Timberville (Lagos)

 

Tuni a lokacin mulkin mallaka, Nijeriya ta kasance muhimmiyar dillaliyyar katako, musamman na jan itace da mahogany. Ana jigilar kayan ne daga wajen tashar jirgin ruwa ta Legas, a unguwar Oko Baba. Tare da saurin bunƙasa na Legas, duk da haka, wurin da ke gefen ya zama tsakiya kuma masana'antar katako ta ƙara zama cikas ga rayuwar yau da kullun a babban birni. Haka kuma, gobarar tana tashi akai-akai a Oko Baba, wanda ke barazana ga daukacin birnin.^{[1] [2][3]}

Bugu da ƙari, Oko Baba ta haɗu a cikin ƙauyen Makoko, wanda kawai za a iya kiransa "Venice of Africa" tare da kyakkyawar niyya kuma wanda, alal misali, ta fi dacewa da matakan 'yan sanda.^[4]

Baya ga bangaren zamantakewa, wata matsala kuma ita ce gurbacewar muhalli sakamakon ɗimbin ciyawar da aka saki, wanda ya koma rube inda ya sauka a saman ruwa. A bisa wadannan dalilai, tuni gwamnatocin jihohi da dama a jihar Legas suke shirin mayar da "Birnin katako" zuwa wurin da ya fi dacewa. Hakan ya faru ne a karkashin gwamnatin Neoliberal ta Gwamna Sanwo-Olu kusa da kauyen masu kamun kifi na Ikosi kuma cikin sauri aka sa masa suna "Timberville".

Timberville, kamar sauran manyan ayyuka da ke gudana a jihar Legas ( Imota rice mill, Food Logistics Hub ), tana kan iyaka da jihar Ogun tsakanin Ikorodu da Epe tare da haɗin kai zuwa babban titin can.

Baya ga katako tare da zauren gani, Timberville ya haɗa da wurin lodi (yankin albarku), wurin shirye-shiryen log, ofisoshin tallace-tallace, wurin shakatawa na tirela, zauren taro, gidan abinci, ofishin 'yan sanda, ofishin kashe gobara, gidaje 160 mai ɗakuna 2 na ma'aikata, samar da ruwan sha da banɗakuna jama'a. Ana matse saƙar da aka cire a cikin pallets a cikin masana'antar briquette da aka keɓe don siyarwa ga masana'antu azaman dumama man fetur. Yana da karfin tan 1,500 a kowace awa.^{[5] [6]}

An samu tsaiko wajen samar da hanyar shiga, wanda babban gadarsa ke da wuyar ginawa ba zato ba tsammani. An warware wannan ta hanyar ƙirƙirar hanya ta wucin gadi.^[7]