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Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by Aconomist: 10:07pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
Onitsha is the only city (outside major cities like Abuja and Lagos) that has a semblance of a human-occupied city in Nigeria. Other cities in Nigeria tend to sprawl out in low density animalistic slums, despite the massive demand for housing and high land prices. An Indian friend remarked to me that Nigeria is the only country where people will spend $100,000 to buy a plot of land in the city center and erect a one-story bungalow. In his country, they build taller multi-story buildings to house as many people as possible on expensive land. Onitsha is the only city in sub Saharan Africa that looks similar to countries like India, China and Indonesia in the 70s before they modernized. The below image doesn't even look like Africa. It looks like China, Vietnam or Philippines in the 70s 19 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by Aconomist: 10:08pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
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Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by Crimrburster: 10:09pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
You are right. 13 Likes |
Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by Nigercity: 10:12pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
..... Op in the 70's 2 Likes |
Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by Nigercity: 10:13pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
So how do other Nigerian cities looks like If onistha has the looks of a City in the 70's 11 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by Nigercity: 10:13pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
Onistha 3 Likes
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Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by Nigercity: 10:14pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
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Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by Aconomist: 10:15pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
Nigercity:Other Nigerian cities look like stone age settlements. Monkey cities. 26 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by Aconomist: 10:15pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
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Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by Nigercity: 10:16pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
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Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by Aconomist: 10:18pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
Even the great Kano looks like a medieval city. Kano's population is in the millions and they are still living like monkeys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYV7iSScNA8 16 Likes |
Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by Nigercity: 10:18pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
Anyway this your thread Might shaa cos trouble Cos somepipo Who likes to wail and yet call others wailers. Will want to exhibit there insecured mindset in turning here into a tribal war front Just watch as the come 1 Like |
Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by Nigercity: 10:19pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
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Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by Aconomist: 10:20pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
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Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by Nigercity: 10:21pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
Nigercity: The will start posting pictures of edited roads with poorly and unplanned settlement or drone shot of some places excluding causal residential areas 11 Likes |
Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by Aconomist: 10:22pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
I have many foreign friends. They say the situation in Nigerian cities is not normal. It is not normal for cities of 1 - 5 million people to be looking like largescale villages. It's extremely bad for the environment and slows down modernization. Chinese researchers discovered housing density boosts productivity and GDP growth by magnitudes. It also makes it easier for the government to deliver public services like electricity, etc. 26 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by mightyhazel: 10:23pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
Nigercity:Nigeria in the 1800s.. i read a 1939 American crime novel recently... omo the settings in that novel , Nigeria never even smell am. 3 Likes |
Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by IamAtikulate: 10:25pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
Onitsha before the war. IgbereTV did a great job at capturing the full beauty of Onitsha with Helicopter. I will create a thread soon. They also curated over 10 images of Onitsha before the war. https://igberetvnews.com/404621/before-after-photos-of-onitsha-before-the-civil-war-and-now/#forward IGBO AMAKA 2 Likes
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Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by OruExpress: 10:26pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
Aconomist: you heard thus from an Indian? |
Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by Aconomist: 10:27pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
IamAtikulate:Onitsha's government needs to do more, though. The public infrastructure is lacking. 2 Likes |
Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by Anambra1stS0n: 10:28pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
For those with low data to watch the video of Onitsha, my friend Eboh on the video focused on Onitsha not the sub towns like Nkwelle, Nkpor, Ogidi, Obosi, Ogbaru, Oba etc these are sub towns each by landmass bigger than Onitsha 6 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by Aconomist: 10:31pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
If the government of Anambra would put decent roads and a beautification program (force landlords to paint their buildings, etc) in Onitsha it would be a massive tourist attraction for the whole world. Despite its shortcomings, no one would believe black Africans could build a high density city like this without foreign help. It is a complete anomaly from the usual bungalows and slum cities of West Africa 26 Likes |
Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by Anambra1stS0n: 10:33pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
Aconomist:Solution is coming to start from where Obiano will stop watch out for(ife di iche) the cities will welcome new Cargo airport and commercial airport in few months time. 3 Likes |
Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by Pleasant01: 10:38pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
MISTER MAN GROW UP.. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by Aconomist: 10:38pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
They say the government is not allowing Onitsha residents to build higher than 5 stories now. This needs to change. Let the builders build -- simply regulate them to make sure they are doing a good job. Imagine if Dubai, New York and Chicago limited themselves to only 5 stories? Nigerians must have confidence if we want to modernize. 10 Likes |
Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by Nobody: 10:50pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
Aconomist:Exactly!! And fix inner street roads too 5 Likes |
Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by Fahdiga(m): 10:55pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
Anambra state is highly underrated. Apart from Onitsha, neighboring cities like Obosi, Nkpor and others are a big city on its own. Anambra is the most cosmopolitan state in Nigeria. Proudly Omambara 11 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by KoshCAD: 10:55pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
These people with inferiority complex sha. Always do notice me. One of them posted same thing two days ago Another one yesterday And this now. Na wa 17 Likes 6 Shares |
Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by Fahdiga(m): 10:58pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
post=98536527:Shut up and stop promoting mediocrity. Anambrarians have rejected Obiano and his cohorts. Godwin Maduka we know 3 Likes |
Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by Aconomist: 11:00pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
KoshCAD:I'm not Igbo, though. I'm an objective third party. 14 Likes |
Re: Onitsha Is The Only City In Nigeria That Looks Human-created by Anambra1stS0n: 11:02pm On Jan 28, 2021 |
Fahdiga:No be fight bro, but I can assure you that Maduka will not get PDP ticket, your next governor is CC Soludo go and mark it on the wall 5 Likes 1 Share |
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