Anyone who is well informed about the state of Oworonshoki community (especially the slum) will bear witness to the unacceptable level of poverty in which many families live. As such families live in some of the worst type of dwellings with insanitary living conditions all around them. As is the case in many societies, poverty breeds crime; thus, the Oworo community normally experience high crime rates, with many people living in fear of their lives and property. The fact that this poor community look physically run down and look “suspicious” means that businesses are hesitant to move into this area. As a result, unemployment is usually very high. These are just some of the need for urban regeneration in this community. Over the years, a number of concerned stakeholders have attempted to embark on urban regeneration exercises by identifying the needs of the community and providing solutions based on some scale of preferences or priorities without necessarily looking at what the people in the community can do for themselves. Therefore, it is importance to incorporate a tool that is capable of fulfilling specific functions such as: • Harnessing available potential • Land assembly • Self-finance and • Protection of social capital We all know that every community no matter how poor has assets in which when identified and properly managed could enrich the entire community. Assets which include Individuals, informal Institutions and Formal institutions are found in all communities. Since the above named assets can be managed to regenerate a slum, it is however expedient to carry out a study to identify the various assets and create a link between them while managing them to regenerate slums. This is what is called asset mapping and what this proposal is based upon. The major aim of this business case is to establish the feasibility and viability of carrying out the much needed intervention in Oworo community. We will show that economic gains can be achieved for both residents and investors in various aspects of this regeneration exercise and also show that social gains can be made and at the same time, provide reasonable solutions for social resistance and other such deterrents to investment in this community. We further suggest approaches to carrying out a complete sustainable urban regeneration in this community. This slide summarizes all these and was presented by students of the department of Estate Management, University of Lagos, Nigeria.

1. CASE STUDY: OWORONSHOKI
PRESENTED BY STUDENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ESTATE
MANAGEMENT, UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS
DECEMBER 2014

2. INTRODUCTION
Harnedez Desoto in his Mystery of Capital; states that, “Capitalism greatest triumph is in the hour
of crisis ”.
The major aim of this business case is to establish the feasibility and viability of carrying out the
much needed intervention in Oworo community. We will show that economic gains can be
achieved for both residents and investors in various aspects of this regeneration exercise and also
show that social gains can be made and at the same time, provide reasonable solutions for social
resistance and other such deterrents to investment in this community.
We also went ahead to classify Oworo into
 Oworo Town
Oworo Slum
Presented on December 2014 by Students of the department of estate management, UNILAG during the course of ESM 552 program in the department.

3. ADOPTED
REGENERATION TOOLS
 ASSET BASED
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
 LAND POOLING
 LAND SWAPPING
STAKE HOLDERS
 RESIDENTS
 INSTITUTIONS &
ORGANIZATIONS
 INVESTORS
 NGOS
 GOVERNMENT
Presented on December 2014 by Students of the department of estate management, UNILAG during the course of ESM 552 program in the department.

4. ASSET BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Asset-Based Development genuinely empowers
citizens and strengthens government and agency
effectiveness by drawing on local residents’
resources, abilities, and insights to solve their
own problems or at least be a major player in the
process.
As mentioned earlier, the ABCD needs to be
combined with other regeneration tools. We
utilized the Needs Approach and identified the
various infrastructure needs and rehabilitation
works that are pressing.
Presented on December 2014 by Students of the department of estate management, UNILAG during the course of ESM 552 program in the department.

5. IMPORTANT ASSETS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROCESS
 The youth can be a major contributor of labour needed in the process.
Community sand extractors can supply sand at cheaper prices as the cost of freight is
reduced.
Mobility and securing of site equipment and machinery can be achieved by
association leaders.
Folabi medical centre can offer medical care to all site workers among others.
The taxi driver association can provide emergency vehicle for the police among others.
Presented on December 2014 by Students of the department of estate management, UNILAG during the course of ESM 552 program in the department.

6. NEED ASSESSMENT
OWORO TOWN OWORO SLUM
 CONSTRUCTION OF
ALTERNATIVE ACCESS
ROAD
 IMPROVING SECURITY
 ADEQUATE ELECTRICITY
 COMMUNITY
PRIMARY/SECONDARY
SCHOOL
 COMPLETE URBAN
REGENERATION
Presented on December 2014 by Students of the department of estate management, UNILAG during the course of ESM 552 program in the department.

7.  The first phase is the construction of a
ferry port at the lagoon end of the Oworo
road.
 Feasible since there is currently a Lagos
state water board authority facility
located at the spot which can be
upgraded to a standard port and serve as
a means of moving people and goods out
of the community to the island and other
port areas like Apapa and Ikorodu.
 This project can be handled via the PPP
(public private partnership) where the
government develops the port and grant
operational licenses to private investors
who would provide the ferries.
 The second phase is to standardize the
link to the Iyana-oworo express by car
wash bus stop.
 Can also be by PPP
OUR PROPOSAL FOR ALTERNATIVE ACCESS ROAD
Presented on December 2014 by Students of the department of estate management, UNILAG during the course of ESM 552 program in the department.

8. BENEFITS
GOVERNMENTINVESTORS
 Tag fees for transportation.
 Generate income through
advertisement and branding
 Offer VIP and chatter services
 Provide ferries that can carry
private cars over water.
 Social responsibility
 Recoup capital by imposing
betterment rates on the
community upon visible growth
of the community.
 More control of the fishing
activities of fishermen in a bid to
reduce exploitation and illegal
bunkering
Presented on December 2014 by Students of the department of estate management, UNILAG during the course of ESM 552 program in the department.

9. MECHANISM FOR IMOROVING SECURITY
Establishing recognized Vigilante groups:
 Made up of local and capable community residents who will liaise with the Nigeria Police, Oworonshoki
Division to ensure a peaceful environment.
 The vigilante’s group salary can be sponsored by residents and car owners in the community. Their
equipment, clothing and other resources can be funded by private investors who would benefit by
branding these items for advertisement purposes.
Provision of streetlights through innovative means.
 Encourage more people to walk at night which would increase informal surveillance.
Increase community pride and cohesiveness, leading to a greater willingness to intervene in crime and
report it.
 Streetlights can also be private sector funded as they can generate income through branding and
advertisement.
Presented on December 2014 by Students of the department of estate management, UNILAG during the course of ESM 552 program in the department.

10. OWORO SLUM PROPOSAL
In the case of Oworo slum, a complete Urban renewal is to be carried out and it would involve the
combination of two techniques which are Land pooling and Land swap.
LAND POOLING
Land pooling is a technique whereby government encourages people to submit their land for urban renewal
and after the process, revert a smaller portion of but higher priced land to them back.
LAND SWAP
The land swap policy on the other hand is a novel initiative in Nigeria which was first adopted by the FCT
minister, Senator Bala Mohammed in Abuja. It involves the granting of lands (especially reserved virgin areas)
to competent real estate developers who will in turn provide agreed infrastructures in the area. The policy is
intended to cost the government little or no expenses if efficiently employed.
Presented on December 2014 by Students of the department of estate management, UNILAG during the course of ESM 552 program in the department.

11. RECOMMENDATION
From our above description of what Land pooling and land swapping is, one would see that the two are not
mutually exclusive. The people of Oworo slum have to first agree to submit their land to the government. The
government can then agree with private investors to fund the regeneration exercise in exchange for a certain
portion of the land and everyone is happy at the end of the day. Asides the obvious roads, housing, drainages,
and others which ought to be provided, below is a peculiar infrastructure we propose for Oworo slum:
 Fishing processing factory
 2 nos 50 (2) bedroom high rise to service former land owners
Presented on December 2014 by Students of the department of estate management, UNILAG during the course of ESM 552 program in the department.

12. BENEFITS
GOVERNMENTINVESTORS
 Availability of land which can
be used for other investments.
 Proximity to water body which
would increase the viability of
any proposed project.
 Provision of relatively cheap
labour and raw materials; e.g.
Sharp sand, local labour and
other community resources.
 Advertisement and branding.
 Fulfilment of social
responsibility of increasing
populace welfare
 Increased value of properties
can generate revenue through
property taxes
 Opportunity cost of the
supposed urban generation fund
can be diverted to other sectors of
the economy
Boost national productivity
through job creation.
COMMUNITY
 Water body can act as
alternative access way, boosting
accessibility.
 Increased value of land which
translates to increased revenue.
 Increase in their per capita
income among others.
Presented on December 2014 by Students of the department of estate management, UNILAG during the course of ESM 552 program in the department.

13. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
As stated in the introduction of this section, the process of complete urban regeneration must be done with
the aim of:
 Harnessing available potential
 Land assembly
 Self-finance and
 Protection of social capita
It can be concluded from the survey that the people of Oworo possess latent talent and skills, which if
ignited, channeled, and utilized properly could bring the much needed development into the community.
We have been able to establish a business case for an urban regeneration exercise through these skills (i.e
utilizing the asset based community development approach) that is feasible and viable. We have showed
that economic gains can be achieved for both residents and investors in various aspects of this regeneration
exercise and also show that social gains can be made and at the same time, we have provided reasonable
solutions for social resistance and other such deterrents to investment in this community.
We hope that this business case will be favorably considered.
Presented on December 2014 by Students of the department of estate management, UNILAG during the course of ESM 552 program in the department.