It has come time to move our capital to a new city. abuja is just becoming too crowded with too many undesirable peeps and pollution and miscreants. the time has come naija to move again deeper into the woods. we should build a modern, beautiful city along the banks of the benue 100km west of makurdi. only honorable naira will be permitted entry. god bless naira!

you didnt make any sense

which movie u dey jist??

I like the idea.

Well it look now that some nigerian are thinking now,  really we should move the capital Abuja, to avoid what happen in lagos,  if not, abuja would end up like LAgos,  We should start planning for a new capital,  inprecise  idea is a good one,  I would think is suggestion of location is also good,  I think 100 km away from Markudi should be around lokoja area,  i think above lokoja. we should create a city and called it Gowon city ,  Or unity city,  See map,  It would cut through all the River Niger and benue,  and

we have to start planning for tomorrow now,  Abuja would end up like lagos,  so the govt should set up a body to design a new city along that bank and should move there in 30 years,  making it 60 years for abuja to be capital,  It is part of development,  there we would have big cities like lagos, abuja Gowon city or unity city or Belewa city or Zik city or Awo city or Shagari city  what ever name we decided to call it,   It would be really beautifull. we should always have project like abuja every 60 years,  it keeps the nation moving and we would develop, , They should now make abuja a state ,

That is the most absurd idea i've heard in a long time and i watch a lot of TV, you can't simply keep cahnging capitals because of overcrowding, I assure you that Abuja will not becaome over crowded like Lagos, even Lagos is undergoing reconstruction, and Abuja is building up a world class infastructure, if El Rufaii can't make Abuja great then we might as well live with a crap capital forever

I disagree with you. May be you confuse Abuja with Federal Capital Territory? FCT covers a great land mass. The city is just phase 1 of the development, it extends to ABAJI towards Kogi, I think its about 5-7 phases, its not overcrowded at all, infact the inhuman activities of El Rufai confirm this, so many houses have been demolished, thereby rendering thousands homeless in the city. Also the center of Nigeria per se is around Lokoja not too far from Abaji and I know FCT is a good concept.

Moving it from her present location to me as is another venture to steal money, instead they should use any funds for such frivolous project to develop NigerDelta.

I usually prefer to talk about the area as just Abuja and not the FCT as a whole, but the infastructure of Abuja when all phases have been completed will be sustainable and there'll be absolutely no need for moving (what were you smoking imprecise), Abuja is Africa's second most beautiful city, the city is been consumed by the push and pull factor but the FG are coping, new housing schemes are been embarked upon as a permanent solution to the housing problem, The FG are planning for the F.C.T for the 3rd phase a rail system (it wasinitially meant for the second but the population is not yet overwhelming), other means of transportation like the BRT are also meant to be introduced, the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport will in the future experience a rapid expansion which will see the construction of ten ultra modern terminals, Abuja will be the pride of Africa and the New Gateway to Nigeria, but Lagos isn't sleeping big projects are also planned for Lagos, I assure you non believers, Abuja will remain the capital of this wonderful nation for a long time to com.

@inprecise

Have you taken the funds needed to build the new capital into consideration ? All realms of Nigeria's government; local, state, federal, are starved of funds for development.

The youths in the Niger Delta are demanding more of the oil money, We don't have enough universities to accomodate the well qualified high school graduates every year, Our highways need fixing. Even the current capital is not where it is supposed to be (phase wise) according to the original planners.

And you are thinking about buliding a new capital. Need I say more ?

@inprecise
U daydreaming or sum'n?
After all the trillions of naira spent in creating the artificial city we should embark on another spending spree? D'you work for Julius Berger or some other multinational construction company?

Bolarge,

quite agree with u

People should quit bashing the guy, lets ask him why does he want a new capital?

I disagree with you all, it is time to move from abuja, I am an engineer. and I agree that the capital of nigeria is not Abuja, but more sout of Abaji, as he said, that is where the centre of Nigeria is, which is more toward kogi state, I wonder why they place the capital in Abuja, but that is by the way, create a new state called Abuja state to include part of southern kaduna see map, that stop all the problem in the area.
He is my point, we have to plan to develop new cities, forget about developing old city, just let them be, they would remain old, go to detriot , with all the money pump in the place , it is the same way it is , Old is old my friend,
We have to move again, forget about the cost, This project are for our children, And also forget the idea that someone want to chop money, Even if you dont build anything they would still chop money, why dont they use it to build a new city, THe USA move its capital several time before DC,
A new city bring more development, and more jobs, it keep the economy running, A nation most continue to have project , if not it would remain in the past, Alway keep on moing, never remain inone place. increase and not decrease, that what God want, We alsready have Lagos , Abuja , let have the third one and even the fourth one, so that our children would know, we tried, If i build one house , i would not remain in the same place, i would build another and another and another, I would continue for every, more and more cities. if we have to move the federal capital several time to get develop and becoming a developed country let us do it, It is better for the enomy and better for Nigeria,
What honestly is $40 billion dollar doing in another man country bank account nothing, and I am confident, Obasanjo would use the money well. no govt ever save any money in nigeriaexcept obasanjo, the others were chop and chop govt,

He should start building the city now, we have to become a develop nation, and this is a step to become developed.

Nigeriaone is correct. It is high time to do something for the people. Abuja is nice but we need a more modern city without all the undesireable peeps. I like calling it Unity City and I would suggest building it on the banks of the Benue. It is nice to have a beautiful river running through your city. It will help create more jobs, etc. Look at South Africa. they have Bloemfontein, capital of their judiciary, and Pretoria, their executive capital, and Joburg, their business capital. Lagos is our business capital, Abuja should remain the capital of our courts, but we need an executive capital. Unity City on the Bengue is the answer. We must begin today! And to the peeps who say Abuja is not overcrowded, u must not live there. it takes 45 minutes to 1 hour in rush hour traffic to get to work for many peeps in Abuja.

ABUJA is in the center of Nigeria which signify unity keep it that way please

League of retarded Nigerians.

@ Todd Terry, the reason for that hold up problem in Abuja is bad city planning. A light commuter rail system would ease that problem considerably, not every one has to drive to work.

the area you've designated is already a city, Lokoja.

foolish idea btw.

@inprecise
as ur id says i think u got this all wrong.

YES .Middle Belt has arrived. Benue- Plateau state has come back life .

Nigerians you all know how the Middle Belters have sacrificed for this country.
Recap the Gideon Okar's plan to relieve NIGERIA from the hands of Terrorist Northerners and OSAMAs.

@@@Poster. . . . . . And how long we go dey continue to dey change capital??

OH MY MIDDLE BELT, HOW WE HAVE SUFFERED FOR THIS LAND !

[size=14pt]The Capital is Abuja now there is noting we can about that, the Aguda Commision who found Abuja back in 1976 should have chosen Lokoja. Too late now Lokoja with her Confluence of the Benue and Niger would have being like KHARTOUN IN the Sudan that sits in the conflunce of the White Nile and Blue Nile.

Secondly ships would be have being able to berth in its river port. London is some good 60 KM from the the sea but the River Thames is capabale of taking any ship right into the middle of the city that is good. [/size]

the only justifiable capital will be yenagoa.it will be sandfilled like lagos and reconstructed like abuja.na one nigeria we dey.

Abuja is a perfect capital city for Nigeria. There are two more phases to come, so its even premature to make a judgement of an unfinished city. We cant keep starting things and abandoning them before it has a chance to have a positive impact. I think other states need to develop infrastructure etc similiar to Abuja. It is because Abuja is so much nicer than most other Nigerian cities that their indegenes flood Abuja in search of something better.

That is what is causing the problem, same is it did to Lagos. Once the development projects in Lagos and port harcourt have been completed, many people will return there are relocate.

I dont see any logic in the suggestion that the capital city should be relocated, as if the same issues would not crop up. Simply start developing an Abuja standard in other cities which already exist, that way people wouldn't flee to Abuja like they do now.

I love Abuja and its natural scenery is part of it. It should remain the capital.

I am sure the person that started this thread is from benue . . . .Lol
Fight for your own place jare

This means war i guess! Becomerich,,,,i am RIGHT behind you!

Grudgingly agree - Lokoja would have been a better capital for a lot of reasons topmost been unity - it is a city that is not identified with any particular tribe or religion.

they should relocate the federal capital to the niger delta

becomrich at it again