Afam4eva: I'm writing this to register my displeasure with the almost absence of huge development in the South-East of the country. I have looked round the country and have discovered that, it's probably in the South-East of the country that you have the lowest numbers of development, especially capital development going on. I recently saw a thread on stadiums being built by state governments and none of these stadiums are been built by South-East governments. Governments all over the country are embarking on building New Airports in their states but none of these states are South-East states. States all over the federation are setting up tourism havens but not in the South-East and this brings me to the question, what do South-East governors use their allocation for cos i've not seen any project in the SE worth jumping up for save for a few mostly in Enugu. As an Igbo man, i find it embarassing that when it's time to even boast about what my part of the country has done, there's very little that one can be proud of. I'm even looking to see if something is going on in Asaba to even use that to boast but despite the fact that some things have been achieved in Asaba, it's still a growing city. Right now, Enugu is all there is to be boastful about in the SE and i think it's a shame that a people who pride themselves in commerce are lagging behind big time in a country that can't even be said to be developing. I think the major problem is one of leadership. We probably boast of the worst leaders that this country has produced. We have to make do with all these Ogbete leaders that our states keep churning out. For heaven sake, what business has Theodore has in becoming an LGA chairman let alone a state governor. is there nobody that can do better than Martin Elechi? Is Peter Obi the best Anambra can boast of? When will Rochas start attracting big time investors to Imo state who are not coming to setup up cheap hotels. The SE needs our attention and it has to be very fast.

odua boy:

ujoinme:

My two cents/Kobo:

The development of a regional developmental frame work is what is needed to move the southeast towards attaining it developmental goals!
The idea of each state doing their own thing without recourse to areas of relative advantage is the bane of south east ala Nigeria

All the 5 states that make up the region needs to sit down on one table and draw a regional developmental plan and follow be it 10 or 20 yrs plan with each state focused on playing its own path based on area of its relative advantage.

this will also work for every region in the country.

manny4life: Day in day out, we discuss the same issue, the SE cannot develop without a plan. Fact is Igbos in the SE are docile, anyone who fails to plan is likely to fail...

ujoinme:

I disagree with you ,Igbos are not docile infact they are the most hard working of all Nigeria Major tribes and the most resourceful too. All it takes is for them to look into a big picture rather than focusing on individual goals.

An average Igbo man wants to make a lot of money in his trade outside of his enclave, Once that is done he wants to go back and contribute his quota in his village by building a big house there which he only uses when he is on vacation during the end of the year.

this they have achieved 100% If you travel to any village in Igbo land as i have you will see these mansions everywhere most with no good access roads.

once the vision shifts to making money at home and plugging into a bigger vision of contributing to a regional plan that will benefit everyone rather than individual goals it will uplift the entire region and will place the region on a path that will put them at number 1 in the nation.

mannylife: Docile in the context of asserting our rights and holding our govt accountable, for instance, Anambra as a state doesn't have LGA Chairpersons, rather they have a caretaker committee, how will development take place when you don't even know the govt is supposed to be about you the citizen?Looking at the big picture is one part, however, the govt play an important role in establishing necessary infrastructures that will engage them in looking that part. Per my example, how can you expect them to think of the big picture where Peter Obi is siphoning all the monies meant for the LG into govt coffers and the LG looking awful. Let govt provide the necessary infrastructure, and they will think collectively rather than individually

ifechez:


ewu yirober!!!! sabmillers in Onitsha, three shopping malls in anambra; each in awka, onitsha, and nnewi. four five star hotels; each in agulu, Onitsha, awka and nnewi. A power plant in anambra. The biggest distilleries in Africa is setting up it's plant in Onitsha under PPA arrangement. Heinze is also coming on board in Onitsha. Nest oil is building it's power plant at Okija. besides, innoson wud not have succeeded without the encouragement from the entire south east governments especially anambra.

Afam4eva: I'm writing this to register my displeasure with the almost absence of huge development in the South-East of the country. I have looked round the country and have discovered that, it's probably in the South-East of the country that you have the lowest numbers of development, especially capital development going on. I recently saw a thread on stadiums being built by state governments and none of these stadiums are been built by South-East governments. Governments all over the country are embarking on building New Airports in their states but none of these states are South-East states. States all over the federation are setting up tourism havens but not in the South-East and this brings me to the question, what do South-East governors use their allocation for cos i've not seen any project in the SE worth jumping up for save for a few mostly in Enugu. As an Igbo man, i find it embarassing that when it's time to even boast about what my part of the country has done, there's very little that one can be proud of. I'm even looking to see if something is going on in Asaba to even use that to boast but despite the fact that some things have been achieved in Asaba, it's still a growing city. Right now, Enugu is all there is to be boastful about in the SE and i think it's a shame that a people who pride themselves in commerce are lagging behind big time in a country that can't even be said to be developing. I think the major problem is one of leadership. We probably boast of the worst leaders that this country has produced. We have to make do with all these Ogbete leaders that our states keep churning out. For heaven sake, what business has Theodore has in becoming an LGA chairman let alone a state governor. is there nobody that can do better than Martin Elechi? Is Peter Obi the best Anambra can boast of? When will Rochas start attracting big time investors to Imo state who are not coming to setup up cheap hotels. The SE needs our attention and it has to be very fast.

Aigbofa:

Why don't you start by naming these multinationals? Lagos/Ogun alone are home to about 60% of all manufacturing going on in Nigeria. If for the sake of argument the rest of the SW holds only 5%, that is a whooping 65% of all manufacturing in Nigeria.
The remaining 35% you have to share between the SE, the north and other parts of Nigeria.
There's no competition here, just jealousy.

Chima_Agbalajob:

Bros, i don't agree with you, but all is entitled to their opinion.
The only thing i know is wrong in SE is that the state governments are not working together as they need to assist strategic industries.If one attempts to build a shopping mall, an airport or attempt a monorail, all of them suddenly want to do the "reigning thing" which is build shopping malls, airports and monorail.

The South East Development initiative (SEDI, a body of professionals from varied fields) have long reasoned like you and have mapped out areas of cooperation between the SE state governments in the economic interest of the zone.These professionals have found it so difficult to get the SE governments to cooperate on these development issues. Think of Nkalagu area with one of the largest limestone deposits in Africa,but has no functional cement factory! Because Ebonyi state wants to do it alone because the area falls under its territory,but they don't have the financial muscle to do it without help from other sister states, help which they will not seek. We still have local thinking governors than the types with big visionary ideas who think outside the box and the border of their states & LGAs.

Again, except for Gov. Chime who have created enabling environment by constant renewal and modernization of Enugu city in spite of his meager allocation, easy land acquisition for businesses willing to invest in his state, most of the other SE governors have no clue whatsoever of how to make their major cities and state capital liveable or expand in an organized sustainable way.

Mind you, I am not even advocating for any expensive town planning protocol to demolish peoples houses in the name of town planning as Rochas have been doing,but simply adopting the Katsina city and Minna example of building a RING ROAD around the old city to enable future development of a modern city beyond the fringes of the old city is a fantastic way to modernize without demolishing age long structures, which none of the SE governors have even noticed talkless of copy.

Just like,the Benin By-pass have created new areas for economic, industrial development and housing.Imagine for example the endless new opportunities a ring road created for Owerri city starting from Orogwe junction on Owerri-Onitsha expressway that swings around World bank Housing estate and Owerri city to end at Emekuku junction on Owerri-Aba expressway.Imagine the new areas that will suddenly be available for industries,housing and orderly expansion of Owerri City!
Only Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife tried to institute a ring road system for development of a modern Awka city, but he was removed from office before he could start the ring road. No other governor ever thought in that direction to build a modern city in Awka.Which is sadly making Awka another 21st century concrete slum in development before our very eyes.

ngozieverdumb:

Everybody in this country has used Aba made products ranging from electrical wires, tools to slippers, even many of ur boutique' clothes.

ngozieverdumb: I mean everybody.
About industries, I mean indigenous industries.
In SW,

Ngozieverdumb:
even poultries are owned by foreigners, ur laziness is too much

ujoinme:

My two cents/Kobo:

The development of a regional developmental frame work is what is needed to move the southeast towards attaining it developmental goals!
The idea of each state doing their own thing without recourse to areas of relative advantage is the bane of south east ala Nigeria

All the 5 states that make up the region needs to sit down on one table and draw a regional developmental plan and follow be it 10 or 20 yrs plan with each state focused on playing its own path based on area of its relative advantage.

this will also work for every region in the country.

Kponkwem: The region receives the lowest allocation, check ur records. But the number of housing estates across the cities in the south east is opening up new areas. New investments especially SME are coming in.
BTW can u show me just one city in SW that is better than any of the SE capitals?

geeez:

Hmm Osun

Let me think

Osun state's GDP for 2012 is higher than the GDP of any SE state

I wished I could go on but just ruminate on that

BRB

Afam4eva: I'm writing this to register my displeasure with the almost absence of huge development in the South-East of the country. I have looked round the country and have discovered that, it's probably in the South-East of the country that you have the lowest numbers of development, especially capital development going on. I recently saw a thread on stadiums being built by state governments and none of these stadiums are been built by South-East governments. Governments all over the country are embarking on building New Airports in their states but none of these states are South-East states. States all over the federation are setting up tourism havens but not in the South-East and this brings me to the question, what do South-East governors use their allocation for cos i've not seen any project in the SE worth jumping up for save for a few mostly in Enugu. As an Igbo man, i find it embarassing that when it's time to even boast about what my part of the country has done, there's very little that one can be proud of. I'm even looking to see if something is going on in Asaba to even use that to boast but despite the fact that some things have been achieved in Asaba, it's still a growing city. Right now, Enugu is all there is to be boastful about in the SE and i think it's a shame that a people who pride themselves in commerce are lagging behind big time in a country that can't even be said to be developing. I think the major problem is one of leadership. We probably boast of the worst leaders that this country has produced. We have to make do with all these Ogbete leaders that our states keep churning out. For heaven sake, what business has Theodore has in becoming an LGA chairman let alone a state governor. is there nobody that can do better than Martin Elechi? Is Peter Obi the best Anambra can boast of? When will Rochas start attracting big time investors to Imo state who are not coming to setup up cheap hotels. The SE needs our attention and it has to be very fast.

odua boy: What is everybody is using aba made products.Only poor people like you make use of all this counterfited products,is dangote.adenuga,otedola,e.t.c using aba made.
Rubbish,who are you to tell us the type of industries to use in the discourse,remember you claimed southeast has the highest no of industries in nigeria both foreign and indeginious owned.Just stick to your claims and defend.
So foreigners travelled all the way from their various countries just own to a mere poultry in southwest nigeria.Oya clap for yourself.
Your dumbness is legendary.

bashy_demy: The development going on in Ogun State and Osun state alone under 2yrs of APC Government is better 8yrs of Peter Obi, Orji combined

manny4life: Day in day out, we discuss the same issue, the SE cannot develop without a plan. Fact is Igbos in the SE are docile, anyone who fails to plan is likely to fail...

biafranqueen: How many of you have visit your Government and offered solutions or even asked gorgeous accountability?

ngozievergreen:

Pls, don't tell me anything abt oil ppl cos corruption and embezzlement of public funds are their watchwords.
All the other tnz u mentioned are in every other region
The fact u are able to list them shows they are not much, imagine talking abt pharmacy.
Pharmacy?!
Smh

collynzo2: When the likes of you are sitting down somewhere in Lagos, whom do you expect to hold the government to ransome?
The problem is that Igbos travel a lot and the few who stay back are too docile to ask the government on seat questions.
I said it before that South Eastern governors have the easiest ride in Nigeria and some were trying to argue with me.
Igbos are more interested in crtiticising the government of where they live rather than the government of where they are from. Would you blame them?

St_Black:

Hehe.
Lady, You'v forgotten this is 'Nigeria' .

Most development solutions are never welcomed with good hands.

Its not today good initiatives get thrown to the dogs, so please save us that. !

Abagworo: Southeast has been receiving the least funds in Nigeria for more than 40 years but we are thriving. Our major problem remains public utilities, urban renewal, pipe-borne water and good refuse disposal in our cities. In terms of housing, Southeast is far ahead of the rest of the country. Our houses look dirty now because of bad roads and secondly some parts that have laterite surface soil that tends to discolor houses after every harmattan. Our economic hopes lies in Anambra and Abia which actually could have been leading the rest of Africa if not for misplaced priorities by successive governments. The biggest mistake was making Awka and Umuahia capital of Anambra and Abia and in that process denying the required formal/public sector from merging with commerce and industry to create a Kano or Ibadan in Igboland where a State capital will be fully commercial and industrial.

Why have I been a major critic of Peter Obi? From every information at my reach, he tried better than the other Governors before him and that is commendable but if he had focused on Onitsha in particular and Nnewi most of Igboland will be affected positively.


Now these are pictures from Aba and Onitsha which was developed through individual efforts without Goverment contribution.

biafranqueen: so which governor did you approach and when?

ngozievergreen:
Lwkmd.
As we are dealing with this issue here, it is not to say u ppl are not worse off.
Its just that we feel SE can still be better considering who we are.
Non lagos SW is already a poor region to compare to, and igbos should not be rubbing shoulders with u and hausas.