COMPAQ:


They also don't realize the massive money Dubai makes from tourism! Not to mention the private equity it attracts.

Sixty two years is more than enough time to grow our revenue through investment. Agriculture was already doing very fine but we abandoned it for oil when we could have kept both. Income would have doubled at the time. Investment in sectors like tourism, healthcare, education, manufacturing, etc would have been much easier. But the lack of foresight (that's me avoiding the word "stupidity" is what made it as difficult and terrible as it presently is.

Onety one thousand billion trillion naira. If you know

ufotunang:
Only Peter obi that can build nigeria like this

is it one man or is it a politician that built those cities in the pictures?

lexy2014:

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and so? how does that epalin why Dubai is more successful and prosperous than /Lagos and the whole Nigeria?

use your sense na?

If I have 5 billion naira, and I only I have 2 children to cater for. Won't I be richer, have better life and properties than you that have 500 thousand and 20 children to catar for?

Iamgrey5:
Cities like this were not built in a day

This takes decades of careful planning and investment.

The Federalism in those places are true federalism. Dubai is one of the Emirates that formed UAE. They have their rulers who is the VP of UAE. I know you are talking about US & Canada but I brought Dubai because of governance.

In Nigeria, Lagos especially, during the military era, there were clashes between Federal Ministry of Works and Lagos State government. The Minister of Works was a Soja of higher rank than the governor and closer to Head of State. The governor has to save his job.

Federal Ministry of Works drove villagers away from coastal area and built estates, they sandfilled sea and sold land without recourse to State government for masterplan.

Stable government and good economy are required to build great cities. We don't have any of the two.

It doesn't cost government money.

It costs planning and demolishing houses of people who have done absolutely nothing wrong just because government want to do something it failed to do earlier.

Yet Umahi, wike ,El Rufai and Ganduje and co nor wan let us hear word for 1600 century bridge wey dem construct

COMPAQ:


Yes it is! Smaller landmass, far smaller population ,more oil and far more tourism. Not to talk of making itself attractive to foreign capital.

The only reasonable thing you wrote here "making itself attractive to foreign capital" lest you forgot Dubai was a desert while Nigeria a greenland with much resources both marine life and others. Or do you think if Nigeria is practicing regional autonomous government, it will be the shithole that is today?

Reflect7:


Yes they are. Their annual budget is 130 billion dollars for 70 million people.

Nigeria's is 50 billion dollars for 220 million people.

The oil and gas revenue might have been somewhat sufficient 20 years ago.

Today, it's a pittance cos of our population growth.

We need further diversification and better taxing systems to generate more revenue for development.

What is the benefit of the population we have, when some sections of the country are just giving birth just to win elections, what else do you expect, I believe if the country is practicing regional autonomous government, people won't born indiscriminately as they do.
China as a country have more than times 4 of our population but still controls the world because they born for innovations and not just to win election.

They love cities like this but will rather embezzle the money meant for things like this and spend holidays with their families in cities like this.

Lu natics in power.

Iamgrey5:
Those cities were built by the Boers not blacks.

Those cities were built over several decades from proceeds of daimond, Gold and platinum found in South Africa.

Dubai built thier cities with what? Dubai developed their mega cities in less than 50 years. Let's stop giving excuses for our ineptitude and corruption ridden country. With the enormous human and natural resources in Nigeria, Nigeria is richer than UAE and Singapore

Fineman2:
The first one is Chicago USA

Second is Melbourne Australia

Third is Toronto Canada

Fourth is Calgary Canada

Omonile nor go gree

richmond500:

With the bungalow weh we deh build and e still deh collapse up and down?
Abeg o

hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha chaai see low visionary human anyways ur on your own opinions

COMPAQ:


Haba calm down. How did you calculate Dieazani stolen wealth at $90bln. That makes no sense cos that's the entire budget of FG for like 10 years

The GDP in 2021 alone is $440.8 B USD. That's just what they declared to the public. We both know better

adekolaelect:
Nigeria can achieve these when our time of Independent years reach those countries own. We Nigerians don't believe in process but quickly compare those developed nations' Achievement with ours but not ready to wait and do what it takes to do than condemnation , not appriciating and value their.. Those things were not build in a year ok.

How many years did it take Dubai to develop into what it is today?

Fineman2:
yes I know, but Singapore did it

It cannot happen in Nigeria.

PoS operations, agbado and boli sellers, fish sellers, pepper sellers etc won’t make it look neat this way. A lathe percentage of Nigerians are in the informal sector .

We can't build such building in Nigeria with these so called greedy politicians

Only the money they wasted in last elections without achieving anything good can go along way if properly used...Nigeria is doomd.

ufotunang:
Only Peter obi that can build nigeria like this

Yes. You right. He built south east to the level of Singapore

NinjaXmetahuman:
use your sense na?

If I have 5 billion naira, and I only I have 2 children to cater for. Won't I be richer, have better life and properties than you that have 500 thousand and 20 children to catar for?

lets see if you are using your sense. how did Dubai make this hypothetical 5billion naira?

did Dubai always have "5 billion naira" to share for its 2 children?

is it because it has less "children" to cater for that is the reason why it has achieved all it has achieved?

based on your theory of population, is Dubai richer than China?

what is a country's greatest resource?

Ordinary 5 storey building is collapsing in nigeria, you are thinking of building skyscraper, for your dreams or what?

It is not even a matter of what would he the cost, because we don't have such money. The little available has been embezzled and will continue to be embezzled by our hoodlums we called leaders.

It is a matter of can we build these and how long it will take us to build edifices like these in our own country.

The painful aspect of all these, is, all these garage boys we call leaders travel abroad, they see things but they will never allow it in our own country, because they are afraid of you and I being in competition with their own children.

nice architectural structures but how many Nigerians can afford a flat if replicated here? i don't think those structures come cheap.

Fineman2:
The first one is Chicago USA

Second is Melbourne Australia

Third is Toronto Canada

Fourth is Calgary Canada

93% of places in these countries don't look like these. They Only succeeded in showing you the glamor part. It's like someone posting pictures of Abuja. But then we're Nigerians and any thread to shame nigeria is welcome

Fineman2:
The first one is Chicago USA

Second is Melbourne Australia

Third is Toronto Canada

Fourth is Calgary Canada

is it the govt that build those skyscrapers and sell it to people, or is it private firms that build those?

Skyscraper are owned by private firm and entity, hotels, government offfices. Private law firms and much more. So it's not government that builds Skyscraper.

If u want to build Skyscraper anywhere in Nigeria go and build it. Just make sure u get ur approval and give reputable construction company the project

NinjaXmetahuman:
Dubai population is less than 3.5million, Lagos population increased exponentially to almost 18million, thanks to people trooping in.


Dubai selling more than 3 times the oil Nigeria is selling and it only had to cater for 3.5 million people.

Lagos is catering for over 18 million people with less than 10% of what Dubai annually.


Make una dey think na

at the end of the 2nd world war, Japan and Germany were the most devastated countries in the world at the time. pls how much oil did they sell to become what they are today?

lexy2014:


$90b? where did she see the $90b that she stole? are you sure you know what $90b is? can you show us evidence that she stole $90b?

Hmmm

Iamgrey5:
Cities like this were not built in a day

This takes decades of careful planning and investment.

I can tell you this, the complete layout of the Dubai of today was built in 15years.

Guess what? This was achieved with the same oil money Nigeria has.

You are talking about a very useless place, ruled by people wey 2 na cut off from cradle to grave.


If not for Nigeria really teaching and in graining igbos in bad habits (irresponsibility, all kinds of crimes, unnecessary ego, and treasury stealing); My tribe, when honed in, can build all of that in 20 years. We have American creativity, the 19th century American work discipline, the tireless chinese manufacturing spirit, and a population care.


We can build it, but we will build better and durable. As long as we have hateful hostile tribes around us, we can't afford to do something like this, as in building too high up, it will just become a missile target; so we should be the kings of underground buildings and quality war ready buildings above ground. Because, we need to think like the enemies. If our enemies have these or even as things are now, anybody knows that as time of war goes on, all those elegant buildings will be targets. So, we have to think like the enemies. Some people heard that some people have been analyzing structures in person, hacked and friendly satellites, in pictures, and other means of analysis, so that fighters can know how to target and be efficient with strikes, even when not a direct hit. Even the air to pressure studies after a hit. If people are thinking like this, you will be unwise to assume the enemies are not preparing like this.


Igbos should increase our prowess on structure erection and durability. For the next 50 to 100 years, we shouldn't build high, unless we can come up with materials that can withstand war times or terror infiltration attack. So, we should focus on building real padded roads, underground highways and rail ways, and all kinds, regulated and periodically inspected for function and safety. We can build wonders too like that.

It won't cost us much the moment we stop worshipping our national looters in the name of ethnicity. Those money they are paying into their private and foreign accounts are the same money used in building these skyscrapers in saner climes

richmond500:

With the bungalow weh we deh build and e still deh collapse up and down?
Abeg o

😂😂😂😂😂😂

Fineman2:
The first one is Chicago USA

Second is Melbourne Australia

Third is Toronto Canada

Fourth is Calgary Canada

Lagos is on it already 🤣🤣

North Korea just did it, let's keep deceiving ourselves.