OdenigboAroli:

Do that and they will say you hate Enugu people. The reason why Enugu Internally Generated Revenue hasn't seen any increase is because the governor has no vission. Chime is clueless,lets face it. Anybody can do what he is doing in Enugu. Whats there? Collect allocation,pay workers,use the rest to reconstruct and beautify Enugu city and maybe every now and then go to one village a build a single substandard road..lol
Chime's ineptitude has no comparison. And it infuriates me when people put his name down as one of the best performing governors. Some people love to live in denial.
If care is not taken Enugu will become an abandoned city...If what Obiano is trying to do succeeds. Enugu people are too laid back and that is affecting their advancement.

abagoro: Many Igbos surprise me with their views despite my believe that we are the most widely travelled. Kano is a developed modern city and the GRA is finer than all the GRAs in the Southeast. It is also far more cosmopolitan in both ethnic and racial mix than all parts of Nigeria except Lagos, Rivers and Abuja.

That said Kano probably has the highest number of absolute poor people in Nigeria and has so many slum districts that encourage spread of diseases, Religious violence and extremism. Enugu all round is more liveable than Kano but never as developed.

OdenigboAroli:

Do that and they will say you hate Enugu people. The reason why Enugu Internally Generated Revenue hasn't seen any increase is because the governor has no vission. Chime is clueless,lets face it. Anybody can do what he is doing in Enugu. Whats there? Collect allocation,pay workers,use the rest to reconstruct and beautify Enugu city and maybe every now and then go to one village a build a single substandard road..lol
Chime's ineptitude has no comparison. And it infuriates me when people put his name down as one of the best performing governors. Some people love to live in denial.
If care is not taken Enugu will become an abandoned city...If what Obiano is trying to do succeeds. Enugu people are too laid back and that is affecting their advancement.

kostadinis:

The AIIA is certainly the major facility that is expected to transform Enugu into a vibrant city. This said, the potential strategic threat to the AIIA by the Onitsha/Nnewi/Asaba industrial triangle is often neglected. The triangle is the fastest growing commercial/industrial axis in the SE/SS after the Trans Amadi ind. Layout in PH. This is so much so that the number of airlines flying into Asaba airport has surpassed Enugu in less than two years of the airport's operation. Overland, Arik and Aero are currently locked in a tight competition at Asaba as against two airlines to Enugu.

It wasn't long the Delta state government revealed the state's plan to start scheduled Asaba-Far East flights, especially to Singapore. This was instructive. It got many AIIA enthusiasts worried, but not everyone as the Onitsha and Nnewi chambers of commerce have had a good working relationship with current business savvy Delta state governor. On the other hand, Enugu and Asaba are two native Igbo cities. And so makes it tricky to say much on the subject.....reminiscent of the relocation of Nollywood to Asaba.

However, the fate of AIIA if an international flight was to take off from Asaba is better not imagined. Some form of agreement must have to be reached in this regard. But this can be quite difficult in view of the fact that Anioma state is yet to be created. It will be difficult to discuss such an issue with a non Igbo governor at the Asaba government house.

As the political capital city of Ndigbo, it is our collective responsibility to make the city of Enugu work. While banking on the AIIA, current and future governments of Enugu should strive to do more in the areas of FDI and industrialisation. Like you said, real investments.

OdenigboAroli:

Do that and they will say you hate Enugu people. The reason why Enugu Internally Generated Revenue hasn't seen any increase is because the governor has no vission. Chime is clueless,lets face it. Anybody can do what he is doing in Enugu. Whats there? Collect allocation,pay workers,use the rest to reconstruct and beautify Enugu city and maybe every now and then go to one village a build a single substandard road..lol
Chime's ineptitude has no comparison. And it infuriates me when people put his name down as one of the best performing governors. Some people love to live in denial.
If care is not taken Enugu will become an abandoned city...If what Obiano is trying to do succeeds. Enugu people are too laid back and that is affecting their advancement.

asha80: now is is strategic thinking..if far east international flights starts in asaba airport it would affect the AIIA because those biz men from oinitsha,nnewi and asaba triangle would rather use asaba simply because of distance....enugu state and ebonyi really need heavy fdis and local biz men investing in thetwo states....even if abia finally get a governor with a brain and turns aba and its envrirons to what it is supposed to be,biz men in this area would still prefer ph international airport to enugu simply because of distanxce.

basilo101:
d slums r villages at d outskirts b4 u enta d city. No slum inside d city lyk obiagu or abakpa

abagoro:
There's this problem we have in Igboland which was created by some ignorant Igbos about artificial State boundaries. The truth is that Igbos generally have Abakaliki as there Agricultural/mining capital, Onitsha and Aba as commercial capitals, Enugu as administrative capital and Owerri as tourism capital. If Igbos can work baring this in mind, then our chances of developing as a block is possible.

Chris Nwabueze Ngige change system of governance in Igboland when he decided to tackle the issue of typical red earth rural roads which was the norms in Igbo villages. Peter Obi came in and rather than stop, decided to continue with Chris Ngige's idea of making rural areas accessible. It is the same thing Rochas Okorocha has done and is still doing in Imo State but he even went further by dualising highway linking Orlu and Owerri, another linking Orlu and Akokwa and another linking Owerri with Aba(though now taken over by FG). However Governorship is not all about road as education, job creation, agriculture, health and lots more is involved.

Enugu will always remain our administrative capital and can never turn to highly commercial or highly industrial like Aba. Nnewi people made a mark by deciding to site their factories at home and the credit should never be given to any Governor or Government as some people have been attempting to do. The environment in Nnewi was not and is still not conducive. There are no good wide roads, planned industrial layouts, special Government bank loans or Government housing schemes. It remains a self-help and patriotic effort. All Igbos need to emulate the Nnewi people and come back home for major investments while you make your money abroad.

Afam4eva:
Most governors over there seem to be clueless. It's like the workability of a governor is determined by how much he can make his state beautiful and not how much he can industrialize his state. We need our governor to start thinking like business men.

OdenigboAroli:

Do that and they will say you hate Enugu people. The reason why Enugu Internally Generated Revenue hasn't seen any increase is because the governor has no vission. Chime is clueless,lets face it. Anybody can do what he is doing in Enugu. Whats there? Collect allocation,pay workers,use the rest to reconstruct and beautify Enugu city and maybe every now and then go to one village a build a single substandard road..lol
Chime's ineptitude has no comparison. And it infuriates me when people put his name down as one of the best performing governors. Some people love to live in denial.
If care is not taken Enugu will become an abandoned city...If what Obiano is trying to do succeeds. Enugu people are too laid back and that is affecting their advancement.

INNOisBACK: Thank God Afam saw what i saw. I was beginning to think everyother person was suffering from delusion... . Posting pics of indepence layout over and over again doesnt make Enugu ''World class''! Darn! Kano perharps has more skyscrapers than the enitire SE. And we all(atleast minus me) are here comparing mediocrity with ''Less Mediocre''! Na wa ooo

kostadinis:

The AIIA is certainly the major facility that is expected to transform Enugu into a vibrant city. This said, the potential strategic threat to the AIIA by the Onitsha/Nnewi/Asaba industrial triangle is often neglected. The triangle is the fastest growing commercial/industrial axis in the SE/SS after the Trans Amadi ind. Layout in PH. This is so much so that the number of airlines flying into Asaba airport has surpassed Enugu in less than two years of the airport's operation. Overland, Arik and Aero are currently locked in a tight competition at Asaba as against two airlines to Enugu.

It wasn't long the Delta state government revealed the state's plan to start scheduled Asaba-Far East flights, especially to Singapore. This was instructive. It got many AIIA enthusiasts worried, but not everyone as the Onitsha and Nnewi chambers of commerce have had a good working relationship with current business savvy Delta state governor. On the other hand, Enugu and Asaba are two native Igbo cities. And so makes it tricky to say much on the subject.....reminiscent of the relocation of Nollywood to Asaba.

However, the fate of AIIA if an international flight was to take off from Asaba is better not imagined. Some form of agreement must have to be reached in this regard. But this can be quite difficult in view of the fact that Anioma state is yet to be created. It will be difficult to discuss such an issue with a non Igbo governor at the Asaba government house.

As the political capital city of Ndigbo, it is our collective responsibility to make the city of Enugu work. While banking on the AIIA, current and future governments of Enugu should strive to do more in the areas of FDI and industrialisation. Like you said, real investments.

asha80: well i hope you can walk the talk..there is a reason i asked that question because i have come across seve igbo people who will shout that igbos need to industrialize heavily in the south east but meet the them at a lonely or sober time you will hear or see them making plans to site outfits in lagos rather than the east and you begin to question their lamentation before...point is the issue lies in us individuals and not in any government or politician...nnewi is an example of walking the talk.

rafindo: .stop deceiving ur self with these postwar mantras.if u need development u fight hard for one,nt these delusional mindset of urs

Unemadu:

Lovely post. people will just talk and talk meanwhile they cant invest a dime there waiting for govt to do it for them.

tandj:
Pls what happened to the oba international airport of yonder yrs promised?
Is it a dead issue now?

Thought a land mass has been mappd out for it

Unemadu:

For the record no one says Enugu is a world class city neither do i think Kano is nor Lagos. What we are saying is that Enugu is a darn cool city ok and we appreciate the little effort the govt is trying to put the place in order so that people like you INNO can invest there.

jbaur24: The airport project moved to a new site (Otuocha-Igbariam-Nteje) axis. The new site is quite central!

HappyJoe:

Is any airport going to be built?
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asha80: now is is strategic thinking..if far east international flights starts in asaba airport it would affect the AIIA because those biz men from oinitsha,nnewi and asaba triangle would rather use asaba simply because of distance....enugu state and ebonyi really need heavy fdis and local biz men investing in thetwo states....even if abia finally get a governor with a brain and turns aba and its envrirons to what it is supposed to be,biz men in this area would still prefer ph international airport to enugu simply because of distanxce.

3dankey: I have commented just once on this thread and will like to air my views again. Listen my IGBO BROTHERS, the only way we can attain this kind of height's that we all wish for,Is to have a FUNCTIONAL SEAPORT on our own. Jonathan gave us an international airport good, but we need a seaport. Only peter obi was even serious about it when he was in office and I still blame him for not persuading jonathan enough to complete the dredging of the river niger (don't know if I am correct) that would have made onitsha seaport a reality. We don't need a river port please.
I can also remember when he was the chairman of southeast governors forum: their was a resolution then from 1 of their meetings for the FEDERAL government to complete the seaport in akwa ibom(ABAKA not sure of the name) and link it by RAIL to ABA and other south east states. Now he is no longer there, don't know what the clueless/useless orji is doing. When ever I see us insulting ourselves I almost give up, we are IGBO's and should learn to love ourself (let's stop all this ANAMBRA better than enugu fight) instead let us complement ourselves.
Now take it or leave, there have being a grand plan to frustrate the IGBO's for a long time starting with ENUGU,ONITSHA, and ABA. Thank God we got an INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, not enough until we get that seaport. A seaport in south east or close to the east like akwa ibom, will change the whole of IGBO land in less than 3 years. Just wish our governors are seeing this things we discussing here and can achieve it.
NOTE: achieving this will not be easy, remember stella odua (only for international airport oooo). For this expect enough blackmail and other things from those that do not want to see any thing good in the east. I rest my case and hope that one day a seaport close to the east and linked my RAIL will be a reality.

omicron:

I thought you understood the correction Afam tried to give you.

You cannot say Onitsha is expanding to Okpanam, Ibusa and co. It is wrong and somewhat arrogant to say that, with all due respect.

None of Asaba or Ontisha is expanding to or being taken up by the other, in geographical sense. Each is a town on its own right with different history and potentials. Onitsha can not 'expand' westwards more than it has already done, and Asaba has 'expanded' eastwards as much as it is....

Asaba is the town expanding to Ibusa, Okpanam and co, not Onitsha!

I know we all like to praise our towns and re-emphasise their potentials and glories, but we should also not appear to be over-doing it.

omicron:

I thought you understood the correction Afam tried to give you.

You cannot say Onitsha is expanding to Okpanam, Ibusa and co. It is wrong and somewhat arrogant to say that, with all due respect.

None of Asaba or Ontisha is expanding to or being taken up by the other, in geographical sense. Each is a town on its own right with different history and potentials. Onitsha can not 'expand' westwards more than it has already done, and Asaba has 'expanded' eastwards as much as it is....

Asaba is the town expanding to Ibusa, Okpanam and co, not Onitsha!

I know we all like to praise our towns and re-emphasise their potentials and glories, but we should also not appear to be over-doing it.

eaglechild:

You are partly right but i think i understand his perspective.
Asaba before it was made the state capital owes its economic relevance to Onitsha.

If not for Onitsha, Asaba's economic relevance will be comparable to Awka, there is no arrogance in that.

Asaba gained additional influence when it was made a state capital, before then it was grossly overshadowed by Onitsha and even considered a suburb.

This happened not only to Asaba but other surrounding towns, and they too may not be happy about it but it is a fact.


These towns have somewhat merged.

Asaba by virtue of being made the state capital however became revived once again.

Unemadu:

This is really thought provoking so i dare say that Enugu shouldnt depend on AIIA alone because of these scenarios you gave. it a bitter pill to swallow but then it should propel us to think deeper.

We have enough igbo cities that have the commercial/ industrial potentials much more than Enugu so i will prefer for Enugu to focus on Service/Entertainment/Health sectors