MODALSOUL1:
What is everything to you?

Hard work and continuous/collective effort to develop the SE region. A lot of people tend to think that oil is everything, and it's not. If I have my way, I'd aggressively invest in Biogas, a green alternative to oil and gas that's aggressively gaining ground in advanced countries. It's only a matter of time before the golden child called oil is relegated to the background.

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MODALSOUL1:
In this vision there's no such thing as south east. Forget about your tribe ,it's of no use. All areas outside of the designated city area will be demolished and used for agriculture . either live in the city or go somewhere else .This is the better method .

Lmao... You're a complete joke. Why did I waste my time responding to you

Talk to me when you want to have a real conversation, right now, you're still very high on that thing you're smoking

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MODALSOUL1:
You can create your own thread and discuss your ideas there.

Don't you consider it pointless that you're asking questions and answering it all by yourself? That's a sign of being kuku.. As you can see, it's pointless for me to create a thread seeking suggestions or asking questions and answering the damn thing myself.

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We should be discussing of trying our best to reduce size of cities by creating estate development limits for forest reservation. I disagree with turning everywhere to cities.

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MODALSOUL1:
Areas outside of the designated city area (including outskirts ) will be used for agriculture. some towns needs to be demolished and land used for agriculture.

The region should do well to encourage high rise for a start...so lands could be available for agriculture.

I don't know why Enugu state don't approve high rise for now...

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Why are Yorubas this despicable? Why any mention of anything Igbo gives them schizophrenic attack? Wonder for this people

OP your idea would be great if its Abia, Ebonyi and Imo that merge they have the same language and similar culture

MODALSOUL1:
why are high-rises not allowed in Enugu and what the highest limit?

you should also include untouched natural areas. like wildlife reserves and other natural attractions.
and also tourist attractions like zoos museums...

it would be nice

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MODALSOUL1:
I don't give a fvck about primitive culture. I'm talking about building an organized society.Everyone will live in and enjoy the city .

wished all Nigerians have this mindset of yours.

MODALSOUL1:
I don't give a fvck about primitive culture. I'm talking about building an organized society.Everyone will live in and enjoy the city .

And you think cities are not in states? Or you think mega cities are in one state only? Don't be an idiot. Washington DC, is literally the smallest yet one of the most powerful city in the world. It measures about 130 sq miles and has the highest population dense area in the U.S. and I mean as small as it is. The City of New York measures by land, almost 303 square miles about 2.5x the size of DC), yet the most populous city in the U.S. Meanwhile, according to your proposal, Lagos measures almost 4x the size of NY city NOT NY Metro area, yet doesn't boast of 1/5th of its economic activity.

I used Lagos as example, being the most prosperous state in Nigeria, yet the smallest, to relate/compare the two top cities in the U.S. that controls U.S. Govt and International policies, and financial power respectively, and to state to you that the size of a city is completely useless to your supposed proposal i.e. in reference to economic output and good living. If you think you're gonna combine all states to become one MEGA city whereas the output or should I say, the infrastructures of our so-called cities is nil, you're just as clueless as I thought. D

MODALSOUL1:
Areas outside of the designated city area (including outskirts ) will be used for agriculture. some towns needs to be demolished and land used for agriculture.
also,there'll be lots and lots of nature in the city . just because it's a city doesn't mean it will all be skyscrapers.

I want to guess you are not African to suggest demolition of ancestral settlements. Maybe you live in America where the aborigines were subdued and almost annihilated making it no man's land.

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sorry, do you mean Port Harcourt or Rivers ? Also are you referring to Calabar or Cross River? because this state is bigger than it looks

I prefer a situation where those cities come together to build a common and reliable hub that serves as capital and help handles centralized power, health, security, and research hub.

Fuckyoumod:
Funny enough these states have the resources to transform it self to these pictures of beautiful cities.
Saddly, these parasite called Nigeria will never stop milking our resources.

Nigeria was set up like this cities until some retaarded Igbos decided to launch the first coup to gain powers, trying to corner all the wealth of the nation to themselves. This actions backfired with the Hausa countercoup.

The is how Nigeria is left with a destroyed democracy, discarded confederalism. Till date thispeople are yet to take the blame for their foolishness.

States should partner together strictly based for commercial economic activities as it will benefit them.
Power, health, security,e.tc,e.tc, should be done independently and reliable and useful information should be shared only on emergencies.

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MODALSOUL1:
dissolve the states

Everything is possible.
But i prefer to start with what is immediately workable to achieving that which is futuristic possible.
Nigeria before the war was regional and after the war is and became...............

MODALSOUL1:
-looking at the Nigerian map, i think some towns should be merged to form mega cities with one administrator.
Now this may seem far fetched base on the Nigerian outlook at the moment ,but compared with North American cities you would see that a city like Los Angels or Seattle is as large as the landmass comprising Port harcourt ,Akwa ibom,calabar,imo state and Abia state. Tokyo is also av ery large city

the google time estimate from Port harcourt to calabar is 4 hours. and that's with the bad roads. With good road network it would be less than 3 hours.
in my personal opinion,looking from a capitalist lenses ,not a tribal or ethnicity based lense , I think Port harcourt ,Akwa ibom,calabar and Abia state should merge into one mega city?

Lagos ,Ibadan,ondo etc. should merge into one mega city .

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@ModalSoul1

What you have posted here is the ideal
but YOU need to realise as an American-born
with an Akwa Ibom State father... that these
locations you mentioned belong to people
or Nigerians of different ethnicities with
different languages spoken. The states
are NOT homogeneous or monolithic
in culture and this is the reason why
some folks here initially thought you
were an Internet troll... or that you were
lying about youself because your megacity
proposal was a bit skeewed or disjointed.


I checked your posts and my instincts
told me that you're an American just like
you indicated and this is why you got into
mistakenly merging States, and towns
with one another in the "utopian"
Megacity!


You CANNOT merge Port Harcourt and
Calabar which are both cities/state
capitals without merging other towns and
villages of Rivers and Cross River States
into the megacity project. Check the map
of Nigeria to see what I'm saying!



1. Akwa Ibom State is Ibibio, Annang and Efik-speaking. The capital is Uyo.

2. Calabar is the capital of Cross River
State and one of the
towns within Cross River. Efik, Efut, Qua,
Ejegham or Ekoi are some of the ethnicities
in Cross River.

3. Portharcourt is the Capital of Rivers State
with several ethnic groups as well! Kalabaris,
Ikwerres, etc, are some of the ethnicities.

4. Abia State is an Ibo-speaking state.
Aba and Umuahi are two of the most
prominent towns in Abia State.


Economic integration can only be done from
individual States collaborating with themselves
on a regional basis, while maintaining their
cultural and political identities.


Nigeria is NOT like the U.S. for instance
where immigrants migrated from other
countries of the world, and can claim to
be from any state in the U.S after proper
naturalisation! It isn't so in Nigeria.


Last but not least, it is ONLY Lagos State
and Ogun State that might be able to
merge and form one megacity since right
now, many parts of Lagos and Ogun States
have merged at the border areas... and the two
States are ethnically homogeneous and
of the same Yoruba ethnicity/sub-ethnicities.


The 5 Ibo-speaking states of the South-East
can also merge hypothetically speaking.
Anambra, Imo, Enugu, Ebonyi, Abia States
being near-homogeneous, although there are
some ethnic Igala communities in Anambra
and Enugu States.

These 5 states are roughly of the SAME
size with 1 state in the South-West Region
called Oyo State [Capital is Ibadan].
Oyo State is the BIGGEST State in Southern
Nigeria!



I hope this helps!

All the best!