Iruobean:

Kelvin30286063:
Lie lie.... We once had a vision 2020... This is 2020 and Nigeria has been backward ever since.

emddi:
Believe me,there is something greater than resource control;A sound mind.
Someone who has the "spiritual mind" can achieve these feat in five years.

BabaOwen:
Where will the person get money from? Do you know how much was spent on Dubai sha? It can be achieve but the people of cross river will start voting in people who have "spiritual mind" and it will take nothing less than 15 years

BeachLife:
I get your point , but I advocate social democracy. The government has to intervene if not it will never happen . For example, the grid city planning and ID database are foundation to an organized society . Private entities will build skyscrapers ,TV stations, and a few other stuffs,but the government has to keep the ball rolling by having it's own stuffs .
The government should first Focus on the basics such as housing, employment ,education / skills acquisition(human capital ),hospitals and schools.
Build roads with drainage,sidewalks,markings ,traffic signs and street lights . And of course an an efficient taxing system.
The housing in the pics below can house at least 100,000 people . Build them and move people in there ,they can work for rent or some sort of deal .Demolish stuffs and compensate owners with either money or house, because most of Nigeria is disorganized due to freehold land ownership ,and the towns / cities are unplanned.

BeachLife:
I get your point , but I advocate social democracy. The government has to intervene if not it will never happen . For example, the grid city planning and ID database are foundation to an organized society . Private entities will build skyscrapers ,TV stations, and a few other stuffs,but the government has to keep the ball rolling by having it's own stuffs .
The government should first Focus on the basics such as housing, employment ,education / skills acquisition(human capital ),hospitals and schools.
Build roads with drainage,sidewalks,markings ,traffic signs and street lights . And of course , an efficient taxing system.
The housing in the pics below can house at least 100,000 people . Build them and move people in there ,they can work for rent or some sort of deal .Demolish stuffs and compensate owners with either money or house, because most of Nigeria is disorganized due to freehold land ownership ,and the towns / cities are unplanned. We must build an organized society and provide good quality of life for our people . .

BeachLife:
It will all be a reality by 2040.
To those screaming oil will soon run out .I don't need a single drop of oil revenue to develop a place, if I'm in charge .I have my own secret method .

Now tell me ,Don't you think the name CALABAR /CALABARIANS should be adopted as the official name of the ethnicity since it's already popular and more marketable anyway? If not , give me your suggestion. We need an offcial name like Igbo,Yoruba Hausa,Ijasw ,etc. people only call them akwacross ,Calabar,Efik/ ibibio, though I think the name CALABAR/CALABARIAN is more marketable and should be adopted as the official name of the land and people. .

BeachLife:
Your comment and a few others were irritating ,but I would forgive and kindly advise you do some soul searching and retract your comment and myopic reasoning.
I'm sure your town does not produce a drop of oil. I've observed those whose towns produce the oil are even more in support of this progressive method ,moreover ,oil revenue is not needed to develop a place. There are numerous valuable resources in Calabar apart from oil. I conceived this vision in my mind ,plus a few other measures currently being undertaken to foster Unity and progress. All accomplishments begin with a single mind . This has nothing to do with the government or the colonial and military creations Akwa ibom,Cross river,South south or Biafra. I believe all ethnic nations in Nigeria and Africa should be autonomous and have control of their resources ,economy ,and development. With that,it won't matter where the president is from.I don't mind if the entire west Africa is one country with all the autonomous ethnic nations as states .

The ethnicity or ethnic nation (Efik,Oron,Ibibio,Annang,Ekid) has no official name ,people call it Calabar,Akwacross,or Efik/ibibio. I think the name CALABAR/CALABARIANS is more marketable and should be adopted as the official name of land and people and that's what I call it now and hope to propagate this method . I often add the term "Akwacross " in my writings to help people comprehend for now .
I have sponsored 4 professional linguist to come up with an official Calabarian language which will be mostly based on Ibibio , Efik and some words from Oron and Annang which will be satisfactory to all the communities . After that ,I'll meet ,present and discuss this with the traditional and political leaders ,and a worldwide press conference will be called to establish this as official. We need to unite and forge a common front to greatness.
We must discard ignorant ,myopic,divisive and backward reasoning .
Calabar (Akwacross) currently generates $16 Billion dollars per year but ends up receiving $50 million dollars per month or $500 million dollars per year because the money is confiscated by Nigeria and distributed to all the states. If you think that's fair then I question your sanity. All progressive nations on earth practice True federalism (Autonomy for all states or ethnic nations). The only way we can achieve greatness this is through Unity and forging a common front ,not through division and myopia.

BeachLife:
UAE is a homogeneous country belonging to only one ethnicity. It has a large landmass that's why there's different cities .Dubai metropolis is the same size or larger than the entire Akwa ibom. Los Angeles Metro is about 3 times larger than Akwa ibom. Singapore is a city state nation the size of Uyo . Rwanda is a homogeneous nation just a little larger than Akwa ibom. Scottish,Lithuanian,Irish,Swedes,etc are Ethnic European nations just like Calabarians,Igbolanders,Yorubalanders,Zulu,Tswana land (Botswana) ,Ashanti,etc are African ethnic nation who were enslaved, colonized and forcefully merged . Nigeria is a fictitious country put together by colonial powers . I do not advocate secession, but I think all ethnic nations should be autonomous and have autonomy and control of their resources ,economy and development. They can pay about 5 percent tax to the federal government. All progressive and developed nations practice true federalism(autonomy for all states or ethnic nations).Oil will be irrelevant soon ,but there are other numerous valuable resources across the entire Calabar. Even so ,oil revenue is not needed to build an organized society.
I don't care about artificial states like akwa ibom cross river, Annang Itai state or Oron and Eket Atlantic state or Mangrove state . Efik,Oron,Ibibio,Annag ,Ekid are one and the name of land and people will be Calabar /Calabrians or whatver is later decided ,but for now Calabar because that's already popular and more marketable.
I was only being kind to you by replying . This God's plan which will be a reality by 2040 . Just pray you live to see then. I'll really appreciate if you do not comment ,just pass if our reasoning don't align. It will be beneficial to you if you refrain from being an agent of sabotage . If this method isn't implemented , the results will always be there for everyone to see.