kenex4ever:
do u really know what makes up d bulk of IGR? don't u know dat it's d tax paid by d companies in lagos dat Made up large portion of d IGR or is it tinubu dat brought shell, chevron, nnpc, total, capital oil, Oando, Shoprite, even ur own company if u decide to establish one now, to lagos?
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U don't need to argue, lagos is far far richer than akwa ibom

BekeeBuAgbara:
When did it jump to 21 million ? Acccording to 2006 National population census, the population of Lagos was 7,937, 932 million.

coreseam:


I know its tax paid by COYs.
Those COYs came/choose to Lagos for a reason...Favorable working environment.

Any new company now first seeks its head office in Lagos before spreading out to other parts of the country.
Even non Lagosians troop in daily to lagos due to the infrastructure put in place.

Hence dont make it seem the money was dashed to Lagos.
A rich man that utilises his resources well ultimately becomws richer. That is one rule other governors need to learn

aresa:
I'm taking a little break... Many more pictures to come...

CSTR2:
Btw, akwaibom has a much bigger land area than lagos and so would require more funds for overall road devt.
I wonder why nobody is taking that into consideration.

IzonOwei:
....especially the lekki,V.I and ikoyi axis...

In that area fashola didnt try one bit...

kenex4ever:
we r now talking dsame thing. One major reason why those companies keep dia HQ in lagos is because of the sea port and the airport, it's the entrance and exit of Nigeria. And they can't transport most of their heavy duty equipments to other parts.
Before tinubu and fashola, lagos has been d commercial center of Nigeria and even d capital.

runzlord:
u left out lekki free trade zone

coreseam:


BAT and BRF reaslised and sustained the growth ofnthw state from a few billions in IGR to hundreds due to policies and actions implemented forbthe growth of the state.
Lagos is not the only state as border or with access to the Atlantic yet it is the most viable with using whatnit has to get whatbit wants.
Moreso Akwa Ibom like other states would do well to attarct business to themselves to increase their IGR and stop depending on FG. Most times the allocation from FG is wasted and not spent wisely.

Lagos beats them all hands down with managing its resources which alos includes human capital.

However the human capacity to infrastructure is eeally starjned hence other states and FG hasnto bucklebup so as to avoid implosion in Lagos due to over population

kenex4ever:
true! But no state is well positioned as lagos, plus the seaport and international airport, I think, were done by the FG especially when lagos was d capital, so that's what gave lagos d pace for development. And I must also say lagos had fairly good leaders to have sustained the growth.

Jaypea98:

Tell them.That place will be hosting two refineries 400bpd Dangote and 250bpd IfeanyiUbah Capital Oil. Very Soon

mikolo80:
ah ahn you mean say this guy still de d game
i thought he was broke after the 120something billion fuel subsidy fraud
this guy is a baller par excellence

OduaVanguard:


Uba has "good credit", in American parlance, so he can easily raise funds from investors and even some banks by using his assets as surety/collateral to execute financially intensive projects like this one, without spending a dime of his own money. Same applies to Dangote and others like them.

OduaVanguard:


But Ifeanyi for try help his native Anambra state small by locating his Refinery there naw, especially considering that you people will soon declare Biafra and all Or is he not a Biafran?

coreseam:

Lagos actually had an advantage but if mismanaged advantages can turn to disadvantages overnight.

The good thing as you mentioned is the leadership factor.

BAT and BRF may not be saints but if they were outright incompetents Lagos will have been worse of now.

Other states including Ogun state especially have the capacity to develop their domains but lack the share will and plan for it.
BAT for instance drew a 20 year plan which BRF followed amd A+ promises to take further and higher. If such continuos planning and implementation existed in other states Lagos will not be this bloated with population.

I hope MB and PYO achieves a lot at federal level across all the states so that we all can have a better future

mikolo80:
ah ahn you mean say this guy still de d game
i thought he was broke after the 120something billion fuel subsidy fraud
this guy is a baller par excellence

Jaypea98:

Please sir are you a bayelsan?

StainlessH:


I'm from Akwa Ibom but resides in Lagos, believe you me my state governor is over hyped with misplaced priorities. With the allocation we receive much is expected.

Jaypea98:

He still body o his football club is also highly funded.Their players salary self HUGE!!!!

blueseacats:






My friend most of what you showed us are estates and houses build for tinubus company, masses dont live in them. Both dick tom and harry will use apkabio's almost world standard network of roads.

blueseacats:






My friend most of what you showed us are estates and houses build for tinubus company, masses dont live in them. Both dick tom and harry will use apkabio's almost world standard network of roads.

eaglechild:
Lagos has been the capital of Nigeria since 1914 till 1991. Way before Akwaibom came into existence.

And prior to that was the major British colony in West Africa even in the 17th century.

For someone to wake up and start showing pictures of painted kerbs and Lagos skyline, fraudulent PPPs and substandard architecture in a megacity that is centuries old.

And worst of all go ahead and compare it to a state that is a few decades old is extreme stewpidity.
Which further buttressed the monumental failure Lagos is.

Before you scream allocation.

Lagos IGR more than makes up for this.
The FG presence in Lagos is unparalleled as virtually all the major bridges are FG owned and serviced as well as different FG ministries.
The private companies apart from taxes have a cooperate social responsibility that Lagos heavily benefits from.

So what does the state do with all the IGR.
Where is Lekki international airport?

Wher is Eko Atlantic?

Where is Lagos light rail?

No standard sport facility in a megacity.

These are the projects we should be asking of, not Brown 3 story buildings built for friends and tagged estate.

temitam101:

where be this abeg