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(Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by nrdgeek: 1:10pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
Came back to Akure and made this visual road trip to show some changes that have happened in Akure since I been away. The pictures are the pure visual changes in the city as captured by my lens. Thread is for those who know Akure and might want to see what it looks like at the moment. |
Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by nrdgeek: 1:12pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
The Akure I left behind
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Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by geeez: 1:14pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
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Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by nrdgeek: 1:14pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
Present day Akure 1 Like
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Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by Nobody: 1:25pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
Space booked.......... That is my capital city 1 Like |
Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by nrdgeek: 1:26pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
I hope we get things in perspective here, Akure is purely a civil servant state. Apart from that, the only other industry here is cocoa farming and that is mainly done in Idanre and Ondo town (please correct me if I'm wrong). Akure is small and may not be comparable to cities like Ibadan, Benin, Enugu or Calabar. These cities, I think, have sometime in the past been capitals of regional and colonial governments and as such, seen some sort of rapid commercial and human development. |
Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by nrdgeek: 1:30pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
All is set and we RIDE
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Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by tchigofigo(m): 1:39pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
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Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by tomakint: 1:41pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
Correct guy @Op, your head dey there, Iroko is working! 2 Likes |
Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by nrdgeek: 1:43pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
This is the first 'Exit' in and out of Akure. I think its called "Road Block". Used to to be a one lane road but I cannot remember who dualised it. Pic 2: Behind my car is the Federal highway. Towards the back end of the car, the road leads to Owo (Benin - Owo) and towards the front end of the car, you're heading further into the SW (Akure-Ilesa-Ibadan-Lagos)
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Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by 4Wilywily: 1:47pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
Ondo is progress because they did not allow Western Yorubas that have marginalized Akure for decades to come and steal their oil money. 1 Like |
Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by nrdgeek: 1:47pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
The turning to the right in the second picture leads to FUTA second gate (Oba kekere). I think that's a university official car right there.
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Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by nrdgeek: 1:53pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
Top: Backview of the first exit in and out of Akure Below: Needa get a lil something for the road
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Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by ikweremilitant: 1:54pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
nrd_geek: The turning to the right in the second picture leads to FUTA second gate (Oba kekere). I think that's a university official car right there.op am impresed iroko is w6king. 1 Like |
Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by nrdgeek: 1:55pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
ikwere militant: op am impresed iroko is w6king.I ain't started yet bruv |
Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by MRWHINNIG: 1:56pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
I ain't seeing any development. all I'm serving are different pictures of a road. 2 Likes |
Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by tpia5: 1:57pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
All you've done so far is describe entryways and exits into and out of akure. Any particular reason? I mean, i dont want to say my mind yet until you land. Not to mention, there is already an akure thread on the forum, in travel section which is where this one is supposed to be, assuming its necessary for you people to keep on fixating about the place. |
Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by Nobody: 1:58pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
Please where is the new look Oba Adeshida road(if you can get a shot from the same point before the junction that leads to the high court), so we can accurately compare and contrast. |
Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by tpia5: 1:59pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
lari03: Please where is the new look Oba Adeshida road, so we can accurately compare and contrast. Thanks for noticing the trick he was trying to play there. |
Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by nrdgeek: 2:08pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
And so I hit the road once more, Pleasure cruising to some slow 90's jamz ... Ladies and gentlemen, the road we cruising on now, I like to call 'The sunshine Strip'. It's a very long stretch of asphalt changing in name in various places. It's an important artery that cuts through the city of Akure. Sit back and let's ride.
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Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by tpia5: 2:13pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
You for cruise to wale rapper's jams. |
Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by PaulJohn1: 2:17pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
Keep them coming... Lovely city I must say 1 Like |
Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by MRWHINNIG: 2:24pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
OP is busy showing us roads, real development goes beyond the construction or renovation of roads that won't last more than 2 years. Show us capital investments, show us buildings, factories, industries, etc. When will Nigerians learn 2 Likes |
Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by nrdgeek: 2:25pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
lari03: Please where is the new look Oba Adeshida road(if you can get a shot from the same point before the junction that leads to the high court), so we can accurately compare and contrast. tpia@: @lari03: Sorry, I only got a couple of shots from my last visit to Akure, I'll see which is closest to what you want, but I doubt I got exactly that. You can check the picture below @tpia@: I don't give a rat's whisker what you think about Akure. I'm not from Ondo state, neither am I a politician but I was raised here. I've been out and back and I've seen changes. I'm a photo enthusiast and naturally I take street pictures, is it too much to share on nairaland? 3 Likes
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Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by Nobody: 2:31pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
Oba Adeshida @ night is a beauty to behold especially when you are driving through with its street lights, Arakale and Ondo road too. |
Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by TonySpike: 2:50pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
nrd_geek: This is the first 'Exit' in and out of Akure. I think its called "Road Block". Used to to be a one lane road but I cannot remember who dualised it. Dude, you must have been out of Akure for long! That road block has been dualised for almost 7 years now by Late Dr. Segun Agagu (in 2006, I think). I spent over 6 years in Akure and I must say that I am not too impressed with the level of work on ground. That state is an oil producing state and I can't seem to understand why the level of work on ground is not commensurate to its monthly allocation. This is my opinion though... 1 Like |
Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by geeez: 3:11pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
I've always said it that whether it's LP or PDP or APC or JJC, the only language the people of the SW understand is development Elected officials know that if they don't perform, they will be given the boot When I last visited the state, I was wowed with things I saw everywhere I went Thumbs up Mimiko 3 Likes |
Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by nrdgeek: 3:51pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
MR. WHINNIG: Thanks for noticing but like I said in my first - third posts, this is not about 'development' per se. I didn't stick around long enough to get pictures of those. I made this for those who know how rusty and stagnant Akure has been over the years and so they get a 'visual road trip' through the modest changes it has experienced. Why all these bile? |
Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by osaxx: 4:06pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
nrd_geek:u keep showing the building wit a red roof..is dat the attraction in akure,,,,hmmmmmm |
Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by tpia5: 4:15pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
nrd_geek: Are you alright? Are you sure your drug dealer isnt giving you a fake product? |
Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by nrdgeek: 4:16pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
Tony Spike: I get your point, I really do. To be honest, I'm not really conversant with Ondo state's fiscal revenue from oil but I guess it isn't at par with the major oil producing states. Besides, there is hardly any presence of the oil majors in the state apart from Chevron which, I'm made to understand, operates on its oil fields. Notwithstanding, I reckon the government can do a lot better. |
Re: (Pictures) Is Mimiko Changing Akure? by nrdgeek: 4:35pm On Nov 29, 2013 |
osaxx: Nope. The two posts are a response to this particular request: lari03: Please where is the new look Oba Adeshida road(if you can get a shot from the same point before the junction that leads to the high court), so we can accurately compare and contrast. |
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