The Elephant House

It was quite difficult to identify any resource or significance of this building. Elephants can symbolize several things, like strength, wisdom, peace and loyalty. Lagos is one of the most populated cities in the world. It went under British command in 1861, Lagos was portion of the United Kingdom’s West African Settlements from 1866 to 1874, when it became portion of the Gold Coast Colony.1 Lagos broke away from the British in 1906 and in 1960 Lagos was the modern investment of Nigeria. There is just not an elephant on the building, but there are lions and other animals adjacent to it as well. It seems like a modern tax came from this building. The Portuguese were the initial to take over Lagos, developing the countries commerce structure. It is the largest city in West Africa.2

An piece was released on March 15, 2017 together with respect to the Elephant building being renovated. In Nigeria they play a role in their ecosystem, Elephants play a important role as ecosystem engineers, maintaining mineral-rich clearings in the forest, on which a lot of other species rely, and providing a method for key soil nutrients to be circulate roughly at a continental scale.4 Elephants assist alongside the growing of crops in this country.

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The Elephant house is located in Lagos, Nigeria. It was in the past the finance of Nigeria, pending in 1991 when Ikeja became the recent resources and Abuja became the federal government capital. It is just established for its “ugly” appearance. The publication, Lagos status introduces Ugly Building tax, which was written in 2010, talks on this novel law which taxes aged buildings for their appearance, Little is established of the grotesque “Elephant House” in Lagos, Nigeria but the jaw-dropping edifice has become the poster child for Nigeria’s additional curious possession ownership laws.5 It seems to represent something in Nigerian culture but what that may be is a mystery.

As of of delayed elephants are not as widespread in Nigeria.

This site is not listed as a monument or cultural site, it is moreover unclear as to why this is decisive or considered a monument.