerated significantly over the same period from 2014 – which is perhaps the most worrying data – and carbon dioxide emissions  have hit new highs.

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