PhiliptheArab:
We don't have these kind of streets in nigeria because we are not ready to pay the kind of taxes that would fund and maintain those kind of streets.

In the UK, if you are living in the city, you pay council tax which ranges from 60000 to 100000 naira monthly depending on the city. That money goes into making the cities look nice

That's why uk cities have great streets.

If we charged that kind of tax in Nigeria, Nigerians would scream.

So we pay scanty taxes and get scanty and bad roads

The bad roads we have in Nigeria are what we can afford. The sad thing is that looting still happens on top

Aconomist:
Look at "banana Island" the most expensive real estate in Africa. It looks like a zoo! Everything shoddy, substandard and haphazard! A multi-million dollar state looks inferior to a common neighborhood in the United States! Black people are worthless. Someone please drop a nuke on Africa so the world can heal from this plague called negros.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FliHRUN9wU

darfay:



The have a population lower than Alimosho local government, wtf do you expect

PhiliptheArab:
We don't have these kind of streets in nigeria because we are not ready to pay the kind of taxes that would fund and maintain those kind of streets.

In the UK, if you are living in the city, you pay council tax which ranges from 60000 to 100000 naira monthly depending on the city. That money goes into making the cities look nice

That's why uk cities have great streets.

If we charged that kind of tax in Nigeria, Nigerians would scream.

So we pay scanty taxes and get scanty and bad roads

The bad roads we have in Nigeria are what we can afford. The sad thing is that looting still happens on top

Raydos:


Yes bro, but my problem is, I don't even know how to go about it!!

kingsavage:
they are one city state

NdigboWorldwide:


Banana Island is very well overrated, those who have not travelled out of the country will think banana island is beautiful. But Eko Atlantic from what i can see so far is being well planned.

kingsavage:
there are white settlers in those countries.. especially namibia

PhiliptheArab:
We don't have these kind of streets in nigeria because we are not ready to pay the kind of taxes that would fund and maintain those kind of streets.

In the UK, if you are living in the city, you pay council tax which ranges from 60000 to 100000 naira monthly depending on the city. That money goes into making the cities look nice

That's why uk cities have great streets.

If we charged that kind of tax in Nigeria, Nigerians would scream.

So we pay scanty taxes and get scanty and bad roads

The bad roads we have in Nigeria are what we can afford. The sad thing is that looting still happens on top

PhiliptheArab:


So when you get into politics would you be willing to charge heavy taxes to pay for the good roads you want?

Our budget for thos year is 26 billion dollars. South africa spent 23 billion dollars on education alone last year.

London's budget is 2 billion dollars this year.Lagos budget is 3 milllion dollars. ( for the state not the town) ( figures not correct. Error regretted )

Our oil revenue is not enough to feed everyone for a month self.

How do you raise the money.?

darfay:


So we black are incapable of doing shit by ourselves?

ovcwality:

With people like you, Africa will not develop too. Singapore is not even 1% of Botswana and Namibia in area but you keep mentioning them. While you are castigating the other, just encourage them to keep developing who knows they will become even better in the future

kingsavage:
compare Singapore to them

Raydos:
Just take a look at this!!

Nigeria leaders both past and present should be killed by hanging, Those that are dead should be brought out and re-kill properly

Yenefer:
Because just like fingers are different. Countries are also different they maybe rich and develop now,. Nigeria will also rise and develop. they may also fall

darfay:


Even the EAC itself doesn't have a central green area.

Yenefer:
Because just like fingers are different. Countries are also different they maybe rich and develop now,. Nigeria will also rise and develop. they may also fall

ADAMUdaCOWBOY:

Oga, person that pays #60,000 naira tax earns far more than that. Do UK politicians loot their commonwealth the way ours do? Do UK citizens clap and do 'sai baba' to their politicians when they steal? Our country is fucķed up because all of us collectively worked hard to make it so.

GreyLaw:


Lol... different culture?! So your culture forbids beauty, yeah?

Raydos:



So those billions that has been looted, is it not enough to build something like this??

Even if people pay those taxes you mentioned, it will still be looted! Stop defending rubbish

Manageme:
How can we when one idiot will drink sachet water and drop it on floor, another will sweep his shop and put it inside the gutter. Till we learn how to take care responsibility of our environment we may never have one.

Ogaonos:
dnt mind him.nigeria is richer than UK.oil,solid minerals,gas etc.akwa ibom during akpabio got 3billion dollars(450billions naira) annually budget.if u spend only 1 billion dollars yearly na Cape town..akwa ibom for be if akpabio has spend all the moni on development na Dubai akwa ibom for be.because the total amount in 8yrs of budget given to akpabio govt was 24billion dollars.

Intelcorei7:
Do you see any of those streets littered with dirt by their citizens? No, because their citizens are not animals in human flesh like some of us Nigerians. Even if we have streets like this,some of us will still liter them with dirty things

PhiliptheArab:


Private investment. It is not like government came in and built them.

Plus you want us to build famrs and refinereis and industries and at the end of the day we sell the stuff they produce below the production price because 'NIGERIANS ARE POOR'?

Shey you can run industries and refinereis at a loss?