cool4ny:


No, that is why i am asking questions about the project. We don't all have to agree and i am not against it...just wondering if it is the right project at the right time.

luvable sam: your comment is tribalist,just d kind we don't anymore in Nigeria. By d way,who even told u d 'Opons'were made in Nigeria? They were just designed to specifications by d 'damn' chinese(correct me if am wrong).isn't that how we loose foriegn exchange n drop in d value of our currency?.don't decieve urself,these aren't developmental in any way, we are just living up to our status of been a consumer nation or better still 'a corrupt consumer nation'

naptu2: There's another crazy and funny issue here. A few months ago the contractor on the Blue Line project had a little ceremony when it started laying the track. Some people said "why are they celebrating when they've not finished the project", "it's all propaganda", "why so much noise".

Now, they are laying the tracks and quietly going about their work and it's turned to "why aren't they saying anything about it", "it's a trick, the project has been abandoned", etc.

So, do you want them to give a progress report or not?

damoobaba:
Mr Empty Brain,he did nt refer 2 any tribe.I feel u are the tribalist here,the goverment of those states came up with those ideas based on certain reasons(you may decide 2 check the mentioned states' ministry of education websites) and 1 of the staes even said that d initiative would save the state billions of Naira frm purshasing textbooks.I jst hate exchanging word with slowreasoners like u.u don't see any gud in other people's actions.

Gbawe:

No disrespect to you, but do you realise a fair person may conclude it is best to do some basic research and gain more information rather than just assume the worst? Ordinarily and desirably, one should never pander idly to ignorance and innate prejudices because doing that leaves one contributing nothing to the forward movement of humanity. You are leaving that to others who make an effort to eschew intellectual laziness by reading/researching to get informed.

omonnakoda: In theory it sounds like a good thing.There have been ,I must admit uproven, claims about the future environmental impact and even some recent ones i.e flooding in Lagos and further up the road i.e Lekki all the way to Epe as a result of this scheme. Sadly it is impossible to prove or disprove any of these claims until after the event. I believe that they should have been investigated and there should have been a more transparent public enquiry involving ALL stakeholders.In not doing so Lagos State is not unique;that is capitalism at work for you and one feels disquiet about the fraternity between Tinubu and the Chaougury clan.
I hope those environmental claims turn out to be false.
In the longer term I think Lagos and Ogun at least and perhaps Oyo as well need to look at greater integration of their development strategies.In this regard I agree with Pat Utomi; the MegaCity vision is shortsighted in limiting it self to Lagos state.Of course there are legal and constitutional challenges to a wider "city" but the SW really needs to look at collapsing some states or at least REAL INTEGRATION in a strategic way.

cool4ny:


No disrespect to you but do you realise that you didnt read my comment before assuming what i never said?

"assume the worst"? Did you take time to go through my comment or you are one of those who are ready to attack anybody with a different view to yours? do we have to all agree?
Is there anything wrong in raising genuine questions about a project which might positively or negatively affect my beloved country or state?

"one should never pander idly to ignorance and innate prejudices because doing that leaves one contributing nothing to the forward movement of humanity" I love that bit. It says it all.

Texas.Cowgirl:
They said it wasnt possible, but Fashola showed them how a Yoruba man acts and talks less. Lagos aint Imo state....bytches


Started from the bottom(Makoko), now we're here (Eko Atlantic)

I expect something better than this next time. Not every topic is suitable for tribalism.
Eko Atlantic City as we know wouldn't be a homogenous city, so stop all these and get the bird's eye view of the strides in the nick of time, before you sit on your keyboard and read news of the city being booked by foreigners and the big buyers of the East side

yuzedo: well, af bougth my own land to build anoda grate pent-house man shun wit swiming pull and heli-pad. i promiss to be d most famouse landlord in side dis estate too after af conqer banana iceland. tenk 4ur support nairaland, togeda we can do it.

naptu2:

Just the person I was looking for. You mean you bought land there? I heard that Gilbert gave you your own special area at Eko Atlantic free of charge. Is it true or is it just a rumour?

is truth bro. bicos am humble and dint want atracttion to myself cos am a shy bilonnaire i name it nairaland memorial street of bola tinumbu road, off chargorouy espress way, eko atlantick. i dint want to use my name. gilbert is my bois. shebi d man dat have eko hotel? af bin in mitting wit him. he nose me. his from lebanese is abacha dat give him conecttions + mony laundry. i no reach men bro so reach men normally settles me wen deres sumtin. tenk.

gbanikiti: wow!

God abeg give me money make i become landlord for Eko Atlantic City!

Eko no go spoil o!

cool4ny: Laudable project but the question is...should this project be high on priority list? What economic advantage is Lagos getting from this project? yea....i know the argument(foreign investment, revenue..blah blah we know this project is not for the masses....then who is it for? Do we need to spend so much money on a massive project at this time when other useful infrastructure lay dormant and wasting away?

Who is controlling this project? Did Fashola and Tinubu mortgage the future of Lagos for political gain? How many years concession for the backers of this project? Too much hype about this Fashola guy and most people has swallow it hook, line and sinker, i was in Lagos and i didn't see much improvement to march the hype.

Personally i think this project is a waste,hype, unnecessary at the moment and nobody know how much is costing each tax payer in Lagos.

bloggernaija:

Jelousy jealousy ooo o,
Who is your governor
Is it the one building highways and hotel on which,you see only okada ,keke napep and bicycles.inspire of this,most if the inhabitants are flicking to Lagos to ride okada and do ashawo.maybe your governor is too busy banning rumours

Now let me educate you
Eko Atlantic is very dear to the hearts of most Yorubas.even though I probably will not be able to afford it,it inspires a can do attitude amongst us .it inspires confidence and pride. It saves/protect a significant amount of odua's coastline while also serving as a guarantor of Lagos continuos relevance as a kingdom of commercial and business excellence(with or without Nigeria)
One of the factors Multi nationals look at when choosing the location for their headquarters is lifestyle and the sort of people .you rub mind with.no other city in Africa apart from joburg offers as much.not even Cairo .
Take that.

naptu2:
The Chagourys saw a business opportunity. What if we can reclaim land that has been lost over the past hundred years and use our real estate company to sell real estate? We will also build a seawall that will protect Lagos from future ocean surges and solve the problem once and for all. They got Dutch experts who have been involved in building similar seawalls (the seawall model has been undergoing testing at labs in Europe for years now), got experienced town planners from the UK and loans from banks and investment from property investors.

The government is only providing land, regulation and permits.
And thus, we have Eko Atlantic. The knowledge gained is also now being used to construct seawalls for the Lekki area and the Lekki port.

http://www.chagourygroup.com/real-estate/eko-atlantic/

A key partner of Abacha has been the Chagoury family. Its patriarch, Rene Chagoury, immigrated to Nigeria from the north Lebanese village of Miziara and prospered as he and his family developed flour mills and a modest construction business.

Among Rene Chagoury's five sons, the oldest, Gilbert, had befriended Abacha as early as the 1970s, according to a Lebanese friend of the family. After Abacha took power in 1993, Gilbert Chagoury became a familiar figure at the presidential villa, and the family's businesses began mushrooming.

When Gilbert Chagoury "flies into Abuja for one of his numerous business visits . . . he is treated like a head of state," the News, a Nigerian weekly, reported in a cover story on the Chagourys last November. "He arrives . . . in private jets and is whisked off from the tarmac without all the customs, immigration and security hassles . . . to Aso Rock," the News said.

Soon after the article was published, its author, editor Babafemi Ojudu, was seized by Abacha security men and held without charge until being released last month. Ojudu, Nigerian business executives and Western diplomats said the Chagourys seized disparate new chunks of business after Abacha came to power, including contracts to buy Nigerian crude oil, build large government buildings -- and, in 1994, to supply all of Nigeria's fertilizer.

The family's flagship firm, Chagoury & Chagoury, has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of a push to develop Nigeria's half-constructed capital, Abuja. The firm has built such key installations as a secretariat to house numerous government ministries and the headquarters of the secret police force, the Special Security Service. But after the magazine cover story, formal plaques on those buildings that listed the company as builder were removed.

Nigerian journalists and business executives said the Chagourys have direct business partnerships with Abacha. In the immediate aftermath of Abacha's death today, the Chagoury family could not be reached for comment. But in one recent public acknowledgment, a prominent director of Chagoury & Chagoury announced that the company's office tower in a posh neighborhood of Lagos was built on land owned by Abacha. Neither Abacha nor the company ever denied it.

In recent years, Gilbert Chagoury tried to curry favor with the Clinton administration on Abacha's behalf. He contributed $460,000 to a Miami-based voter registration group to which he was steered by Democratic Party officials, and won meetings with National Security Council officials, including Susan E. Rice, now the assistant secretary of state for African affairs.

Washington Post

ichidodo: abeg BLEEP yorubas jor at the end of the day foreigners and easterners will flood the whole place leaving you guys on your BOTTOM maybe you guys will wait till Nigeria breaks up to 'reclaim' your land that is if the ocean does not beat you to it.

According to the Sources, Fasola needed to continue to service Tinubu in order to assist in the take off of the proposed Lagos Mega City Project, another epic scandal. He helped in brokering award of the project contract to Chagoury and Chagoury whose owner, Gilbert Chagoury had been black listed and expelled by the former President Obasanjo’s Government on account of several unscrupulous deals spanning a period of 25 years. Part of Chagoury’s failed projects in Nigeria was the N18.4 Billion National Identity Card Project that failed to materialize since 1979 until 2001. Chagoury would later act in contempt of Nigeria’s Senate and Nigerians by boasting to before a National Assembly Committee hearing that the ID card project is “a fat cow available to anybody to milk.”

Tinubu allegedly enjoys undisclosed protection as an unannounced member of the Board of Director of Chagoury and Chagoury. He was said to have been given the privileged appointment as a “matter of graft.” Sources said that it was Tinubu’s dexterity that brought Chaugaury back to Nigeria and that the company decided to appreciate him by naming him a Director.

Tinubu is also helping Chagoury Group to reconnect as a major contractor to the Federal Government of Nigeria

Read more Here

tolu_ernanes:

That the Eko Atlantic project is getting lots of media coverage does not mean it is the only thing the state government is up to. Have you bothered to find out what else the governemtn has been doing in the interests of the people?

Sometimes, people come down here on nairaland and say the Lagos state government does nothing.....which Lagos state do you live in? I have lived in Lagos all my life and this state has never been this good (remember, in my lifetime so far). Now you might complain about your area but fact is; government resources are limited...and government has to prioritize areas that would generate enough income for it to carry out projects in other parts of the state. What's the point of developing an area of the state when it would earn the government anything to take care of other areas?

Vicotex:
The skyscrappers no be small pikin play o

cool4ny:


No disrespect to you but do you realise that you didnt read my comment before assuming what i never said?

"assume the worst"? Did you take time to go through my comment or you are one of those who are ready to attack anybody with a different view to yours? do we have to all agree?
Is there anything wrong in raising genuine questions about a project which might positively or negatively affect my beloved country or state?

"one should never pander idly to ignorance and innate prejudices because doing that leaves one contributing nothing to the forward movement of humanity" I love that bit. It says it all.