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Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by Maduawuchukwu(m): 2:33pm On May 21, 2017 |
aribisala0:Baba whether there was little or no money the fact remains that the available was pumped into Lagos. That is why we say Lagos is the 1st according to Nigerian standards and not global. It is all relative. |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by aribisala0(m): 2:33pm On May 21, 2017 |
Odingo1: Emotional rubbish there are plenty of sensible alternatives to seaports in Lagos. Like I said Lagos State is building another one or is it two. If you are talking of federaal presence what of Ekiti and Ondo and Osun states Why can't there be a seaport in Ondo State the state with the longest coastline in the country. There could be another in BAyelsa and Akwa Ibom.There is no need to undertake risky dredging without first exhausting sensible options Oil headquarters is not a government matter? That is the business of the oil company to decide the same applies to consulates Afterall there is A consulate of Saudi Arabia in Kano.No one can dictate that rthan they must have their embassy in Abuja All those things did not come about by law or decree. You sound like the bitter ugly girl saying Let my rival's chest be flat let her yansh disappear let crawcraw cover her face a Then all those fine cars that park outsiide her house will disapear and they will start parking outside mine. 8 Likes |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by aribisala0(m): 2:36pm On May 21, 2017 |
Maduawuchukwu:PUmped How much wsa pumped out of Lagos ? Where did the money come from . Was Lagos a net contributor or recipient from the federation account? 2 Likes |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by lx3as(m): 2:41pm On May 21, 2017 |
darfay: I don't understand you! So Lagos should stop developing and materializing the great foresights of her leaders and wait for other states with unserious leaders to catch up? Mba no! 2 Likes |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by aribisala0(m): 2:47pm On May 21, 2017 |
lx3as:That is the same kind of thinking you see in all these Nollywood movies why should my brother send his children to school in US while I am here tapping palmwine.Afterall our father used our "commonwealth"(Thatis Afam4eva s word) to train him California one US state has an economy bigger than the last 30 states combined. We can say it is a problem but to blame government especially the FG is just wrong Take a look at this USA list of states and their GDPs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_Gross_State_Product_(GSP) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_Gross_State_Product_(GSP) 2 Likes |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by basic23111: 2:53pm On May 21, 2017 |
IdeyFindWife:haaaaba,,, don't kill me with laff..Benue governor should not just see Ur comment 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by quickly: 3:01pm On May 21, 2017 |
youngbest: Story The British invested in Lagos because they were more welcomed there. They also went to other parts of Nigeria but they were either killed or maimed They went to lokoja, Kano , calabar, port harcourt etc But the then Oba of Lagos king Kosoko gave Lagos island to the British as land and that was basically the driver for economic growth. Akwa ibom has the biggest stadium in Nigeria why did they not build seaport or airport. 3 Likes |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by Odingo1: 3:05pm On May 21, 2017 |
logica:She mess the renovation work up but renovation work wont make an airports viable,is the FG policy that will make it work, not how beautiful the airport is looking. |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by quickly: 3:11pm On May 21, 2017 |
Maduawuchukwu: Every since Nigeria started democracy no PDP rule in Lagos and Lagos had been lucky to have good governors because the people have high expectations. If every state has high expectations maybe improvement will come 3 Likes |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by Odingo1: 3:14pm On May 21, 2017 |
aribisala0:Government policy towards lagos is responsible for lagos been the bride. For the ugly girl self she have right to protest now,na only other beautiful girls waka come ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If four girls are walking on the road and only one is always been toasted by the boys wont the other three protest,FG must reduce federal presence in lagos if they want other states to develop |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by InyinyaAgbaOku(m): 3:23pm On May 21, 2017 |
aribisala0: And you think the FG can do anything to address the crap you wrote up there? Are SS pets not used for arms and other selected supplies again? It's all politics. If it worked before, it should work again if we want |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by aribisala0(m): 3:31pm On May 21, 2017 |
Odingo1:Na protest go make de fine? Babe wey wowo go wowo for life .She must find anoda wey to attract man. The truth is that Nigeria is a poor country and the FG does not like spending money if it can avoid it so you see the roads leading to the port how bad they are. Even cash call for oil ventures is wahala. Constructing a port is just the half of it what about the roads and infrastructure to go with it.The only time the FG had that kind of money was after the 1991 Iraqi-Kuwait war and theyy chose to spend it on Abuja. Lagos developed organically and was never a planned city like Abuja . Much of what was spent in Lagos had no benefit to the natives and when the FG left is just there rotting away. The national Stadium,THeatre,Federal Secretariat, 1004 FESTAC Town Lagos state has been borrowing and is attracting investment. The Niger Delta should learn that there will be consequences for their actions. No one is going to invest in a port in a region where they are so belligerent. Whether or not their cause is right investors do not care. So there will be a port in Lekki and another in Badagry ,I am sorry for Ibaka but think about it even if there is a port there who will use it? A lot of work needs to be done to make it viable and I am hopefu thatt this new rail project linking up NE and Akwa Ibom will do the magic > Hopefuly we can deevelop friendlier relationship with Cameroon and grow business in that direction too 1 Like |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by Chukazu: 3:45pm On May 21, 2017 |
Afam4eva: True Talk... I noticed that a country like France has got very popular cities aside Paris, like Masseil, Monaco and Toulose or Germany that has its capital, Berlin been far less popular compared to Munich, Hamburg or Dortmund |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by Maduawuchukwu(m): 3:46pm On May 21, 2017 |
quickly:Lagos has had OK and not exceptional governance. Lagos already had a headstart in 1999; the industries were in Lagos, the port was there and the people were there so to generate revenue was very easy. There were so many low-hanging fruits and all that was required was the diversification of income and not economy as the economy was already diversified. Given this advantage Lagos has had nothing spectacular. It is just like El-rufai saying that he was a spectacular FCT minister when all he had was enormous revenue. Why can't he repeat the same feat in KD? |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by aribisala0(m): 3:54pm On May 21, 2017 |
Maduawuchukwu:Industries were in Lagos why?? Why were they not in Ekiti or Enugu? They were in Lagos because of governaance. The Ikeja industrial hub did not happen by luck. It is spectatular in Nigeria .If it was so easy why is everyone not doing ? Why is it possible for one governor in Delta to STEAL hundreds of millions of dollar. Lagos governance has beed outstanding 2 Likes |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by vodkat: 3:56pm On May 21, 2017 |
Maduawuchukwu: Where does nigeria export oil from ? is it not Port Harcout Port in Onne and the One in Calabar, What of Warri Port? Lagos advantage is good leaders starting from Oba Kosoko till Ambode. If oba kosoko had killed all the british foregners who came to lagos them maybe they will have gone to cotonou. Is not about how much is earned but what you do with what you earn Just like a man making 1m every month and he blows everything in club while another man invests it. Governace is the real problem. Is it not in the Niger Delta that ibori is celebrated like a hero? 2 Likes |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by Maduawuchukwu(m): 4:39pm On May 21, 2017 |
vodkat: First and foremost Nigeria imports far more than it exports so the Lagos ports which are primarily for imports make far more than the Niger Delta ports and secondly Ibori worship is bad but is Tinubu the thief not worshipped in Lagos? |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by Maduawuchukwu(m): 4:44pm On May 21, 2017 |
aribisala0: You have come again. Most industries in Lagos came during the military era oil boom due to over concentration on Lagos and naturally they will spread to areas around it like Ikeja due to proximity. Awolowo was not the only one to establish industrial layouts. Saurdana did to but due to centralize military rule it died while that of Lagos lived on. If the military did not focus on Lagos the Ikeja layout would have died just as Ibadan industries and Kaduna's died. |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by alexiej(m): 4:47pm On May 21, 2017 |
Partnerbiz: Loool... No need to hate ehn.. I've given my own facts from the field I can relate with best, and I based my conclusion on these facts. I haven't seen you give any sir... So rather than insult, why not give a reasonable argument, or better still, just shut up. |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by protocoll(m): 4:53pm On May 21, 2017 |
Guestlander:... sir, I really commend ur sense of understanding..u re indeed a very sound mind... u shouldn't be wasting ur time exchanging words with a compressed brain from the flat heads region.. 1 Like |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by caracas: 5:05pm On May 21, 2017 |
rayopt:Your comment was not even comprehensive ,yet you advise someone to go back to school With ppl like u in existence what do we need school for ? |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by Ugosample(m): 5:22pm On May 21, 2017 |
Bobby808: What is this one saying biko ![]() 3 Likes |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by Guestlander: 5:30pm On May 21, 2017 |
protocoll: I appreciate your kind words sir. |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by akoko11: 6:47pm On May 21, 2017 |
Let us adopt fiscal federalism, that end everything |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by Nobody: 6:49pm On May 21, 2017 |
aribisala0:Loud it! The answer is nothing. And d whole country is benefiting from d money. Customs generate 100's of billions every year, yet the roads in apapa are patched by d states govt. No infrastructure or even 13% of d ports profit. Lagos has to borrow billions to build it's own bridges, transport systems and future. FG development my ass. 3 Likes |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by okezie007(m): 7:04pm On May 21, 2017 |
Guestlander:also I did admire how you handled your argument and presented your points - on a lighter note I found both of you entertaining. However, in my opinion I'd like to state w.r.t the topic its quite 50-50 situation. Federal Government presence is a huge catalyst in a state's development esp related to Seaports and Airports as evident in South Africa were 5 airports & 6 ports contributes to spread of development (including IGR) in the different regions of the country. But the state government should be responsible for good governance and creating an enabling environment that attracts investment. The visionary leadership and continuity of LASG leaders plays a very key role for their present status |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by Rikidony(m): 8:21pm On May 21, 2017 |
GrandGarcon:Dude can u just shut up for ones and let those with high IQ and better level of reasoning to discuss appropriately and constructively. take your Biafran rubbish to a biafran discuss topic ![]() 2 Likes |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by Rikidony(m): 8:27pm On May 21, 2017 |
Guestlander:My brother may God bless you for your constructive and ethical reasoning. I wish u avoided that daft IPod yoot. you earn my respect. pls kindly follow back |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by Nobody: 8:40pm On May 21, 2017 |
akoko11: Dt would be ideal. Fiscal federalism and a true capitalist economy. Not state govts owning everything. Govts are not good business managers. The US govt and state govt owns no part in all their booming industries. Compete-succeed or die. |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by 9jakool: 8:49pm On May 21, 2017 |
Odingo1: Only bought bullet proof vehicles? Only? Then you wouldn't mind explaining the billions of naira she also embezzled while Minister of Aviation. Sea port or no sea port, she had a very important task. She was tasked with rehabilitating 22 airports across the country. You know what that could have done for Nigeria? Instead, as low as 15% or even 0% of the projects were completed after spending loads of money. 20%-50% was cut from the money that was supposed to be allocated for contractors. The dilapidated pothole covered Enugu airport was not fixed. Loads of money was spent on MM int. airport but only a paint job could be shown for it, meanwhile toilets in the airport don't work properly and the airport is hotter than inside of a bakery. 2 Likes |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by Nobody: 9:39pm On May 21, 2017 |
juman: Funny you should mention Marwa Gardens as an achievement. I lived in Marwa Gardens for a while - its a small expensive estate, not subsidized housing. 2 Likes |
Re: How Lagos May Be Underdeveloping The Rest Of Nigeria - Ynaija by Nobody: 10:09pm On May 21, 2017 |
Ajalekoko76: Obviously people who blame Lagos for the woes of their states are either tribalists, functional illiterates, or both. What brings development? Infrastructure is one, but more importantly, it is things like a viable legal framework, sensible land use policies and security. I was listening to someone in private equity a few weeks back talk about why they would only attempt PPP in Lagos and nowhere else in Nigeria. Apparently, Lagos is the only state in Nigeria that is willing to put teeth to these things by passing legislation that makes their investments safe. Lagos also has a history of actually honoring contracts and is probably the only state that actively encourages ADR practices like arbitration and mediation. Hence you would always see things like Dangote refinery and LFTZ cos the state has demonstrated seriousness, as opposed to say a state like Rivers where a lot of MOUs were arbitrarily cancelled cos Wike didnt want anything by Amaechi to flourish (which in my opinion is childish politics). You cannot have development with insecurity - plain and simple. You honestly think Oil and Gas companies enjoy burning money from Lagos? I have people in that industry and if you hear stories of what they go through - senseless disruptions to work by millitants solely for extortion, you would know how messed up the N.D region is. As of today there are unsubstantiated rumours that Mobil is gradually pulling out of Nigeria and is selling a large part of its stake to NIPCO. Even Rivers with its almighty Port Harcourt is governed by a proper thug and we would be here hailing him cos he is PDP and we hate APC. A couple of years ago, I was in a business review meeting with top dogs at a top firm I used to work in and everyone was flaying Legal for not perfecting titles on a lot of the firm's properties across the country. Guees what? Outside Lagos, many state governors have not been signing CofOs for years. All it takes is a simple bloody signature!!! But laziness would not let them be great. And we would all come here to talk rubbish when investors cannot even secure ordinary documentation to their properties. Lagos is the only state in Nigeria with a slightly serious civil service. As far back as Tinubu's time, the state has been running on Oracle ERP - hence nothing like ghost workers like you find in other states and even with the effing federal government. I dare you to go on LinkedIn and look for the profiles of a lot of Permanent secretaries, commissioners and DGs, and you would find that a lot of these guys had a fantastic track-record in the private sector before coming into public sector. I have met Fola Arthur-Worrey (former Attorney General) and Akintunde Oyebode (DG of LSETF) one on one, and those guys blew my mind. I legit know boys dumping bank work to go and work for Lagos state, and people would be here talking crap. Lagos is the only state in Nigeria trying to implement a proper HR system in place with L& ![]() And oh, for a lot of people blaming FG and Colonial masters, please note that the entire Ikeja and Ilupeju was not part of Lagos, it was developed by Awolowo as the industrial base for the old western region. Heck, outside Apapa, Yaba, V.I, Lagos Island and Ikoyi, where else would you find traces of either the Federal government of the colonial masters? 4 Likes |
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