uchedydy:
I have been thinking, and imagining, what would the south west be like without Lagos, I.e if Lagos wasn't the capital and did not have those precolonial links. Coz for me Lagos was built by all, oyibo, igbos, Hausa inclusive.

So now, I ask, imagine a south west without Lagos.

uchedydy:
I have been thinking, and imagining, what would the south west be like without Lagos, I.e if Lagos wasn't the capital and did not have those precolonial links. Coz for me Lagos was built by all, oyibo, igbos, Hausa inclusive.

So now, I ask, imagine a south west without Lagos.

uchedydy:
I have been thinking, and imagining, what would the south west be like without Lagos, I.e if Lagos wasn't the capital and did not have those precolonial links. Coz for me Lagos was built by all, oyibo, igbos, Hausa inclusive.

So now, I ask, imagine a south west without Lagos.

uchedydy:
Am an Igbo man ooo, but am not a wailer, in fact I thank the Yoruba's for contributing to chasing the clueless one from otueke back to the creeks. But let's face it...imagine a SW without Lagos

uchedydy:
I have been thinking, and imagining, what would the south west be like without Lagos, I.e if Lagos wasn't the capital and did not have those precolonial links. Coz for me Lagos was built by all, oyibo, igbos, Hausa inclusive.

So now, I ask, imagine a south west without Lagos.

StOla:
A South West without Lagos was the pace setter region of pre-independent Nigeria.

No need for imagination, consult your history books because it already happened.

It had the 1st university in Nigeria located in Ibadan because the British located where it was needed and where the people demanded for such higher education.

It built the tallest building in West Africa.

It established the 1st television station in all of Africa.

It enforced free and compulsory education for all. Even if there were naked kids, that should not hinder the education of the mind, thus building the human capital that will keep it ahead and worth catching up to by the other regions.

It established industrial estates all over and incorporated an investment company that would ensure the harnessing of its resources to ensure regional sustainability.

uchedydy:
I have been thinking, and imagining, what would the south west be like without Lagos, I.e if Lagos wasn't the capital and did not have those precolonial links. Coz for me Lagos was built by all, oyibo, igbos, Hausa inclusive.

So now, I ask, imagine a south west without Lagos.

uchedydy:
Am an Igbo man ooo, but am not a wailer, in fact I thank the Yoruba's for contributing to chasing the clueless one from otueke back to the creeks. But let's face it...imagine a SW without Lagos

StOla:
A South West without Lagos was the pace setter region of pre-independent Nigeria.

No need for imagination, consult your history books because it already happened.

It had the 1st university in Nigeria located in Ibadan because the British located where it was needed and where the people demanded for such higher education.

It built the tallest building in West Africa.

It established the 1st television station in all of Africa.

It enforced free and compulsory education for all. Even if there were naked kids, that should not hinder the education of the mind, thus building the human capital that will keep it ahead and worth catching up to by the other regions.

It established industrial estates all over and incorporated an investment company that would ensure the harnessing of its resources to ensure regional sustainability.

Flyoruboy:


Lol. Perfect response. If there was no Lagos, that still wouldn't have prevented the South East encroachers/almajiris from flooding Yorubaland. Without Lagos, Ogun would be in its place coz Ogun too has access to the sea, as does Ondo. .

Even as it stands, according to the last 2006 census, 2 SW states (Lagos [#1] and Oyo [#5]) are in the top 5 most populous states in Nigeria. Ogun (#16), Ondo (#18), and Osun (#19) are in the top 20. The SE positions on the list are as follows: Anambra (#10), Imo (#14), Enugu (#22), Abia (#28), Ebonyi (#34). In other words, 5 SW feature in the top-20 against just 2 from the SE.

So in a nutshell, with or without Lagos, West will still be the best. .

Flets:
Imagine if Lagos was never the nation's capital? ...... Lagos would have been like Osun and the entire SW would have been ceeded to Benin Republic

Imagine if a SE state was ever the nation's capital, that region would have competed with Singapore.

Unfortunately, we have to live with the fraud called Nigeria for the SHORT TERM.

Flets:


As it stands today.... the population of the SW and north is a liability to the Nigerian state because its still an unproductive and consuming population.

Tell me what how that population have added to that region.

Isreal as a nation boasts of only 7 million people yet a nation to reckon with.

scholes0:
MUMU op
Obviously, without Lagos, Ibadan would have been in a Much HIGHER position than it is today.
Lagos is that younger brother, that took a lot of what was supposed to it's elder bro, Ibadan..... But Alas both are still proudly South Western.

Flets:
Imagine if Lagos was never the nation's capital? ...... Lagos would have been like Osun and the entire SW would have been ceeded to Benin Republic

Imagine if a SE state was ever the nation's capital, that region would have competed with Singapore.

Imagine if they allowed true federalism to thrive, the north would have since explored its potential and would have been feeding Africa, the SE would have been the industrial hub of the continent....... not sure what would have become of the SW

Unfortunately, we have to live with the fraud called Nigeria for the SHORT TERM.