Saintkeppy my problem with you is that you have not said anything and you don't know how to say anything.

udeh3:


For me, Oshio still underperform. D man na hype. He governed for 8yrs. He was same mate with Akpabio, Fashola and others. Infact, look at neighboring Delta State, you can't compare them now. Benin was the capital of the then Bendel state.

Today, Delta State is far more developed in terms of infrastructure than Edo State

every beautiful thing or structure been link to benin, check it out, it was oshiomhole, if obaseki worked 50% of what oshiomhole did, benin would have been a paradise

Ologbo147:
Benin is not one local government bro. Benin is five local government area. Benin is the whole of oredo, Egor, half part of ikpoba okha, 25 percent of Ovia north east and about twenty percent of Uhuwande. Benin is made up of 1200km square kilometers of land. Ikeja will enter into Benin thirty times. Infact Ikeja should be compared with Uselu(which is a section of Benin not the whole Benin). Cc deepsight. Benin is the second largest city in Nigeria in terms of landmass. Don't get it twisted, I understand the man's argument.

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There is no where I stated that Benin Is one LGA, but I single out Benin city as State Capital of Edo State. Please take time &read this:

I don't mean all LGAs occupied by Binis as a tribe alright &you are twisting it the more, I mean the Capital city of Edo State. i mean where The seat of power of Edo State Government, House of Assembly & State Secretariat is situated. or is all the 5LGAs is used as Capital of Edo State?

The 5LGAs you're trying to say is former Old Benin that was split during LG creation for easy Administration to further take government presence closer to the people in the grassroots.

For instance my State Capital is Uyo, 3other LGAs was carved out of it, as former Uyo was too big, reasons is, so that development can spread&Government presence can be felt, that's the essence of LG creation. Meaning Uyo+3other LGAs making it four(4), Uyo the State Capital is gradually expanding to the other 3LGAs & it's a Federal Constituency on its own, meaning its represented by one Federal Lawmaker in the Green Chamber (FHoR), NASS Abuja. &the 4 LGAs is represented by each member in the State House of Assembly.

so all State capitals are part of the total LGAs in the State, but it is singled out to be the State capital for obvious reasons, even ASO Rock where our President resides &the three arm zones are in Asokoro District in Abuja Municipal Council (an LGA in Abuja) that make up the total 774LGAs in the country.

I understand deepsight's argument, but i took my time to explain to his understanding but he seems not to understand better.

DeepSight:
Saintkeppy my problem with you is that you have not said anything and you don't know how to say anything.

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Its okay, the fact remains Ikeja is a city on it own& the State Capital of Lagos State for that matter, where LASG carries out its State's administrative functions &not Governor's residence@Marina on the Island, whether Ikeja is big or Small in size, it is was Constitutionally picked as Lagos State Capital. I also understand that you have problems with comprehension &you can live peacefully with it. Au revoir Mon Ami.

saintkeppy:
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There is no where I stated that Benin Is one LGA, but I single out Benin city as State Capital of Edo State. Please take time &read this:

I don't mean all LGAs occupied by Binis as a tribe alright &you are twisting it the more, I mean the Capital city of Edo State. i mean where The seat of power of Edo State Government, House of Assembly & State Secretariat is situated. or is all the 5LGAs is used as Capital of Edo State?

The 5LGAs you're trying to say is former Old Benin that was split during LG creation for easy Administration to further take government presence closer to the people in the grassroots.

For instance my State Capital is Uyo, 3other LGAs was carved out of it, as former Uyo was too big, reasons is, so that development can spread&Government presence can be felt, that's the essence of LG creation. Meaning Uyo+3other LGAs making it four(4), Uyo the State Capital is gradually expanding to the other 3LGAs & it's a Federal Constituency on its own, meaning its represented by one Federal Lawmaker in the Green Chamber (FHoR), NASS Abuja. &the 4 LGAs is represented by each member in the State House of Assembly.

so all State capitals are part of the total LGAs in the State, but it is singled out to be the State capital for obvious reasons, even ASO Rock where our President resides &the three arm zones are in Asokoro District in Abuja Municipal Council (an LGA in Abuja) that make up the total 774LGAs in the country.

I understand deepsight's argument, but i took my time to explain to his understanding but he seems not to understand better.

you are the one that does not understand. Listen young man

Oredo-249 kilometers
Egor-93 kilometers
Ikpoba okha-864 kilometers
Ovia north east-2301 kilometers
Orhiowmon-2382 kilometers
Uhuwande-2000 kilometers
Ovia south west-2803 kilometers

This is it young man, The main city is made up of the whole of oredo, Egor, half part of ikpoba okha and 10% each of Ovia north east and uhuwande make up the main city.

It was for the sake of administrative convenience that was why it was divided or partitioned into the several local government alongside with the other Bini speaking communities from time immemorial. The old Bini region constitute of the seven local government there and make up about 10,700 kilometers square,so you can see that the Benin city is about one-eight of the old Benin region. Take for example Uselu, the headquarter of Egor local government has been an integral part of Benin city from time immemorial but it is not in oredo where the center of Benin headquarters.

If you check the description of Benin by size by the europeans in the 15th century, you will see that the description is too big for oredo. "Thirty main street with 120 intersecting street" it certainly included Uselu where the Oba's mother and his first son resided and Eyean where mrs Emotan that helped oba Ewuare resided. And these two towns are in Egor local government and Uhuwande respectively

My submission hence, Benin city the state capital is not one local government, it has been made up of the same landmass that is about 1200km square that can be found in the five local government today

slawomir:
Damnnn niggar

Benin city anyday anytime twice on Friday

That round about alone that connect the entire city is second to known
The only city way them spell well for Nigeria map

The Portuguese and the whites were shocked during those times how come the Edos got the beautiful idea of connecting the entire city as at when they thought Africans are not civilized

I guess uve never been to uyo... I invited my Benin friend to aks... I didn't even go with her

But she called Benin city "wak" when she finally left Akwa Ibom...

Elimon:


I guess uve never been to uyo... I invited my Benin friend to aks... I didn't even go with her

But she called Benin city "wak" when she finally left Akwa Ibom...

Uyo is beautiful no doubt, but she lacks economic value, the people do not have purchasing power, na keke full am. Benin is not Uyo's mate economically, Uyo should be mate with Auchi or sapele economically

saintkeppy:
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Its okay, the fact remains Ikeja is a city on it own& the State Capital of Lagos State for that matter, where LASG carries out its State's administrative functions &not Governor's residence@Marina on the Island, whether Ikeja is big or Small in size, it is was Constitutionally picked as Lagos State Capital. I also understand that you have problems with comprehension &you can live peacefully with it. Au revoir Mon Ami.

U get easily offended.

Ologbo147:
Uyo is beautiful no doubt, but she lacks economic value, the people do not have purchasing power, na keke full am. Benin is not Uyo's mate economically, Uyo should be mate with Auchi or sapele economically

Chairman, he don do. Una neva tire.

Wilson500:
I wonder why a sane person will mention Uyo as one of the best capitals in Nigeria
Apart from good roads, what do they have
Nobody should mention Owerri again because it should be tagged the hotel capital of Nigeria
Mad People Everywhere

It's either uve never been to Uyo before... Or u just don't want to admit cos ur place us wak

Elimon:


It's either uve never been to Uyo before... Or u just don't want to admit cos ur place us wak

I have been to Uyo several times. I don't do pity analysis, in terms of beauty, Uyo might be among first two, but the city is filled with keke. No economic strength, it is where you go to eat your money. It is mate with Auchi, Sapele economically

Ologbo147:
you are the one that does not understand. Listen young man

Oredo-249 kilometers
Egor-93 kilometers
Ikpoba okha-864 kilometers
Ovia north east-2301 kilometers
Orhiowmon-2382 kilometers
Uhuwande-2000 kilometers
Ovia south west-2803 kilometers

This is it young man, The main city is made up of the whole of oredo, Egor, half part of ikpoba okha and 10% each of Ovia north east and uhuwande make up the main city.

It was for the sake of administrative convenience that was why it was divided or partitioned into the several local government alongside with the other Bini speaking communities from time immemorial. The old Bini region constitute of the seven local government there and make up about 10,700 kilometers square,so you can see that the Benin city is about one-eight of the old Benin region. Take for example Uselu, the headquarter of Egor local government has been an integral part of Benin city from time immemorial but it is not in oredo where the center of Benin headquarters.

If you check the description of Benin by size by the europeans in the 15th century, you will see that the description is too big for oredo. "Thirty main street with 120 intersecting street" it certainly included Uselu where the Oba's mother and his first son resided and Eyean where mrs Emotan that helped oba Ewuare resided. And these two towns are in Egor local government and Uhuwande respectively

My submission hence, Benin city the state capital is not one local government, it has been made up of about 5 from time immemorial

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I know about the LG creation was for spreading of development & administrative convience as I stated earlier.

That is to say Benin City functions as Oredo LGA Headquarters &@the same time Edo State Capital officially right?

Joclebs:


Mention Yours!

This is a counter thread.

https://www.nairaland.com/7331448/which-state-worst-capital-nigeria

Uyo, Abj and PH

Abeokuta, Ogun State

Ologbo147:
I have been to Uyo several times. I don't do pity analysis, in terms of beauty, Uyo might be among first two, but the city is filled with keke. No economic strength, it is where you go to eat your money. It is mate with Auchi, Sapele economically

I think u should read the thread again.. "best state to visit"

Like for relaxation and beauty... Apart from these two, why would I use my money to visit any place....

I know where to go if I'm looking for job opportunities and other things in life... And I woundnt call that visiting cos I had a specific objective tied(money, work, etc)
I can safely tell u Aba is better than Uyo economically... But u can compare Uyo and aba with roads and serenity plus hotels

saintkeppy:
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I know about the LG creation was for spreading of development & administrative convience as I stated earlier.

That is to say Benin City functions as Oredo LGA Headquarters &@the same time Edo State Capital officially right?

The exact landmass of Benin city today was about that 1204 kilometers square, Benin city as the headquarters of Oredo local government is different from Benin city as the capital of Edo state. The centre of Benin city is the headquarters of Oredo. While as the capital of Edo State is the entire city. For example There are state ministries that are located in ikpoba okha and Egor. Unlike Ikeja as the capital of lagos that is not beyond Ikeja lga, Benin city has been solidly 1204 km square.

There you go again.
Do you understand the meaning of the word Zero

The truth is that there's no state capital in Nigeria with Zero economic activities.

Or it's either you don't know the meaning of the word Zero or the meaning of the phrase economic activities.

So calm your nerves and stop over exaggerating.

Even villages have economic activities, as far human beings exist in a place and there's buying and selling, so when you want to lie, learn to be consummate in your lies so that those who'll ignorantly like your comment can like it better.

Today Akwa Ibom State IGR is over N32 billon, growing from N15 billion in 2015.

Today Akwa Ibom State GDP has grown from $11 billion dollars in 2015 to about $13.7 billion, surpassing that of Edo and Kano states to occupy no. 6 from no. 8 on the table in 2015, etc.

And the major chunk of these comes from Uyo.

And you come here to make your false claims.

Uyo is better than your state capital so stop spewing trashes all over this trade.

Or I dare you to mention your State IGR and GDP let see the level of economic activities going on in your state capital.

[aquote author=Wilson500 post=116737101]

Stop deceiving yourself and others
I have stayed in Uyo before
The city is peaceful,has good roads, no traffic issue with friendly and lovable indigenes
but with
zero economic activities
zero human capital development
Everybody there want to join politics or follow politicians in order to survive because the city lacks industries
The city is not good for doing business
Its meant for people who have made money and want to relax or for retirees...shikena
Am not saying this out of bitterness or hatred
Am just stating what is obtainable there

[/quote]

Harryj12:
every beautiful thing or structure been link to benin, check it out, it was oshiomhole, if obaseki worked 50% of what oshiomhole did, benin would have been a paradise

Please, name three(3) significant things Oshiomole did in Benin for the 8yrs of leadership

LongwayGone2021:
Nobody mentioned Awka of Anambra state so far, why?

Because Awka is for hawkers

The present day Uyo Capital City includes parts of Nsit Ibom LGA(some parts of Aka Etinan road, and Olusegun Obasanjo way, parts of Ibesikpo Asutan(some parts of Aka Etinan road, Goodluck Jonathan Boulevard, etc.), some parts of Uruan LGA(parts of Nwaniba and airport roads, and Itu LGA( some parts of Calabar-Itu highway,Uyo-Ikot Ekpene express way, Idoro road, Atiku Abubakar way, etc. Plus Uyo LGA.

So Uyo Capital City is Uyo LGA plus some parts of the surrounding 4 LGAs.

Uyo capital city is bigger than Uyo LGA and the Capital City has today expanded into Ibiono Ibom and Etinan LGAs.

saintkeppy:
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There is no where I stated that Benin Is one LGA, but I single out Benin city as State Capital of Edo State. Please take time &read this:

I don't mean all LGAs occupied by Binis as a tribe alright &you are twisting it the more, I mean the Capital city of Edo State. i mean where The seat of power of Edo State Government, House of Assembly & State Secretariat is situated. or is all the 5LGAs is used as Capital of Edo State?

The 5LGAs you're trying to say is former Old Benin that was split during LG creation for easy Administration to further take government presence closer to the people in the grassroots.

For instance my State Capital is Uyo, 3other LGAs was carved out of it, as former Uyo was too big, reasons is, so that development can spread&Government presence can be felt, that's the essence of LG creation. Meaning Uyo+3other LGAs making it four(4), Uyo the State Capital is gradually expanding to the other 3LGAs & it's a Federal Constituency on its own, meaning its represented by one Federal Lawmaker in the Green Chamber (FHoR), NASS Abuja. &the 4 LGAs is represented by each member in the State House of Assembly.

so all State capitals are part of the total LGAs in the State, but it is singled out to be the State capital for obvious reasons, even ASO Rock where our President resides &the three arm zones are in Asokoro District in Abuja Municipal Council (an LGA in Abuja) that make up the total 774LGAs in the country.

I understand deepsight's argument, but i took my time to explain to his understanding but he seems not to understand better.

ABA nko

nesphil:
The present day Uyo Capital City includes parts of Nsit Ibom LGA(some parts of Aka Etinan road, and Olusegun Obasanjo way, parts of Ibesikpo Asutan(some parts of Aka Etinan road, Goodluck Jonathan Boulevard, etc.), some parts of Uruan LGA(parts of Nwaniba and airport roads, and Itu LGA( some parts of Calabar-Itu highway,Uyo-Ikot Ekpene express way, Idoro road, Atiku Abubakar way, etc. Plus Uyo LGA.

So Uyo Capital City is Uyo LGA plus some parts of the surrounding 4 LGAs.

Uyo capital city is bigger than Uyo LGA and the Capital City has today expanded into Ibiono Ibom and Etinan LGAs.

Saintkeppy with all these interventions you should be getting the point now.

To me, the Best in the Southeast is Enugu, in the Southwest is Ikeja, in North Central Jos, North East Yola, South-South Uyo, and Northeast is Kano.

The final 3 will be between Kano, Enugu and Uyo.

My opinion anyway

nesphil:
There you go again.
Do you understand the meaning of the word Zero

The truth is that there's no state capital in Nigeria with Zero economic activities.

Or it's either you don't know the meaning of the word Zero or the meaning of the phrase economic activities.

So calm your nerves and stop over exaggerating.

Even villages have economic activities, as far human beings exist in a place and there's buying and selling, so when you want to lie, learn to be consummate in your lies so that those who'll ignorantly like your comment can like it better.

Today Akwa Ibom State IGR is over N32 billon, growing from N15 billion in 2015.

Today Akwa Ibom State GDP has grown from $11 billion dollars in 2015 to about $13.7 billion, surpassing that of Edo and Kano states to occupy no. 6 from no. 8 on the table in 2015, etc.

And the major chunk of these comes from Uyo.

And you come here to make your false claims.

Uyo is better than your state capital so stop spewing trashes all over this trade.

Or I dare you to mention your State IGR and GDP let see the level of economic activities going on in your state capital.

[aquote author=Wilson500 post=116737101]

Stop deceiving yourself and others
I have stayed in Uyo before
The city is peaceful,has good roads, no traffic issue with friendly and lovable indigenes
but with
zero economic activities
zero human capital development
Everybody there want to join politics or follow politicians in order to survive because the city lacks industries
The city is not good for doing business
Its meant for people who have made money and want to relax or for retirees...shikena
Am not saying this out of bitterness or hatred
Am just stating what is obtainable there

If you like generate $100 billion as IGR
Uyo has no economic value
Tell your Govt to attract businesses
No be to dey build worship centre
I even prefer to stay in Calabar than that dead city called Uyo

udeh3:


Please, name three(3) significant things Oshiomole did in Benin for the 8yrs of leadership

ring road, 5 junction, all the red roof school even the okpepe road that host the marathon race just to mention a few was all done by oshiomhole, that is one man just imagine we had 2 governor that worked dont you think edo will be better

Ologbo147:
The exact landmass of Benin city today was about that 1204 kilometers square, Benin city as the headquarters of Oredo local government is different from Benin as the capital of Edo state. The centre of Benin city is the headquarters of Oredo. While as the capital of Edo State is the entire city. For example There are state ministries that are located in ikpoba okha and Egor. Unlike Ikeja as the capital of lagos that is not beyond Ikeja lga, Benin has been solidly 1204 km square.

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Okay my guy, please note I understand you, the city is large but a bit complicated if not properly explained as you just did, it is safe to say that atleast the land on which the Edo State Government House is located there's a local government that owns it &it is within the territory even though the name of the LGA is what I wanted to know cos its is not popular among non-indigenes like me

Even though Benin city is spread into 5LGAs, &the State government offices &Infrastructures are spread among the 5 LGAs. What I was trying to say is at least the state capital is represented by one of the 5LGAs out of the total 18LGAs the state has, while maintaining the Status Quo. Because it will sound somehow that Edo state capital is 5LGAs, Note all State Capitals in Nigeria is 36 out of the total 774 LGAs in the country.

It therefore means Benin with 5LGAs may have two Federal Lawmakers @the Green Chamber, Abuja.


Its just like Port Harcourt in Rivers State.
We have Port Harcourt City(PHALGA)
Spread to part of Okrika LGA.
But the greater part of Port Harcourt city is domiciled in Obio Akpor LGA where much of the Taxes paid by huge businesses&multinational companies are transferred to Obio Akpor Local Government account while the State Capital Port Harcourt only earns what is within their territory.

The present Governor, Nyesome Ezebunwo Wike was once a Local Government Chairman of Obio Akpor, he was like a Governor then becos of too much money in Obio Akpor

Infact anybody contesting for Chairman of Obio Akpor must be very tight&careful cos it's always a struggling thing in election. Obio Akpor LGA is among the Top10 in the country interms of IGR.

Other adjoining LGAs like Obigbo, Ikwerre&Eleme also tap from the spill over of Port Harcourt cos many oil&Gas coys prefers to setup their yards in this LGAs proximity to Port Harcourt inorder to decongest the city.


In Cross River State, it is Calabar Municipal&Calabar-South LGAs, forming one big city, but the main State Capital is Calabar Municipal council headed by a Mayor, all State Government administrative functions &infrastures like Government House, House of Assembly, State Secretariat for civil servant, Int'l Airport, Stadium is in this Municipality, while UNICAL is between Calabar Municipal council& Calabar South LGA.
Calabar-South LGA exist as a separate LGA administered by "Chairman"
Most of the ancient precolonial buildings are found here.
Tax from businesses are paid differently to each council's accounts.

Calabar is expanding to adjoining LGAs of Odukpani & Akpabuyo which were part of Old Calabar pre independence.

DeepSight:


Saintkeppy with all these interventions you should be getting the point now.

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What interventions? I ain't bragging I know more about my State capital Uyo, Calabar & Port Harcourt than most people here &I say it authoritatively, I ain't scared of debate check my posts on Nairaland Forum.

nesphil:
The present day Uyo Capital City includes parts of Nsit Ibom LGA(some parts of Aka Etinan road, and Olusegun Obasanjo way, parts of Ibesikpo Asutan(some parts of Aka Etinan road, Goodluck Jonathan Boulevard, etc.), some parts of Uruan LGA(parts of Nwaniba and airport roads, and Itu LGA( some parts of Calabar-Itu highway,Uyo-Ikot Ekpene express way, Idoro road, Atiku Abubakar way, etc. Plus Uyo LGA.

So Uyo Capital City is Uyo LGA plus some parts of the surrounding 4 LGAs.

Uyo capital city is bigger than Uyo LGA and the Capital City has today expanded into Ibiono Ibom and Etinan LGAs.

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My instances was on Old Uyo, & the 3LGAs that was exercised out of it, not just Uyo as a State Capital, if you're talking about The Greater Uyo Capital city, you can include Nsit Ibom opposite the Uniuyo Teaching hospital to Ekom Iman junction along Abak Road & Mbiokporo along the Aka-etinan road.

Ikot Ambang in Ibiono Ibom LGA along Uyo-Ikot Ekpene highway, Itam communities in Itu LGA spreading within the city of Uyo along the Calabar-Itu highway, Uyo-ikot Ekpene road, Ikpa road&environs.

Nwaniba, Idu&Ibiaku Uruan&communities off Airport Road still remains rural. It will take a lil time to develop.

The most luckiest Local Government area benefitting from Greater Uyo Capital city spill over is Ibesikpo, Shelter Afrique extention, some parts of banking Layouts off Udo Udoma Ave, including Worship centre&21storey building is in Afaha Ibesikpo while the yet to be developed Dakkada Estate is in mbikpong Ibesikpo.
The newly constructed 8Lane Ring Road-3 passes through Ibesikpo from Nung Oku junction to back of Tropicana Centre then joins Oron Road by the big Roundabout.
Development is currently springing up along The Aka-Nung Udoe dual carriageway in Ibesikpo.

If you read my post you see where I stated that development is gradually moving to these LGAs.

Ewee

fman:
What r u feeling like? Just because u r in SS 3

Apexmoh:
Once a mad man, always a mad man.

Yes. Once a mad man always a mad man.

And you're the mad man,abi?

Get sense!

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