bornagain1509: I guess its because of Agberos since they are mostly on the right side of buses so in order to be far from them you know.

bro try to think.

bornagain1509: I guess its because of Agberos since they are mostly on the right side of buses so in order to be far from them you know.

bro try to think.

abeg for no reason like my comment

HNosegbe:

Aha... Naptu to the rescue, yet again.

naptu2:

+100

There are two reasons for the change.

1) Most countries permit left hand drive (LHD) cars which drive on the right side of the road (RHT). This was the case in all of Nigeria's neighbours. So, if you wanted to drive from Lagos to Lome, you had to learn to drive on the opposite side of the road. Changing to LHD simply made things easier and meant that we drove on the same side of the road as most other countries.

2) The only reason why we used RHD cars and drove on the left was because we were colonised by the United Kingdom. Well, most African countries wanted to show that they could make their own decisions and did not have to conform with whatever their former colonial masters did. Nigeria was no exception. So the government decided to go with the system that's used by most countries in the world, rather than the system that's used by its former colonial master.

How do u know everything most of d time.

Cameroon ordered so

I think 1. because by far most countries use
LHD ..2. ....it made sense for Nigeria to drive on the same side as its neighbours and 3. ....most importantly...there were no local "LHD to RHD mechanics" to convert the luxurious cars the ogas wanted....so if Muhammad couldn't go to the mountain.....

It is to free the right hand for laptop operations when you have a female sitting on the other seat

Siena:

Really? There was widespread importation of cars into Nigeria from North America back in 1972?

Our source of "new cars" were very limited as most of the modern world were on Left Hand Drive vehicles. I mean Major Car Manufacturers (aside Japan) drive on the use "Lefty cars".

Just imagine if we were still on "Righty" up till now?

Even U.K would have changed to 'Lefty' if not that they wanted to protect their "Home Market" so that British Citizens would find it difficult to buy "cheaper cars" from other E.U countries (But Nigeria does not have such qualms as we dont produce nadda!).
Same reason why they wont join the Euro Monetary Zone and spend Euro ...but want to benefit from the free-Trade Eurozone!


List of right-driving countries

1. Afghanistan
2. Albania
3. Algeria
4. American Samoa
5. Andorra
6. Angola
7. Argentina
8. Armenia
9. Aruba
10. Austria
11. Azerbaijan
12. Bahrain
13. Belarus
14. Belgium
15. Belize
16. Benin
17. Bolivia
18. Bosnia and Herzegovina
19. Brazil
20. British Indian Ocean Territory (Diego García)
21. Bulgaria
22. Burkina Faso
23. Burundi
24. Cambodia
25. Cameroon
26. Canada
27. Cape Verde
28. Central African Republic
29. Chad
30. Chile
31. China, People's Republic of (Mainland China)
32. Colombia
33. Comoros
34. Congo
35. Congo (former Republic of Zaire)
36. Costa Rica
37. Croatia
38. Cuba
39. Czech Republic
40. Denmark
41. Djibouti
42. Dominican Republic
43. Ecuador
44. Egypt
45. El Salvador
46. Equatorial Guinea
47. Eritrea
48. Estonia
49. Ethiopia
50. Faroe Islands (Denmark)
51. Finland
52. France
53. French Guiana
54. French Polynesia
55. Gabon
56. Gambia, The
57. Gaza Strip
58. Georgia
59. Germany
60. Ghana
61. Gibraltar
62. Greece
63. Greenland
64. Guadeloupe (French West Indies)
65. Guam
66. Guatemala
67. Guinea
68. Guinea-Bissau
69. Haiti
70. Honduras
71. Hungary
72. Iceland
73. Iran
74. Iraq
75. Israel
76. Italy
77. Ivory Coast
78. Jordan
79. Kazakhstan
80. Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (North Korea)
81. Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
82. Kuwait
83. Kyrgyzstan
84. Laos
85. Latvia
86. Lebanon
87. Liberia
88. Libya
89. Liechtenstein
90. Lithuania
91. Luxembourg
92. Macedonia
93. Madagascar
94. Mali
95. Marshall Islands
96. Martinique (French West Indies)
97. Mauritania
98. Mayotte (France)
99. Mexico
100. Micronesia, Federated States of
101. Midway Islands (USA)
102. Moldova
103. Monaco
104. Mongolia
105. Morocco
106. Myanmar (formerly Burma)
107. Netherlands
108. Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao, St. Maarten, St. Eustatius, Saba)
109. New Caledonia
110. Nicaragua
111. Niger
112. Nigeria
113. Northern Mariana Islands
114. Norway
115. Oman
116. Palau
117. Panama
118. Paraguay
119. Peru
120. Philippines
121. Poland
122. Portugal
123. Puerto Rico
124. Qatar
125. Réunion
126. Romania
127. Russia
128. Rwanda
129. Saint Barthélemy (French West Indies)
130. Saint Martin (French West Indies)
131. Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)
132. Samoa
133. San Marino
134. Sao Tome e Principe
135. Saudi Arabia
136. Senegal
137. Serbia and Montenegro
138. Sierra Leone
139. Slovakia
140. Slovenia
141. Somalia
142. Spain
143. Sudan
144. Svalbard (Norway)
145. Sweden
146. Switzerland
147. Syria
148. Taiwan
149. Tajikistan
150. Togo
151. Tunisia
152. Turkey
153. Turkmenistan
154. Ukraine
155. United Arab Emirates
156. United States
157. Uruguay
158. Uzbekistan
159. Vanuatu
160. Venezuela
161. Vietnam
162. Wake Island (USA)
163. Wallis and Futuna Islands (France)
164. West Bank
165. Western Sahara
166. Yemen


List of left-driving countries

1. Anguilla
2. Antigua and Barbuda
3. Australia
4. Bahamas
5. Bangladesh
6. Barbados
7. Bermuda
8. Bhutan
9. Botswana
10. Brunei
11. Cayman Islands
12. Christmas Island (Australia)
13. Cook Islands
14. Cyprus
15. Dominica
16. East Timor
17. Falkland Islands
18. Fiji
19. Grenada
20. Guernsey (Channel Islands)
21. Guyana
22. Hong Kong
23. India
24. Indonesia
25. Ireland
26. Isle of Man
27. Jamaica
28. Japan
29. Jersey (Channel Islands)
30. Kenya
31. Kiribati
32. Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)
33. Lesotho
34. Macau
35. Malawi
36. Malaysia
37. Maldives
38. Malta
39. Mauritius
40. Montserrat
41. Mozambique
42. Namibia
43. Nauru
44. Nepal
45. New Zealand
46. Niue
47. Norfolk Island (Australia)
48. Pakistan
49. Papua New Guinea
50. Pitcairn Islands (Britain)
51. Saint Helena
52. Saint Kitts and Nevis
53. Saint Lucia
54. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
55. Seychelles
56. Singapore
57. Solomon Islands
58. South Africa
59. Sri Lanka
60. Suriname
61. Swaziland
62. Tanzania
63. Thailand
64. Tokelau (New Zealand)
65. Tonga
66. Trinidad and Tobago
67. Turks and Caicos Islands
68. Tuvalu
69. Uganda
70. United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)
71. Virgin Islands (British)
72. Virgin Islands (US)
73. Zambia
74. Zimbabwe

Just compare the "bolded" of both list, where do you think we should belong?

Lastpage!

After the civil war our then leaders wanted to re-brand Nigeria hence, they started changing everything like National anthem, our currency. Etc.

nagoma: In the early seventies ( 1972 I think) when the change occurred uniformity was being encouraged world wide. More countries were driving on the right hand side of the road except countries with British colonial background. Nigeria was ( and is) surrounded by countries with French colonial history who had always been driving on the right. ( Benin republic, Cameroon, Niger and chad) their drivers use our Nigerian ports and our drivers delivered goods to those countries with much confusion. It made much sense to make that change. America and Britain are simply proud and feel important so they refuse to change from their imperial systems. It is the same with metric system; only in America and UK do you hear of awkward measurements in miles, pounds ,stones , ounces and inches.

It is not a must to give answers to what u don't know on Nairaland , rather keep quiet or do simple research by checking internet or asking elderly people around you about things like this instead of writing stupi..d comments. Our youths should learn to be sensible and responsible.
Well done for posting the right reasons.
My old man told me same thing decades ago.

naptu2: The old Carter Bridge.

You can see that we also drove on the left side of the road (LHT) before 1972. If you wanted to drive to Benin Republic or Togo, you had to learn to drive on the other side of the road.

Today the traffic flow is reversed.

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your head correct! You're right on point!! If you finish come take one shine shine bobo for beer parlour.

As for me, here in Nigeria I still drive right hand,
Dnt knw for you people

Oboy c my guy thread don reach front page. My view o, so dat wen u drivin wit ur gal, u use left hand 2 hold d wheel and ryt hand 2 cuddle ur gal.....u no go try use left hand na.

firetrap: we drive on the right side of the road so it only makes sense that the stirring whee be placed on the left

Did we also drive on the right side of the road pre 1972?

blaze007: Oboy c my guy thread don reach front page. My view o, so dat wen u drivin wit ur gal, u use left hand 2 hold d wheel and ryt hand 2 cuddle ur gal.....u no go try use left hand na.

CAMEROONPRIDE: Cameroon ordered so

Hasn't cameroon always been left hand drive?
I stand to be corrected tho

U know most Nigerians are corrupt and are likely to go to the left side of God so it's a preparation. Lol

I never knew naija was ever using right hand drive sef

@naptu2 Thanks. I can't believe it took 2 pages to get facts and not speculations! Chai, it isn't a must to comment, Nigerians seem to peddle thoughts/conspiracy theories on their head simply because it's easy to put there.

One is well aware it occurred during Gen YG's regime and our foreign policy then too was African when we were playing BBA. Ironically, this change to LHD is found on history books, 'know Nigeria' materials etc. Thanks again naptu, Nigerians need to really know their country before jumping into things!!!

bornagain1509: I guess its because of Agberos since they are mostly on the right side of buses so in order to be far from them you know.

Na the same thing, think am well. If we are using right hand drive, the driver will be on the right while agberos will be on the left.

*solid*:
it's more comfy to drive lefty.

It's because we are already used to it. South Africans will also tell you that it's more comfortable to drive RHD vehicle.

To further asset nigeria independence from the Great Britain

www.ask.com/question/did-nigeria-change-from-left-to-right-hand-drive-1972-or-2001

it is because it is safer and more convenient to drive lefty than righty

dimdim001: I never knew naija was ever using right hand drive sef

ASUU pls.

nedu2000: I feel it makes sense for it to be left-handed,especially considering d fact dat majority of nigerians are right-handed!!so u can hold the steering with your left hand,and do all sorts of other things with your right hand

Dumb reason