kettykin:

The Media houses you mentioned when added together do not measure up to Guardian or this day in Sales , Reach Acceptability and profitability.

Are you going to compare Local stations like ONTV,MITV,TVC and Galaxy with International station like AIT, channels, SBTV which presently being watched all over the Country and internationally


Tribune Compass ( which does not sell any more), are but Local papers which serves only Yorubas i mean Naional Papers like Thisday and Guardian Newspapers with Funtional offces and an Editorial Team

kettykin:

This is very laughable and a good joke , will lagos take 100 % revenue for a port it did not build , lagos can as well take 100% of the airfare from MMIA

If lagos does that all the coastal local governments from bakassi to ondo will be filled with ports .
Lagos has no economy take it or leave it .

The banks/ Media houses are owned by Delta igbos and south south , the oil the oil companies drill by Niger delta, the telecom companies by foreign investors infact a good number of the SMEs are owned by outsiders and non yorubas .
Fashola should just apologise for the gaffe to apologise for gaffes is normal.

thelastPope: I thought they said this man is intelligent. He just keeps blowing it! Without oil, lagos will be like Ekiti state. 75% of businesses in lagos are directly or indirectly dependent on the oil industry. Where will he get the tax from? Without oil, over 60% of Lagos population will return to states to farm. Where will he get the revenue from? He just doesn't get it. The whole structure and business flow of Nigeria will change without oil. States like Delta, Akwa ibom, Cross rivers, Rivers will be forced to fully utilize their ports. He just doesn't realise that the real beneficiaries of nigeria's oil are Lagos and Abuja. The ND state just started collecting 13% a few years back. Lagos has been benefitting since the 60s. Festac town was built entirely with oil money.

thelastPope: I thought they said this man is intelligent. He just keeps blowing it! Without oil, lagos will be like Ekiti state. 75% of businesses in lagos are directly or indirectly dependent on the oil industry. Where will he get the tax from? Without oil, over 60% of Lagos population will return to states to farm. Where will he get the revenue from? He just doesn't get it. The whole structure and business flow of Nigeria will change without oil. States like Delta, Akwa ibom, Cross rivers, Rivers will be forced to fully utilize their ports. He just doesn't realise that the real beneficiaries of nigeria's oil are Lagos and Abuja. The ND state just started collecting 13% a few years back. Lagos has been benefitting since the 60s. Festac town was built entirely with oil money.

aribisala0: The British were in Bonny,Opobo,Buguma and Lagos and elsewhere in the coastal regions of what was to become Nigeria 111 years ago they chose to Build a bridge,Carter Bridge which is still there now. They did not build similar bridges elsewhere or designate any of these places Colony of Buguma or of Bonny etc and we are being told this was because of their "whims".
I don't agree.I do not argue that it was because of any special nous or talent of the people of Lagos either.They were lucky to be in the right place but if the British were to trade,as was their aim with the hinterland of Yorubaland,all the way up North in that part of the country they HAD no choice and so they invested heavily in Lagos building Ikoyi where they chose to live building the port at Apapa and a railline which ended at Iddo from Kano to boost their access to the North.

This Lagos ,this Colony of Lagos is not the same thing as Lagos State today which was created in 1967. We must distinguish the two. Lagos State as we know it now comprises Colony of Lagos and some parts of the Western Region e.g Mushin,Oshodi,Agege,Ikorodu etc. After Lagos was created Ikeja was its capital and The old colony Area remained as national Capital.

Lagos STate was not and never was the capital of Nigeria

Therefore when using the word "Lagos" it is important to to mix the two as they are distinct and there were rural communities in the state that did not have electricity when Obasajo came to power in 1999 and perhaps till this day.

This bridge below was built before 1914 when Nigeria was merged. Is it sensible to expect that there will not be significant progress after 100 years.Many places in Nigeria have no such bridge TODAY.How can we expect the two to be the same

Eko Ile:




Stating facts and exuberance are two different things/ As things stands right now, Lagos state can do without federal allocation regardless of all the doom and gloom scenarios you are peddling. Lagos IGR and GDP success story didn't come from any other reason but the fact that they have good and capable leaders
who are lubricating the state's growth, with vision, hard work and dedication.

It doesn't matter how situated you are economically, if the place is not safe, your business and economy will dry up.

It doesn't matter how situated you are economically, if your economic policies and and attitude towards business are not conducive, businesses will go elsewhere and industries will relocate.

It's all about leadership, they had industries in the east and north with their huge textile industries before, but everything dried up or crumbled dried up because of bad and irresponsible leadership. hand over your countries to the boys managing Lagos state and see how fast your country turn a new and better leaf into the future.

Lagos has tons of resources from human to natural, capital and of course industrial resources.

The 5th largest economy in Africa didn't happen by accident.

phantom: my brother why are you insistent on jumping in the gutter and playing with touts? why? please pick who you argue with on this forum wisely

Demdem:

Nop, that wasnt it. It wont be proper if oil producing states are allowed to control their resources while other states arent. Control ur oil and let us also control the ports. Control ur gas and of cos let us control our minerals and we all will give whatever have been determined to the FG at the center. Are u even aware that states that have natural minerals cant even mine their resources and export for funds without FG direction? what is good for the goose is also good for the gender. Lets be fair to all.

EASTSIDAZ:


Stop taking this drugs its not good for your health. Why didn't Ibadam or Oshogbo not be like Lagos if it is the making of Yorubas that made lagos what it is today.
The fact is that lagos was built 100% via the oil wells and being the former capital of Nigeria. Igbos and hausas did much to further elevate lagos status through economic means. Had lagos been left to Yorubas alone it would have ended up like the dungeon called Ibadam.

Hardfact:
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huptin:

so there was oil in nigeria in 1945?, please google lagos in 1945 and compare it with your state now, please note that calabar was the first capital of nigeria and not lagos Thank you.

geeez:
I know this will pain all non Yoruba invaders in the state but Fash is on point

AjanleKoko:

More shouting from you, without any improvement in your argument.
Enjoy yourself. I certainly won't give you the time of day further.

Lagos, Africa's 5th Biggest Economy

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2011/05/06/lagos-africa%E2%80%99s-5th-biggest-economy/

phantom: my brother why are you insistent on jumping in the gutter and playing with touts? why?please pick who you argue with on this forum wisely!

aribisala0:
This is a very commonly repeated falsehood Calabar was NEVER the Capital of NIgeria . After amalgamation in 1914 Calabar was NEVER the capital for a SINGLE day

Hardfact: So, could you fill us in with what exactly's the correct info on this capital thing?

Eko Ile:


I guess you're still hurting..


We had this debate and you lost.

This is the dirty rubbish you call your state and even with just 4 million people and huge budget like Lagos state's budget, it's still a village and money down the drain.

https://www.nairaland.com/374942/amaechis-port-harcourt/8


The joke is on you...ndo.

Afam4eva:
I'm not doubting that the location of Lagos did not play a part. But my point is that it's not worth mentioning because what Lagos experienced is not what i will call a natural growth. There was a concerted effort put in place whether by the British or federal government. Lagos had access to the sea which is a good thing, but did the access to the sea do the magic? Hell to the NO.

Hardfact:
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aribisala0:
There really is nothing to fill in its not true. Simple. If I ask you to fill us in on a claim that Accra was once the capital of Cameroun what do you say

Nigeria was created in 1914 with Lagos as Capital. Simple

Afam4eva:
By Lagos, i'm referring to the Colony, the former capital of Nigeria and Lagos the state and if More and Ibafo becomes Lagos tomorrow, i'm also referring to them.

The colony of Lagos ended when it was merged with the Southern colony and was further merged with other colonies to become what is today known as NIgeria. Lagos was the capital of Nigeria until when the capital was officially moved to Abuja. Mind you, the proposal was made in 1975 but the capital wasn't moved until the late 80s.

AjanleKoko:

This is by no means a countering of my argument. Just some political jingoism.
Why don't you list the industries in Lagos that are not service-oriented. Industries that compare with Lafarge in Ogun State, Sugar in Kogi, Iron Ore processing in Kogi, aluminium smeltering in Akwa Ibom, etc, agriculture in Kogi, Nassarawa, Benue, etc?

I trust you're not referring to banks, telcos, administrative headquarters of oil companies, etc. What significant manufacturing is done in Lagos today? Pray tell.