By Osagie Alonge
On December 10, 2012, Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola officially launched the City of Lagos edition of the very popular Monopoly board game.
Lagos has now become the first African city to launch its edition of Monopoly board game.
The Development Director of the UK-based Winning Moves Peter Griffin who was present at the launch described it as a remarkable and major milestone achievement on the African continent.
Production of The ‘City of Lagos’ edition was facilitated by Bestman Games headed by former Nigerian Foreign Affairs minister Odein Ajumogobia.
So what are the popular landmarks that have made the City of Lagos edition?
Places like Civic Centre, City Hall, MUSON Center, the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Tinubu Square, Freedom Park, BRT Bus Terminals, Murtala Muhammed Airport, Tin-can Island, Iddo Terminal and Oshodi Heritage Park are all included in the Lagos version.
The community and chance cards have also been modelled to local circumstances to teach people, especially children about critical institutions like LASTMA, Nigerian Stock Exchange, Waterworks, Kirikiri Jail, LAWMA, National Psychiatric Hospital Yaba, Lagos State Drivers Institute, Lagos State Internal Revenue Service and 767 Emergency Number.
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