freeborn02:


Show me the development tinubu did in lagos before 1999.

And list tinubu's achievements as governor

ElSudani:


He built the Industrial estates, Ikeja, Ilupeju, Apapa etc. These are the true engines of growth in Lagos. People came to Lagos to work in these places not to look at overhead bridges.

baretalk:

Go and ask Obi Cubana, Phyno and co, even Obi they all live in Lagos

freeborn02:


And they now told you it was tinubu that made lagos habitable before 1999?

Thanks for confirming that you are stupid

baretalk:


Only fools like your father, respond to stupid questions, smarter than your father, mother and Ohaneze, who allow a gay fool like Kanu colonize them. Nobody is saying Tinubu built Lagos prior 1999, but we are saying he is the one behind urbanization of Lagos, the mega city plan was his idea. Obi have nothing to it's name. The thing is you people think too low and dumb, hard to hold a meaningful conversation with flaat heads, the head is too flat, brain minerals not enough.

Obi is just a chairman of traders association, compared to Tinubu.

freeborn02:


Lolz. So much rotten language from just one person. .

You must be an idiot not to know that lagos was already an urban settlement long before tinubu started selling hard drug in the US.

How can you know if someone is a gay if you are not a gay too?

How did you become a gay? Did your cursed father introduce it to you?

baretalk:

Mad pig, Kanu and his wife, swing with Simon Ekpa. I am giving you information you don't know of.

freeborn02:


Especially because you are also a gay like them, right?

Did your father introduce you to it?

Lest we forget, lagos was already an urban city while Amoda Ogunlere was still living like an irresponsible urchhin on the street of iragbiji.

Stop talking like an idiot

Odibembem:
There is this wrong impression even held by otherwise very educated elites that Lagos State was the capital of Nigeria for so many years till 1991. That is not correct. What was capital of Nigeria was Lagos Island which even did not include Victoria Island. The mainland of today from Ikeja to Ilupeju where all vitually under the western region and only carved into Lagos State when the state was created in 1967. Perhaps to emphasize the difference between the state and the federal capital territory, Ikeja and not Lagos Island was made the capital of Lagos state. All through till 1991, the FG had jurisdiction only on the island and could only collect PAYE tax for residents there while state govt had jurisdiction over the rest of Lagos and collected the PAYE of the residents till d FCT moved to Abuja and the state govt took over jurisdiction of the entire state. Yes, federal presence on the island attracted infrastructure and development to the adjoining towns but but also created urban slums all around the state. However, know the truth, only Lagos Island was capital of Nigeria and not Lagos State.

christistruth01:



Below is the 1962 map of lagos

The dot at the bottom was where the Capital Was all the rest was under the western region

You can see that more than 97% of Today’s lagos was in Awolowo’s western region

And you know how they hate Awolowo

Biodun556:


I learnt most industrial estate in ikeja were as a result of Awolowo administration

christistruth01:



Awolowo built ikeja including all the Industrial Estates out of a thick jungle overun with wild Elephants, Gorillas, chimpanzees Crocodiles And Leopards running loose into the commercial capital of the western region

ikeja was a thick jungle before Awolowo landed on it and Transformed it , and in those days Ikeja included all the coastline of Lagos except for Lagos Island


The Dream that turned Lagos into an Economic Power was Awolowo's Dream
and Awolowo was Jailed for that Dream

Sammy07:




What nonsense are you saying?

Awolowo built the first industrial estate in Ikeja under the then Western Region.

How is this possible if Lagos State (including Ikeja) was the capital of Nigeria


Educated illiterate.
When Lagos State was been created as a state, Ikeja and all other mainlands were added from western region to form a state. Mumunus

baretalk:


Only fools like your father, respond to stupid questions, smarter than your father, mother and Ohaneze, who allow a gay fool like Kanu colonize them. Nobody is saying Tinubu built Lagos prior 1999, but we are saying he is the one behind urbanization of Lagos, the mega city plan was his idea. Obi have nothing to it's name. The thing is you people think too low and dumb, hard to hold a meaningful conversation with flaat heads, the head is too flat, brain minerals not enough.

Obi is just a chairman of traders association, compared to Tinubu.

yemex04:










This Guys will never comprehend your point no matter how elementary you try to be...Some people have genuinely learned & that is all that matters.

izombie:
Op you are the ignorant one. Ok, which part of abuja is the capital of nigeria? Is it only where aso rock is situated? Wrong!
Lagos as a state was the capital of nigeria but the presidential villa was situated in the island. When was MMA built and where was it built? It was built in lagos the then capital of nigeria. The whole of abuja is the capital of Nigeria not just where aso rock is situated.
Stop shifting goal post. Tinubu never developed lagos.

Gbogbowa:
Kindly tell us the reason why the bridge build by FG is called 1st,2nd and 3rd mainland,who build agege motor road,railways at iddo,wharf and many others that made Lagos what it's today,pls stop writing jargons, is like saying kubwa is not part of FG because the FG operate from Garki

Globad:


You're not listening.

The capital of Nigeria was Lagos Island. Lagos Island was/is Eko.

Oba of Lagos is actually Oba of Lagos Island and not Oba of Lagos State.

You're just arguing for the sake of argument.

Lagos State was not in existence when Lagos Island or Eko was made the federal capital. It was created in 1976.

The Portuguese gave the name Lagos to the Island and not the whole of today's Lagos State.

What's so hard to understand here and what's the essence of the map you're asking for?

We've named places for you and you're still asking for an irrelevant map.

No one knows everything. You don't know this one. Accept it with gratitude and move on.

You may know something else tomorrow that we don't know. We would thank you for the information and move on

Odibembem:
There is this wrong impression even held by otherwise very educated elites that Lagos State was the capital of Nigeria for so many years till 1991. That is not correct. What was capital of Nigeria was Lagos Island which even did not include Victoria Island. The mainland of today from Ikeja to Ilupeju where all vitually under the western region and only carved into Lagos State when the state was created in 1967. Perhaps to emphasize the difference between the state and the federal capital territory, Ikeja and not Lagos Island was made the capital of Lagos state. All through till 1991, the FG had jurisdiction only on the island and could only collect PAYE tax for residents there while state govt had jurisdiction over the rest of Lagos and collected the PAYE of the residents till d FCT moved to Abuja and the state govt took over jurisdiction of the entire state. Yes, federal presence on the island attracted infrastructure and development to the adjoining towns but but also created urban slums all around the state. However, know the truth, only Lagos Island was capital of Nigeria and not Lagos State.

christistruth01:


Oba of Lagos is only the Oba of Isale Eko, the Onikoyi Of Ikoyi is separate on the Island

Here is the 1962 Map Of the Western Region and Lagos

The tiny dot beneath Ikeja was the FCT

seeyounow:
the map you posted is not correct. their was not ikeja then. there was lagos mainland. ikeja fall under lagos mainland. the map of badagry is wrong. badagry start from ojo then.. ikeja was bush area. it was a forest. before gowon created lagos state. it is pure lie that awo develop ikeja. there was lagos mainland before. oshodi was a forest... mile 12 and mile 2 were forest. i saw this thing myself.

baretalk:

You are just a dumb flaat head, from the cannibal region of ala Igbo, although some reasonable igbos exist, but pigs like you are the ipob that must be eliminated. Focus on eating more flesh of your brothers and sisters, Tinubu and Lagos is not the business of an Ipobian, focus on Afghanistan, south east, cannibal capital of Nigeria

Reinaldo:


You clearly have comprehension problems. You don lick mic today like your master?

ezenwajosh:
Try make Onitsha Capital of Nigeria and tell me if development won't move beyond ASABA, IMO, ENUGU

ImperialYoruba:
I see a lot of back and forth here, arguments for and against status of Lagos in reference to Nigeria.

The problem here is Yoruba love facts, and use evidence based information to speak. Your statement would ordinarily be understood by people that love facts. They will examine it and learn from it, no argument or conflict. Conflict arise only when the people reading your statement have learning deficiency, and lack appreciation for truth and facts. To them, lies, fakes, forgery and fabrications of stories are the mainstream of daily exchange, thus they have mental intolerance for Yoruba truth.

They have to be taught, like you would a small child. You will need plenty patience, talk to them like 5yr olds, stop talking to them like you are on same level and development. They might be adult, but you approach the teaching same way you will teach abc. A for Akpu, B for Biafra, C for Chuku okike abiama. So, Im calling on you Yorubas, be matured and have perspective when you relate with yanminri.

Now, let me speak to Ibos that are arguing against the facts on ground.

My Ibo people, before, and after independence, there was a place called Lagos. This Lagos sef was sorrounded by water. People crossed from other parts come there to trade. Na Ijebu people controlled trade. The story of Lagos long, too long to tell it here.

What we now call Lagos is different from what old Lagos was. Old Lagos comprise native land of Ilu Eko, Ehingbeti, Ilubirin, Ebute. There were several Ebute.

Long story short, Gowon issued Decree 14 in 1967, everything scatter since. Lagos State was created after independence.

What we call Lagos State today had three administrative authorities in the place.

The three were -
1. Lagos Municipal Council
2. Lagos City Council
3. Western Administrative Authority.

Lagos Municipal Council was a squatter on the land, and paid rents. It's Administrator was the FG of Nigeria. Its territory started where Broad Street runs into the Marina beach head. Right about where CFAO and SCOA buildings are. It runs along the water like that all the way to where McGregor canal dumps into Lagoon. Cut it across from there into Onikan, up through King Gorge V Road to Keffi and Obalende. Bring it back to old secretariat to cross McGregor canal on Lafiaji side, to Moloney, down like that to KC to Holy Cross, through Kakawa, back to Tinubu, then zip through Broad street again to Breadfruit and back to the termination on Marina beach. Everything in that circle is under Lagos Municipal. The seat of Municipal governmet was Governors House on Marina (across the street and lawn where NITEL is)

After military took power, they shifted seat of government to their barracks for safety against coup surprises. Thats why military head of state stayed in Dodan Barracks.

Lagos City Council was representation of indigeneous rulers and native Lagosians. Anything not under Municipal Council was under City Council, or Western Authority.

City council did not cross water, it remained encircled by water.

If you cross water, you are no longer in the jurisdiction of Lagos city council. Infact, if you cross water you are no longer in jurisdiction of Lagos Municipal or Lagos City.

So what about Yaba, Surulere, Ebute Meta, Ijora, Apapa, and so on?

These places were land holdings and the prerogative of native Barons, secured by a court decision of July 1921 between Amodu Tijani and Secretary, Southern Provinces. These areas were developed with land lease. FG of Nigeria is paying rent, or in some cases has transferred ownership to Lagos State. Example is the high rise in Shitta. The people were relocated from Lagos Island after an epidemic breakout.

Yaba was developed for technocrats serving under colonial government. Ebute Meta was a harbor under Ijebu control and had a toll, until they lost it to colonial government. National Theater had a lease from Ijora family. Festac village was a lease from Oluwa family. Surulere was a marsh ground, also developed by Lagos City Council. The development was done by LEDB, Lagos Economic Development Board.

The moment you cross into places like Mushin, Ikeja, Ilupeju, Agege, Oshodi, Shomolu, Akoka, and so on, you are now under Western Authority.

So, if ibo want claim protection under Federal Govt, you first need to know FG is a tenant of Lagos, not its owner.


If omoibo need additional clarification on wetin FG dey do for Lagos to begin let me know. I will take zoo animal explain.

ImperialYoruba:
I see a lot of back and forth here, arguments for and against status of Lagos in reference to Nigeria.

christistruth01:



Have you noticed that some People with sinister ulterior motives have been trying very hard to rewrite the History of Lagos?

izombie:
Op you are the ignorant one. Ok, which part of abuja is the capital of nigeria? Is it only where aso rock is situated? Wrong!
Lagos as a state was the capital of nigeria but the presidential villa was situated in the island. When was MMA built and where was it built? It was built in lagos the then capital of nigeria. The whole of abuja is the capital of Nigeria not just where aso rock is situated.
Stop shifting goal post. Tinubu never developed lagos.

Bendeco02:

Leave those mumu people... They always claim to be educated, analysing rubbish.

Only them will believe their rubbish analysis.

Is like saying that only Aso rock/maitama was Abuja capital when FCT is shifted to another state in future.

What they don't know is that not every part of the capital are developed just like there's still rural areas in Abuja.