Abfinest007:
let me not say anything before they will tag me as bad belle

Koboko444:
Everyone is trying to hustle in this period. No one is interested your ill timed post. Lagos is developed. Is that suppose to inspire. Please deactivate your profile. It is obvious that you are a wicked and insensitive person.

ednut1:
Most expensive slum in the world

manitoba:
If you have never travelled out of Nigeria, Lagos can be a big deal to you.


Most of the Africans cities are still far off.

Lagos should have done well but we are too corrupt.


A city with poor power infrastructures (you need to see Lagos from an Airplane at night), no portable water in most homes slums every where to mention but a few is nothing to boast about.

Maybe Atlantic City will change the narratives but Banana Island, Parkview and other rich neighbourhoods of Ikoyi are yet to do so.

How do I know?

These are my play yards. Lol

I believe one day, we will start building great cities and towns that can compete globally.

blackboy:
A state where on Lagos island ppl still fetch water in buckets on their heads to have water.
No subway or proper train service around the state. No Lagos is not developed. A lot of work still needs to be done.
Go to developed cities or states and you go see developed not Lagos that is a show.

katagumBauchi:
Op thunder fire you..... Abi na another Lagos way i know..... If danfo sieze to operate 80% of Lagosians na steady streak.

illicit:
The full name is Lagos de Kuramo

Olumyco:

Lol

illicit:


Yeah
For real, that's the full name as given by the Portuguese

Olumyco:


There are slums in most developed cities of the world. There are slums in New York, Johannesburg, Nairobi and co and even larger than Makoko in Lagos. Going by what you said... Mokoko Slum has factories and they contribute immensely to the country's GDP.

ednut1:
lagos is a slum. Does not have basic amenities like water, drainage, lacks standard transportation (road and sea). Today i drove past cms common rail way they have used 10 years to build with no show. I live on the island and there water is shitty. Lagos water corporation is just useless

Kenplay:

AGBAYA, this is pictures from Luanda, Angola

Olumyco:


There is no need for insult here na... We Nigerians have problem ooo. The Pictures you even posted about Luanda cant stand the two pictures of Lagos I posted above. Luanda is a beautiful capital city but definitely not in the league of Lagos. Lagos has passed that level. See we talk fact here and not pulling any country down because of frustration or whatever. If you talk about other cities that are regional powers which we have even mentioned above then we will take you serious. But coming out to compare Lagos with Luanda does not follow.

Olumyco:


The issue of water from water cooperation you raised is a problem but you and I should know today what works in Nigeria and most especially Lagos. I believe we have solved this issue partly in the sense that real estate is now solving this problem in a small way. There are many estates today in lagos who do not have this problem. I understand that these places are big and are mostly occupied by upper and middle classes. But that is what is working today in Nigeria. The Water Cooperation from the Govt has failed and if we think outside the box... we will know that what works now is private investment. Places like VGC, Rivers Park etc wont have this issue. Even light problem they wont have. So to me it is the number of places like this we have in Lagos that matters and that is why today many people still gets amaze at how Lagos still leads in somethings and despite the challenges.

You talked about transportation, BRT is there and it's still a good transportation system. The Yellow Buses will fade away gradually. BRT phased out Molue and gradually Danfo will phase out when small buses starts coming on board. The Railway will be completed and I think the Govt said 2022 or 2023 or so... Atleast we have a functioning Railway system going from Lagos to Ibadan which is a good thing for a mega city like Lagos. So it's a gradual process. Most of what we hear about other countries are not exactly what is on ground. Do you know that Nairobi and Johannesburg are facing light issue... though they have a good electricity but now they are having some challenges. I know they will soon find a fix...but this is to let you know that things are not just the way it is too with some other countries we think everything is green and rosy. Every country and city have their own challenges. And note that we are comparing within Africa and we cant still leave out Lagos no matter how we paint it. Other countries appreciate Lagos but we Nigerians have problem with pulling down our own country. But I am not saying we should not say the truth but let's be real with statistics and compare fairly with data and facts and not just coming to abuse or insult. That's why all the 16 facts are indisputable and no one has refuted any till now.

Thanks.

Olumyco:


Everywhere cant be developed at once. There is no homogenous developed city anywhere in the world. There are bound to be differences. Some places will be developed occupied by upper class and middle upper class people while some other places will be a low brow areas occupied by the middle lower income earners. The most important thing is for developed places to be higher than the developing ones. You cant find people fetching water and carrying on their head in places like Banana Island, VGC, VI and co.
The problem we Nigerians have is that we believe places abroad are entirely developed. The only difference their own is making is that they have more developed places than underdeveloped/developing places.
Atleast the pple in Lagos Island still have access to water to fetch right In some places abroad even in US, there are homeless people who dont even have access to water. The media is powerful and they make you believe everything over there is entirely developed. There are classes. Lagos have many estates now and those estates are getting it right gradually in terms of basic amenities. Understanding is what we need.

flexerking:
so according to what u're saying one needs to be in an expensive estate to have access to basic amenities?

ednut1:
i can see mediocrity and say it is progress. With the amount of igr lagos gets we are being scammed and shortchanged. I once woke up to see my car submerged in water on the island in 2016. Island has no drainage all the join join canal and gutters lead no where. In uk some of the buses being used are over 10 years old and still in good condition because the roads are good. Here we have shitty road that in 2 years the buses have become an eyesore. Stop celebrating mediocrity