Nigeria, Feb. 20 -- The Nigerian government has pledged support for an ongoing urban development research initiative aimed at addressing key challenges in cities like Lagos and Maiduguri.

The initiative, led by the African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) and supported by the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO), focuses on issues such as tenure security, urban safety, and water sanitation in informal settlements.

The government's commitment was reiterated by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, during a dinner hosted recently in Abuja to welcome ACRC's Chief Executive Officer, Diana Mitlin, a professor of Global Urbanism at the University...