Man2utd:

Because the other states are vision less, especially ogun state who is not taking advantage of its proximity to lagos state. If the roads were in good shape and the hours you spend on the road is reduced, ogun state will see a surge in development and the government will become richer.

obailala:
The main purpose of Eko Atlantic was to prevent the ocean from swallowing the entire VI; a disaster which was rapidly unfolding prior to 2006. Eko Atlantic in itself is a barrier wall to prevent the ocean encroachment. I wouldn't know, but I'm sure I've read somewhere that the land being reclaimed today is previous land which was eroded by the ocean over the years because there wasn't a proper embankment; and with the current embankment put in place, it somehow gets to divert the ocean surge away from the city (as should have always been the case).

I'm not an expert but dont you think your concerns must have been exhaustively considered during the conceptual and detailed design phases of this project?... Would investors just sink billions of dollars without giving these things a thought?

Gloryfox:
waste of funds. there is no more free looting to fund this project as during GEJ regime

obailala:
Are you aware the project is funded by private individuals like yourself and not government?

davidif:



Hahaha you truly don't know much about oceanography do you? Nature always prevails in the end.

Amberon:
Exactly! There's something inherently wrong Nigeria and it's leaders. Is there nobody of vision who can bring up the initiative of decongesting Lagos by carrying out meaningful projects in other states?

beatzone:
Everyone just wanna talk... Someone presented a one-sided argument, and we so quick to condemn a project that must taken an unprecedented amount of thought processes from the best in the world.

Who amongst you has read, seen or heard about the master plan?

Answer that question before you start thinking "Yes, I knew it was a bad idea"

Bunch of ITKs

stagger:
Chagoury's again? With the roles these C & C brothers played in the Abacha regime, should they not have been languishing in some jail house by now?

mmsen:


People are very quick to think the worst of themselves.

Notice all the 'when will Africans learn' comments.

Self-hatred is Nigeria's biggest creed and curse.

Learn to love yourself and you will stop self-harming.

kd11:
Its a pity we have many ignorant people on this forum. You need to first understand that this project was initiated to benefit Lagos both physically and economically. Secondly, the land reclaimed was basically the old bar beach we had in the 80's that had be claimed by the ocean. Furthermore, if this project was not initiated, most parts of Victoria island would have been submerged because V.I is already lower than the sea level. I don't even want to mention the economic benefit of this project to Lagos and Nigeria as a whole or the stakeholders and the funding. You can say this project is robbing Peter to pay Paul, in terms of where the water will be directed to, but maritime reports shows all these areas are susceptible to being submerged in the nearest future. This is really a proactive approach. Its about which area should be saved first. I guess the investors chose the more economic viable one.

Jiang:
whatever, am far way from the sea, impact am currently in the desert.


But you know fefol aint that stufid, they most have thought about all dis b4 dishing out billions of naira for them island

mmsen:


Calabar > Lagos.

A lot of meaningful projects have been built in Cross River state.

And it is more secure than Lagos.

With the way people do business online there's no reason why you need to be in Lagos 7 days a week.

LRNZH:


Did you read the article at all?

It is not the Eko Atlantic that is at risk but the surrounding islands (Lekki and Snake Islands for e.g.).
The investors won't care.much about that so long as Eko Atlantic is protected.

Gloryfox:
private individual of which majority got it from looted funds, these are known facts. i currently work near that axis. work has been slow. even the sand filling is not complete yet

davidif:


Bros, I raised this issue on nairaland back in 2017 that Lagos was sinking but I guess it was not as important as D'Banj's new record or Omotola's new movie so it didn't make the front page. Too bad.

https://www.nairaland.com/479070/lagos-sinking#6385159

Earth2Metahuman:
Even if they are not building eko atlantic, lagos will continue to sink and will keep losing lands to ocean every year.

You talked about 4th mainland bridge, do you know how much in properties that's gonna cost lagos now imagine siting eko atlantic in let's mainland?

Ocean will fight and humans will continue to fight back. We have been fighting against nature from inception, that's how our specie has been able to survive this long.

alignacademy:


You mean 2007?

LRNZH:


While I commend the Lagos State Government for having the initiative to take on massive projects like this, it was obvious to me that the Eko Atlantic project had a fatal flaw.

We in Africa are not ripe for reclaiming an ocean. Not even cities like New Orleans that are around sea level take on sea reclamation projects. The Dutch who excel at this are world masters in marine engineering.

Another venturesome thing in Lagos is the sandfilling of the Lagoon for housing projects like Orange Island, etc.
Water is being drained through these areas that we humans are now distorting without understanding the long term impact.

Lagos should have focused on completing the 4th Mainland Bridge and on how to build a new set of cities on land in areas that will be connected by the new bridge instead of trying to dominate its waters.

Cc: Lalasticlala; Mynd44