Imagine standing beside one of those buildings looking up and the fence is very close to you. It'll be like the building is gonna fall with no place for you to run to.

Omo I no fit o

Raydos:
Why are Most buildings in Nigeria especially commercial towers fenced off?

Violent crime

Raydos:
Why are Most buildings in Nigeria especially commercial towers fenced off?
From the Downtown of Lagos, To The most Affluent areas of Abuja, They all have something in Common, All the Skyscrapers are all fenced off and not open to the public!
This make the city look ugly, In modern society, Skyscrapers down floors are rented out for restaurant, Boutiques, e.t.c, Which makes window-shopping possible!

Every building should not be open to the public.
Every high rise must not have a commercial space on the ground floor.
Security in Nigeria is not available like it is in the countries you are comparing Nigeria with.
We build with an offset from the fence line in Nigeria, whereas in these countries, or the US, your wall is built directly where you property starts from the road, so its easy to have retail space for coffee shops, restaurants, boutiques etc
The streets in Nigeria do not have a sidewalk as part of city planning for people to walk in and out easily of the commercial spaces you want.

In the US, they have a build design called 5 over 1 where 5 floors of office or residential use is built over 1 commercial or retail floor

https://www.dbarchitect.com/how-tos/how-construction-type

None of those fenced high-rise buildings was robbed or destroyed during Endsars.

But you see buildings where they allow members of the public enter, those are the buildings that were destroyed.

E get why

Raydos:
This is how modern society look like, I watch a video of a foreign YouTuber recently, who complained about this in his first ever visit to Nigeria!

He was so surprised, every building is fenced off!

Window shopping makes street look beautiful,

Affluent areas can afford all the security to keep this place safe, at night, But it seems like they just don't give a damn, They all okay with their sub-standard tower!

Nigeria has not attained that level of development, prosperity and security for such to happen. You seek for prosperity and strong law enforcement before asking for window shopping. Due to increasing theft in San Francisco, shops are removing items away and shutting down the concept of window shopping. Then na Nigeria?

Raydos:


What about countries that don't allow citizen to acquire fire arm? France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, UK, China, UAE, E.t.c?

Those countries are prosperous and homogenous. Prosperous countries that are homogenous either by race or ethnicity or religion tend to be safer than their contemporaries, which are also prosperous but heteregenous. Norway is safer than the UK. Switzerland is safer than France. Homogeneity contributes to safety, but prosperity is the foundation.

Apples to oranges.

Appletek:
None of those fenced high-rise buildings was robbed or destroyed during Endsars.

But you see buildings where they allow members of the public enter, those are the buildings that were destroyed.

E get why

This was prevalent along Bode Thomas Street in Surulere. Shops abut to the pedestrian walkways got pilfered to the end. OP should focus on economic development before anything else. He mentions CCTV, but the previous administration in the FCT could not account for the over 500 million naira allocated for the purchase and maintenance of CCTVs.

Fejoku:
Chei.. God in heaven. These ones really think they have a country.
Security becomes your number one concern when over 75% of your citizens have been pauperised through deliberate means of the ruling class. Think of the fortified castles built by nobles and Kings of old Europe. This is what is happening in Nigeria.
If they try what you're saying, all those shops/boutiques and whatever in there will suffer heavy attacks from armed robbers.

You're right.

By the way, we have the same gates and fences in ex-European colonies of the southern hemisphere like Nigeria and India, because that was how the colonialists built their homes to protect themselves from the masses. When they left, the elite of these nations continued the same pattern and mindset of protection from the masses..

BEFORE colonial rule, we know that houses were built in Nigeria without even front doors, never mind gates. Dutch and Portuguese visitors to 15th century Benin city recorded this in their numerous accounts. The idea of somebody entering your house to steal or rob you was unheard of before the colonial invasions.

Airlord2030:
for security..

when you build your house, not fence am.. anything you see, bear am

na people wey houses dey fenced na dem armed robbers dey attack more...A dwarf transparent fence is better than those prision sized fences found in most private residence. Like in ph, there are couple of nice estate layouts bt you cant see the beauty unless you are inside the estate....Imagine most of this estates are not fenced ,it will definitely add color to ph city environs.

Quintessence44:


You're right.

By the way, we have the same gates and fences in ex-European colonies of the southern hemisphere like Nigeria and India, because that was how the colonialists built their homes to protect themselves from the masses. When they left, the elite of these nations continued the same pattern and mindset of protection from the masses..

BEFORE colonial rule, we know that houses were built in Nigeria without even front doors, never mind gates. Dutch and Portuguese visitors to 15th century Benin city recorded this in their numerous accounts. The idea of somebody entering your house to steal or rob you was unheard of before the colonial invasions.

True....An English sailor to nigeria in the 18th century made this remark. The houses were left wide open with no doors and fence.

Raydos:
Why are Most buildings in Nigeria especially commercial towers fenced off?

From the Downtown of Lagos, To The most Affluent areas of Abuja, They all have something in Common, All the Skyscrapers are all fenced off and not open to the public!

This make the city look ugly, In modern society, Skyscrapers down floors are rented out for restaurant, Boutiques, e.t.c, Which makes window-shopping possible!

Photo 1: Madina towers, Lagos

Photo 2: Eko hotel towers, Lagos

Please edit your post and do not mislead the public. That pic 2 is Total Energies and not Eko Hotel towers. Eko Hotel is accessible to the public, so long as you dress well and you look good. You do not need any special code or invite to enter Eko Hotel. What do you expect of an oil company with expatriates and the high level of insecurity in Nigeria. Nigeria is not on the same level with the other countries you are comparing it with. The citizens do not share the same mindset and as such, your idea cannot work right now. Let us first of all work on building positive and beautiful mindsets.

ruggedtimi:
na people wey houses dey fenced na dem armed robbers dey attack more...A dwarf transparent fence is better than those prision sized fences found in most private residence. Like in ph, there are couple of nice estate layouts bt you cant see the beauty unless you are inside the estate....Imagine most of this estates are not fenced ,it will definitely add color to ph city environs.

ok.. I prefer high fence as far as Nigeria is concerned

Raydos:


Read the post above you!!

It's called affluent areas for a reason, With CCTV camera, All these issues can be curbed!

What CCTV? Most of those glasses would be smashed and those mannequins stripped naked. You don’t live in Nigeria I believe.

Fencing of all sorts make the streets and neighbourhoods ugly but the reality is that copying what’s obtainable abroad wouldn’t work in the so called affluent areas as you put it. It might’ve worked in the 80s and 90s but things have changed a lot.

You’ll be attracting the wrong kind of crowd if you don’t fence in Nigeria.

Ikaeniyan0:
I think is because of security reasons

I think it has to do with mentality.

Every house in Nigeria is fenced but many banks don't even have fence.

So, I don't think it's about security. I think it's about a warped mentality and following a trend.

Will that yeye fence stop armed robbers from trespassing?

E-bola Tinubu


Is a bastard old fool

Raydos:
This is an American neighborhood, they prefer greenery instead of fences!

That's probably because they don't face the type of threat you guys face in your country.

CodeTemplar:
Imagine renting the down floor out to restaurants as you opined. That's a good place for angry jihadists to drive in trucks and bring down the whole building in protest to a perceived jewish guy who farted in front of a holy tree in Saudi Arabia.

Walahi you no well, although it's not supposed to make me laugh, I actually laughed out loud... Lol

Raydos:
There are some streets that you can't even take a walk at night, all because most of the buildings in the street has been fenced off, Before 8pm in the night, It will look like a ghost town!!

But by renting out the down floors of those buildings to restaurant and boutique e.t.c, It will make it more lively at night time !

Thank you

You wan go tief dem? 😀😂

SmartPolician:


I think it has to do with mentality.

Every house in Nigeria is fenced but many banks don't even have fence.

So, I don't think it's about security.

I think it's about a warped mentality.

Will that yeye fence stop armed robbers from trespassing?

Show us a bank in Nigeria without at least a small fence

Security reasons and nothing more.
The police here is ill trained and Ill equipped.
Even with the CCTV footage there's nodatabase for cross referencing and not enough manpower for an effective manhunt. The whole process will frustrate you. So to be on the safe side you protect your investment from intruders.

Security, dude you're in a third world country.

NFBI:
Show us a bank in Nigeria without at least a small fence

There are a lot of them....you probably don't live in Nigeria.

Its prevents new Corp Members to be jumping into dem for Job applications

Raydos:
This is how modern society look like, I watch a video of a foreign YouTuber recently, who complained about this in his first ever visit to Nigeria!

He was so surprised, every building is fenced off!

Window shopping makes street look beautiful,

Affluent areas can afford all the security to keep this place safe, at night, But it seems like they just don't give a damn, They all okay with their sub-standard tower!

so you want your fellow Yoruba boys at night to break the window to steal Abi?

They steal our common wealth to build them . For us not to get angry, they keep us off with their fences

Nigeria isn't into city landscaping or architectural design, we barely have a direction as a nation.

Raydos:
Why are Most buildings in Nigeria especially commercial towers fenced off?

From the Downtown of Lagos, To The most Affluent areas of Abuja, They all have something in Common, All the Skyscrapers are all fenced off and not open to the public!

This make the city look ugly, In modern society, Skyscrapers down floors are rented out for restaurant, Boutiques, e.t.c, Which makes window-shopping possible!

Photo 1: Madina towers, Lagos

Photo 2: Eko hotel towers, Lagos

is naija a modern city? Must we copy?

Wodu89:
The mindset matters. Right from the projects conceptualization.

Having supermarket and shopping centres infused into skyscrapers is a way to beautify the city.

Attract people to the building and get secondary and tertiary funds for the building's maintenance and the likes.

The also clime matters too, but for me I'll say Nigerian rich and affluent likes to keep people off. If you think otherwise, how many of your friends who made it before you chose not to de-friend you. Let's start from here.

It depends on the contribution your friends made during your quest for success.
In my case i normally assist my friends and acquaintance based on their contribution towards my success.

Raydos:


Read the post above you!!

It's called affluent areas for a reason, With CCTV camera, All these issues can be curbed!

Even with security cameras and full picture of a thief, it will still be extremely difficult to fish out a criminal in this disorganized country called Nigeria unless the criminal decides to surrender himself.
Nigeria is not Europe

nigeria is not safe. like in lagos, if dey put those shops there, touts will spring up to collect LASG dues from shop owners and keke dropping people off. The plenty mgbati-mgbati, thuggery, smoking and fighting + eventual robbery and parking dues will defeat the essence of your recommendation.