Guestlander:
Na wah o. All these convoluted theories just to distort a carefully conducted survey. If you want to believe Lagos is poorer than Anambra you are free to do so.

Oga080666419419:
Yorubas think being laid back with life is being comfortable.

AnambraDota:


It's not always believing but being realistic, there are more slums in Lagos than Anambra, slum dipicts poverty and lack.

Take a trip round these slums and tell me what you see. Stop being sentimental and face reality

AnambraDota:


It's not always believing but being realistic, there are more slums in Lagos than Anambra, slum dipicts poverty and lack.

Take a trip round these slums and tell me what you see. Stop being sentimental and face reality

Mynd44:

There are more poor people in China than the entire population of Nigeria.

Can we now assume that China is poorer than Nigeria?

Guestlander:


Where are these laid back Yorubas? The obvious multimillionaire business owners? The professionals like doctors, lawyers, pharmacists etc? The millions artisians who works in various informal sectors of the economy or those in the villages who engage in subsistence farming?
I've come to realize that this "laid back" tag is a code word for not getting involved in criminal activities like drug smuggling to Asia.

QueenSekxy:
Lagos is a glorified slum. .everybody knows

adeolakemi:
the xyz of the Yoruba race Lagos ,remove Lagos and the entire Yoruba region becomes dungeon

AnambraDota:


You can never be a professional earning well and still live in those type of Iyana Ipaja and Agege buildings.
These places are not good for human habitation, how do they breathe, the buildings are poorly ventilated and the sewage condition worst than that of a piggery.

EternalTruths:
That is why government should focus more on Citizen's Income Sources ( CIS ) than IGR.

Guestlander:


You may be right, but then there are more skyscrapers and high end properties in Lagos than all of the East combined.

MyNewJackeT:
SW, you are literally the only region in Nigeria that had no hindrance in development yet all region, north included, is running alongside you proves you aren't developmental as you think.

You should be MILES ahead of everyone yet YOU ARE NOT. Speaks volumes.

Secondly, the fact your region had to be bailed twice like they pointed out baffles me.

A state that supposedly makes more IGR than a region didn't need to be saved several times before they can pay common salary. What happened to the high IGR?

don't forget the igbos started from scratch after the war and they took everything from them and were given 20 Nigerian pounds.

AnambraDota:


Don't you see where it's written that the wealth is not evenly distributed.

Lagos have more skyscrapers that rest of Nigeria combine, Lagos also have more slums that the entire East combine.

Anambra have more high rise residential buildings than Lagos, skyscrapers are corporate offices not residential buildings.
Let's push for a better living condition not a bigger economy.

Mynd44:

There are more poor people in China than the entire population of Nigeria.

Can we now assume that China is poorer than Nigeria?

Guestlander:
Na wah o. All these convoluted theories just to distort a carefully conducted survey. If you want to believe Lagos is poorer than Anambra you are free to do so.

Guestlander:


You use residential buildings alone to measure the wealth and poverty level of a state? No wonder your report is seriously flawed.

AnambraDota:
I saw one funny thread where yorubas were jubilating over IGR of Lagos and how Osun State is least poverty infested state in Nigeria.

I won't even compare the cesspit called Osun State with Yobe or Zamfara State having being there, Osun is poverty capital of SW.

Now they said Lagos is the least poor state in Nigeria, please these people that write these figures have they being to Lagos suburbs or they just obtain IGR figures from the government and distribute on papers among the populace.

Now yoruba dance surugede on, sincere people here what do see you when you pass through all these neighborhoods.
Agege
Orile
Okokomaiko.
Ilaje
Mushin.
Iyana Ipaja
Ijora badia.
Ajegunle.
Ilasa
Bariga.
Shomolu.
Etc

These slums are where the majority of Lagos people live, these areas contribute 80% of the cities population. Alimosho is the most populous LG in Nigeria and Iyana Ipaja is the heartbeat.

Now if you have not been to these slums listed and still believe poverty in Lagos is low, your sins are forgiven but if you have been to these sorry and squealors and still think Lagos poverty is low you are a m0r0n.

Let me tell you guys, there is no way one will be earning good pays or running lucrative business and still live a place with such living condition of these places listed above. Most people who live here earn less than $3 a day, there is no way you will be earning well and here living in majority of the building patterns that dominate the landscape.

Anybody that still lives in those type of houses with one passage in the middle while thousands of tenants live in rooms on both side of the entrance, the toilet and bathroom are always at the back and shared by the entire tenants, no rich persons can live in such arrangement.

Poverty rate in Lagos remain the highest, not just in Nigeria but maybe West Africa. There are more poor and extremely poor people in Lagos than anywhere in Nigeria.
The issue with Lagos is that because of its cosmopolitan nature citizens find it difficult holding the government responsible for a lot of bad decisions.

Lagos is so heterogenous unlike Kogi and Benue where citizens can easily organize themselves attack the government, most people in Lagos rather direct their criticism to their various state governments than to LASG because most people think they have no stake here but just to come and make money but home is where your heart will always be.

There is no level of poverty you can find in any state in Nigeria you can't get in Lagos but more people in Lagos live from hand to mouth than any state in Nigeria.
So face reality and stop basing your argument on paperwork, Lagos is the biggest economy yes but Lagos is home to the poorest people in Nigeria, the wealth is not evenly distributed.

Omofunaab2:



Lol.... omo that thread pain these people ooo. .