Caboose

I went for a walk last week, to try to get some pictures of Abuja. It’s a weird city, lots of big concrete buildings but also large areas of undeveloped land. In this picture you can see a view across one of these areas towards (from left) Le Meridien hotel, the International Conference Centre and Radio House.

Many of the undeveloped plots are being used to grow crops, or have illegal buildings on them. The Federal Capital Development Agency is currently trying to rid the city of these illegal buildings, with a series of demolitions.

Some of the buildings in Abuja have been in progress for some time, such as the National Ecumenical Centre. Many seem to have been abandoned for a while.

When I have a free weekend (not for a while) I’ll go for another walk and take more pictures. It’s not an unattractive city, but very short on any kind of excitement.