- Joe Igbokwe has urged the Lagos State government to address rising rent costs, describing landlords as greedy following protests by tenants over unjustified rent hikes.
- His appeal followed a protest by frustrated tenants who took to the streets to complain about sudden and unjustified rent hikes by landlords and house agents.
APC chieftain Joe Igbokwe has called on the Lagos State government to urgently intervene in what he described as the unchecked and unreasonable increase in house rents across the state.
His appeal followed a protest by frustrated tenants who took to the streets to complain about sudden and unjustified rent hikes by landlords and house agents.
During the protest, demonstrators carried placards with messages such as “Enough is enough,” “We say no to overpriced house rent,” and “Rent increase should be regulated.”
Reacting to the situation in a post shared on his Facebook page, Igbokwe accused many Lagos landlords of greed, saying they show little or no compassion toward tenants despite the prevailing economic hardship.
He urged the state government to step in and regulate rent increases to protect residents from exploitation.
He wrote, “Government needs to do something fast to call greedy landlords to order especially in Lagos . There is no control anymore . Landlords are pushing Nigerians to steal in order to rent a house.
“Lagos landlords are something else. They are greedy, they show no mercy, they are vicious, no empathy, no mercy etc.
“They are collecting high rents from houses they built in 1970. LASG can do something fast about the scourge. It is killing businesses. It is inhuman. It is leading Lagosians to steal.”
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