biafranqueen: The fact remains that no city in Nigeria can compare to that city we just saw. Does Rwanda have Oil and all the other natural resources we just argue useless things. With all this your big big English go and tell your government to do something, and stop stealing all the freaking funds, for themselves. Your here making mouth, when he is showing you that Nigeria has no city to compare to this once war torn ravished country.*rolling my eyes*

oily Yoruba: This is the most foolish thread ever, by a typical nigerian. How can one compare a state (Rivers) to a country (Rwanda)? Even if Rivers gets $1 trillion a month, it's less likely to beat Rwanda with say, a $100m a month. This is simply because Rivers cannot do anything without the interference from Abuja. Until the useless zoological republic of nigeria ceases to exist, there is absolutely nothing good that will come out of that place.

Rossikk:

Oh lawd here we go again. Biafrangoat sees a FEW pics of the choicest part of Kigali and CONCLUDES that ''no city in Nigeria can blah blah blah'', including Abuja, where she's probably never stepped her foot in. Fact is Abuja is miles ahead of Kigali.


Abuja

Rossikk:

Oh lawd here we go again. Biafrangoat sees a FEW pics of the choicest part of Kigali and CONCLUDES that ''no city in Nigeria can blah blah blah'', including Abuja, where she's probably never stepped her foot in. Fact is Abuja is miles ahead of Kigali.


Abuja

oily Yoruba: This is the most foolish thread ever, by a typical nigerian. How can one compare a state (Rivers) to a country (Rwanda)? Even if Rivers gets $1 trillion a month, it's less likely to beat Rwanda with say, a $100m a month. This is simply because Rivers cannot do anything without the interference from Abuja. Until the useless zoological republic of nigeria ceases to exist, there is absolutely nothing good that will come out of that place.

Abagworo: Rivers State is actually more developed than Rwanda even though Kigali looks cleaner.

Spiff20: guy 2 questions 4 u. 1.how many high ways do enugu hav? 2.do enugu av any highway like phc-aba road with 5 fly-overs, 6 pedestrain over-passes nd 8lanes? You are on a long thing broda nd dnt let sentiments becloud ur reasoning. In Nigeria dere ar 3 metro cities Lagos, abuja, ph, d rest ar glorified booming towns

PapaBrowne:

Who is my Oga??

If you are talking about the FG headed by Jonathan, I would not join issues. I know his minijsters are working hard and getting global accolades.
I know whats happening in Agriculture. I know what is happening in Aviation. I know what is happening in power. I know what is happening with regard to how much investments are trooping into the country.
I know how slowly but steadily infrstructure is coming back up. I saw Julius Berger trucks on Lagos- Ibadan Expressway. I saw intense work on East west road. I attend conferences globally and I know the kind of accolades this government gets in the areas it is working wonderfully and most importantly, despite the immense security challenges it has faced since inception.

Warri _Pikin:

[size=15pt][b]Bros,

You have completely missed the point. You shouldn't compare Abuja, Lagos or Port Harcourt to Kigali. These cities are obviously located in oil rich Nigeria and have been key cities for a long time. On the other hand, Kigali is located in landlocked , tiny and poor Rwanda but have built shining cities and buildings because of focused leadership.

The comparison here is to quantify in real terms what Rwanda has achieved with 50% of the money available to a Nigerian Governor Chibuike Amaechi. To show that Amaechi's political activism and constant bikering with everyone has continued to distract him from developing his state, inspite of the huge resources at his disposal.

Many of the other SW governors and even Roachas of Imo have managed to combine politics with the development work they were voted in office to do. Amaechi has forgotten the number one reason for voting him into office is to deliver dividends of democracy to Rivers State and not to be holding press conferences in London and New York everyday.![/b][/size]

Where is Rivers State development thread in all these?

Where has all the money gone?

I hope EFCC is taking note of all these rogues looting this country blind. While they attempt to distract us from noticing their looting of their State's wealth by engaging in endless controversies over trivial issues .

Spiff20: mr man, you seem to be avoiding my question about the enugu/ph comparison. Am tinking you are a coward.

DeCleff:

Yes u won't see much cos u've chosen not to see. PH lacked proper town planning and u won't blame that on Ameachi. Ameachi is aware that the current PHC is in decay which was his reason for creating the GPHC.

oily Yoruba: This is the most foolish thread ever, by a typical nigerian. How can one compare a state (Rivers) to a country (Rwanda)? Even if Rivers gets $1 trillion a month, it's less likely to beat Rwanda with say, a $100m a month. This is simply because Rivers cannot do anything without the interference from Abuja. Until the useless zoological republic of nigeria ceases to exist, there is absolutely nothing good that will come out of that place.

InvertedHammer: OP:

You did a marvelous job. I have always advocated that Nigeria should be compared with her fellow supposedly failed nations.
The reason is to prove that contrary to denial by most ignorant masses, Nigeria is a 4th world country.
Also comparing Nigeria vs. USA or UK will bring out the blind-followers whose excuses are anchored on how many years USA and UK have been in existence.

But when you show how things are done in Rwanda, Liberia, Zimbabwe vs. Nigeria, the true pictures usually stand out .

Spiff20: mr man, you seem to be avoiding my question about the enugu/ph comparison. Am tinking you are a coward.

PapaBrowne: Before I returned to Nigeria in 2005, I was weighing my options on what city to settle in. The options that looked endearing were Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt for obvious economic reasons. They were about the only three cities in Nigeria at the time that had any semblance of economic activity.
Then I came to Nigeria and visited all three cities. Lagos was a hell of an experience teething on the brink of suffocating collapse. Abuja was a relief. Beautiful and serene but pretty much a boring place at the time. Port Harcourt on the other hand appeared like a better alternative than Lagos. It had a Night life with lots of expatriates everywhere you turned. It looked very promising plus it had lots of money. This was just before the Niger Delta crisis snowballed and engulfed PH.


Fast Forward 8 years later>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


Lagos has seen tremendous improvement. Infrastructure has been and is continually being upgraded. Commute time has reduced. Economic activity is impressive. The city is becoming more international by the day. The city tough still a difficult place, you get the feel that the Government is really working to improve the lives of the citizens. Scattered across the internet is pictures of the new Lagos with improvements all over. And one good sign: International Hotel chains scrambling to take a pie in the cities landscape. And the credit for this must go mainly to the very excellent Administrative style of Governor Fashola.

Abuja also has seen tremendous improvement. The boring tag has been erased. The city remains the most livable and continues to see tremendous improvement both in infrastructure and economics. Abuja is know for the excellent real estate scattered across the city. More than enough pictures of the city everywhere on the internet.

Port Harcourt on the other hand is nothing to write home about. The city is as unappealing as it gets. There is literally no coordinated infrastructure development in the city. Every corner is littered with traffic jams that aren't caused by the number of cars on the streets but by the parlous state of the roads. Visit the city and you leave it overtly uninspired. There is still lots of money in the city as a result of the oil industry no investment are pouring in from the private sector because there is no framework to support it.

In the days pre 2005, numerous international Hotel chains were looking to get in on the city- Novotel, Le Meridian, Best Western,Protea. However, while Lagos continues to scoop many new chain, Port Harcourt has not had a single new Hotel development.
Finally, there are no pictures of new and wonderful looking PH scattered on the internet like you have of Lagos, Abuja, Enugu, Uyo, Benin and the likes. Development doesn't hide. If it is happening, people will snap pictures and show it proudly.

Truth is nothing except the building of schools has happened in PH in the last 6 years. And the failure is attributable to the Governor. He receives the highest allocation of any state, presides over a small landmass, has only one urban area to deal with and yet the city of PH still looks like a cesspit. Yet he moves from place to place making noise as if he has created an Eldorado out of Port Harcourt. His speech on the state of our economy was the height of his hypocrisy. If Okonjo should resign, then Amaechi should be jailed because while she has obviously brought real sanity and confidence to the Nigerian economc system, Amaechi has overseen the decline in the state of Rivers.


To understand the failures of Amaechi, I have opted to do a comparison between Rivers State and the Country of Rwanda and to show what it means to grow an economy. Rwanda experience a brutal civil war and had its country destroyed. But its has bounced back tremendously and continues to out-stand analysts and economic watchers.

Abagworo: In Road construction, apart from Port-Harcourt, he has constructed a federal highway to Owerri

Rossikk:

Oh lawd here we go again. Biafrangoat sees a FEW pics of the choicest part of Kigali and CONCLUDES that ''no city in Nigeria can blah blah blah'', including Abuja, where she's probably never stepped her foot in. Fact is Abuja is miles ahead of Kigali.


Abuja

Abagworo:

With the way things are going, I believe Owerri will look better than Kigali 3 years from today. That Amaechi does not go about with helicopters like Akpabio taking pictures of Port-Harcourt does not mean he has not done much more. Maybe I should help him with few pictures I'll take in coming weeks.

The Ogoni-Andoni-Opobo road is a notable achievement. Opobo was inaccessible by land since the history of mankind. The Trans-Kalabari highway is also a very big achievement. I don't want to go into upland area like Port-harcourt and environs, schools, hospitals, complete drainage designing and implementation, dualizing and as well upgrading previously deplorable roads etc.

PapaBrowne:

Yes you are right. But look at it this way. Since the states don't have to invest in power, shouldn't we see even more wonderful urban infrastructure like we see in Kigali given that more money would be available to invest since they aren't investing in expensive things like power. Why are the roads in PH still a mess. Why is there no area that PH and Rivers State can brag about. Why for crying out loud does Port Harcourt still look like it is Congo having spent almost $20Billion in 5 years.

Abagworo:

You are in the best position to acknowledge the positive changes. Visit Port-Harcourt again this year and you'll be surprised. The only bad thing in Port-Harcourt is the East-West Road. You'll notice the changes once you emerge from the Airport and meet the new roundabout, the new Stadium, The new games village, New flyover and well paved roads. The reason people are writing thrash here is because Amaechi has not taken out time to take pictures of his achievements and display on the net like some other Governors and 2ndly, he has not marked most of the completed road projects.

Abagworo: More Rivers

InvertedHammer:


What has showing pictures of FCT got to do with this thread?

An issue is brought up using [b]statistical and pictorial data to compare 2 cities in Africa [/b]and you are posting pictures of FCT without any similar [b]comparison in terms of budget, allocations, etc.

No wonder people fail their exams. You did not address the issues raised. Rather you showed how ignorant you are![/b]

amarilo: My friend stop deceiving yourself, if you give Rwandans the amount used in building this your Abuja the whole of Rwanda will look like heaven. The essence of this thread is to showcase how our government has failed us across all board. So non is worthy to criticise the other. Amaechi is failure so is jona, akpabio, fashola, rochas, chime and all others compare to what they get per month. It's a disgrace really.

capricon:
Oga Enugu is a more livable city than ph. it has better roads and road network. FACT