i could remember monkies use to inhabit and run around ifite, awka, when i first came to unizik. But now, with the high growth rate of unizik, ifite is now an inhabitable place. The same for amaenyi, amansi and okpuno. If not for unizik, awka wuld hav been a dead-zone.
Stil yet, awka beats a lot of state capitals in Nigeria!
@chino, awka is filled with low level hotels, aimed at providing recreation for unizik students, more like quantity than quality. (except of course, the old english, tourist garden and maybe, queen suites). Some private hostels for students beats the shit out of most hotels in awka.

Ado-Ekiti is the worst state capital. The place is just like my village, believe me.

i could remember monkies use to inhabit and run around ifite, awka, when i first came to unizik. But now, with the high growth rate of unizik, ifite is now an inhabitable place. The same for amaenyi, amansi and okpuno. If not for unizik, awka wuld hav been a dead-zone.
Stil yet, awka beats a lot of state capitals in Nigeria!
@chino, awka is filled with low level hotels, aimed at providing recreation for unizik students, more like quantity than quality. (except of course, the old english, tourist garden and maybe, queen suites). Some private hostels for students beats the shit out of most hotels in awka.

@ Afam4ever, Take is easy man, am not comparing Awka to enugu. Don't jump into what you cannot finish here. Considering the age of Enugu town, it has shown all the indices of huge under development. Remember that enugu came at a time Lagos came, remember that enugu was the regional capital? So enugu is grossly mismanaged when you rate it by its age and time of creation. So in that sense I think Awka of 20yrs is not doing badly considering the high rate of influx and urbanisation and prospects which as a consultant has seen in a professional point of view. Am sure Awka may over take enugu, if enugu continues in its stunted growth level. I make bold to say this because I know the massive foreign investments from Korea to South Africa that are presently springing up in Awka that will totally and forever change the face of the city for good.

chino11: @ Afam4ever, Take is easy man, am not comparing Awka to enugu. Don't jump into what you cannot finish here. Considering the age of Enugu town, it has shown all the indices of huge under development. Remember that enugu came at a time Lagos came, remember that enugu was the regional capital? So enugu is grossly mismanaged when you rate it by its age and time of creation. So in that sense I think Awka of 20yrs is not doing badly considering the high rate of influx and urbanisation and prospects which as a consultant has seen in a professional point of view.

I agree with you. The reason why Enugu got the kind of development it did was due to the fact that it was a regional capital and Anambranians contributed immensely to what Enugu is today. As for Awka, i think it's growing(but not speedily) and this is owed to the establishment of NAU and other little factors. I really don't want Awka to be industralized, rather i want it to be a place where i can go and rest just like Enugu, Asaba, Calabar and probably Akure. It's Onitsha and Nnewi that's really troubling me. Pleae you people in Anambra should vote for Soludo if he comes out in the next election. I want to see want he will turn Onitsha, Nnewi, Awka and other parts of Anambra into.

@ujchief, I can count ten hotels that beat Olde English for you to believe that Awka has some of good and quality hotels in Nigeria. Since you are in Awka, tell me about Cosmilla, BarnHill Resort, Palos Verdes, New Orleans @ Udoka est these are fantastic hotels with high class. I can go on and on. Also when you find your way into Iyi-Agu estate you may not want to come out again, because you will be thrilled with number of hotels and night club in just a single estate. Leave matter bro

manchy7531: so this made the front page?Another prove that nairaland moderators are silly,masturbat!ng tribalist.

Witen carry mastubation come this matter.

Onitsha particularly should not trouble you because as I write this piece the government is massively reconstructing the roads. I was in Onitsha over the weekend the contractors doing the eight '8' lane road project at Head Bridge up Zik's Home and beyond, are speeding up the job, am sure you may not know the area anymore in the next one year or thereabout. Again due to the economic importance of Onitsha the Fed. govt is doing a gigantic flyover at Nkpor junctn. Onitsha to ease traffic on vehicles going to Awka and back to Onitsha. Nnewi also is not doing badly, you need to be there recently to confirm what am telling you. Generally speaking Anambra is among the top five states in Nigeria that are sound fiscally and physically. Go figure

bro chino11,what makes a city?with my little knowleage i must say planing of the twon road,electicity,water,comminucation and the rest.Awka road is not planned and everybody knows that.

Awka is devloping though but i feel for the city!

'the soil texture'

Awka has a good road network, from Zik Avenue to Regina Ceali to Arthur Eze and also new roads are being created like NTA road and new dual carriage way that entered the GRA. We are not talking about Udoka and Abuja estates in the heart of Awka because they compete with some of the best estates in Abuja and lagos, go figure.

Well I don't need to argue with you on any issue so far as you come from Ebonyi because Anambra is ahead of 1000+. Bring states as Rivers and lagos to compare to Anambra biko. Its just Abakaliki the only town where you can see MTN MAST in whole of Ebonyi state and your comparing it to Anambra state with three major cities each with population thrice the population of Ebonyi state. Ga nolu ani biko

Now coming to Nnewi,i'v spent 14 good years in that twon yet there's no street at Nnewi.i lived at OKPUNO EGBU UMUDIM NNEWI.they hav money but no dev.

Am sure you are probably living in the outskirt of Nnewi city or in the Ozubulu, if not you won't utter that gibberish.

Which of the newly created state capitals is well developed? The answer is none.
Awka is bad and so is oshogbo, ado ekiti, lokoja, abakiliki, umuahia and others. You cant compare them with likes of enugui, ph, ikeja and abeokuta that has been existing since the 70s

Hmmm

ZUBY77: Which of the newly created state capitals is well developed? The answer is none.
Awka is bad and so is oshogbo, ado ekiti, lokoja, abakiliki, umuahia and others. You cant compare them with likes of enugui, ph, ikeja and abeokuta that has been existing since the 70s

Yes, you're right.

Awka is not bad, maybe your own state capital is. Would mind telling us your state of origin? Of all the states you mentioned above, Awka is far ahead of them all so whats the need? go figure

who am i to ague with an almighty anambra man,yes you are one million far better than us but in the next few years 'we gonna catch up with you',talking about MTN MAST go ask P.SQUARE,FLAVIOR,MORROCO MADUKA,AKI and PAWPAW,D BANJ,OJUKWU FAMILY ENTOURAGE,OPA WILLIAMS infact the list is endless these are people who tour the country in and out...courtesy of STAR MEGA JAMZ and host of others.

ya mere nwanne m,buruuzo wepu ogwu dabara gi n'anya tupu ichowa onye iga ewepu.i nwekwara ike juo ndiibe unu bi na abakaliki maka ufodu ihe.

Let's face it, the only States that should be giving excuses are the new states like Ekiti, Ebonyi, Nassarawa and Co. Awka is a massive poo hole and there's no excuse for it. A city full of cheap hotels for one-day Aristo fvckfests.

Now i knw that this Chino guy is a big fool and a liar... I live in Udoka Estate too, which other road apart from road 1 in udoka and that 1st straight road that passed tru I.7 bar is good. Tell me another good road inside udoka estate. Let the truth be told, Peter is not developing awka at all.

And talking about Abakaliki, my university old days was in abakaili and i stand bold to say that Abakaliki is far more developed wen it comes to road network.

The indigenes of Awka were the complainants in this case. I posted that article to drive home a point that some Peter Obi sycophants like chino11 are on Nairaland selling lies to culpable Anambrarians in diaspora while nothing is on ground. An Awka man has no reason to lie and talk down his own hometown. He poured out his emotions on the stagnated development of the city under Obi's administration even when the indigenes are willing to assist. I know deep down in the heart of every patriotic Anambrarian in particular and Nigerian at large he/she would wish for Ngige or Soludo.

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You are a fool. Did ohakim the criminal develop your imo state? You have time to post on a thread about a state that is far far ahead of your back yard imo, aren't you a fool at 40 man? Even the present governor of your state is a failure because he has not left anyone in doubt about his talkativism, if like. Your state I know too well cannot boast of the type of road networks we in Anambra enjoy today. Keep deluding and deceiving yourself that you have a governor when the ohakim is even better than the maga in your govt house.

chino11 vehemently defending awka. Lol, dont u just love that guys' spirit, lol

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Chino11 is a case of a man deceiving himself. If you listen to him you would think Anambra is heaven on earth. Those that have been to anambra or live in anambra just look in dismay as he lies.

manchy7531: so this made the front page?Another prove that nairaland moderators are silly,masturbat!ng tribalist.

Bleep off if u hv got nothin 2 contribute. HARAMIST

It just now has come to light for everybody to know that the woman voiced, attention seeking peter obi is doing nothing but eating the state dry. When I say peter obi is the worst governor on earth, people think I ve issues wt him. Awka is a mess

I think development is in many phases. If you one is talking about physical development then Awka is up there, I say this because Awka has some of best most modern real estate development; this is evident with red, blue and green roofs adorning the city from Udoka to Abuja to Ngozika estates all in Awka.

In terms of road network Awka as developing state capital is definitely ahead of its peers. Again hospitality in Awka is second to none, its a city with more hotels than there are residential apartments. The man claiming to be from Awka maybe a political enemy for all I know, who is bent on pulling the government down. Maybe some of you have not been to Awka recently, because the level of physical and infrastructural development I saw the last time was overwhelming. The city is very fast in its development and urbanization.

I was in Asaba for instance I could hardly traverse through the town because most of the roads within the town is heavily flooded, except for the Onitsha-Benin expressway.

alj harem: ^^^^^

Chino11 is a case of a man deceiving himself. If you listen to him you would think Anambra is heaven on earth. Those that have been to anambra or live in anambra just look in dismay as he lies.

A state that is among the five developed states in Nigeria, isn't a haven on earth by Nigeria standard?

Okay, let me say my own now.
I decided not to trust the opinion of the OP, or that of my brother Chino11 and decided to do something else entirely to verify things for myself.
I did a Google satellite view of Awka and all other state capitals in Nigeria. I would suggest you all try it, in fact insist.

My finding:

Awka really shocked me in terms of development one can see by satellite! At a point I started comparing it with Onitsha, switching from Onitsha to Awka, and then I viewed Asaba. My finding suggest that Awka is a rapidly developing city, and with modern buildings (at least judging from the roofs I saw by satellite). I was also shocked that Awka looked to have more buildings than Asaba the capital of an oil rich state. I looked at Yenagoa and almost cried.
I had to use a microscope to see Ado Ekiti. lol
The only towns clearly dwarfing Awka in the East are PH, Enugu and Owerri. Awka can duke it out with others.
If you don't believe me, use Google satellite.

The only snag I saw was that the road networks are not yet fully in place, though one may say that you cannot see the quality of the roads by satellite. All the same, I don't know why anyone would call Awka the least developed capital in Nigeria. Only dubious folks would say that.

chino11: I have been busy in the office since morning reading and laughing all over una gibberish, well am off from work lets face it. There is no point responding to people whose states has been consider broke and bankrupt.

Awka hosts some of best housing estates, some of the best hotels even enugu hotels cannot compete with. As much as we know that Awka is an emerging model state capital in Nigeria, as a government consultant am privileged to have some classified information which none of you dudes who have refused to name your state so that we can compare and contrast. Presently Awka UN Master plan is presently being implemented to make Awka to further make the city a befitting home to live and work.

Government is attending to so many roads within and around the city, even in Udoka estate where I live can compete with some of best estates in Abuja and Lagos. While other estate are seriously emerging with the road networks:viz a viz ( Abuja estate, Ngozika estate, Light of the Nation estate etc.).Arthur Avenue, Zik Avenue dual carriageway is presently adorning the city with street lights, Federal government has since awarded Onitsha-Awka highway presently under construction by RCC. For us to has a healthy argument to learn, I implore anybody who is interested in this thread to throw his hat on floor by name his state of origin.

I am from Enugu and i live in Onitsha. I drive through Awka atleast once every week. Sometimes i drive from onitsha through Nkpor - ogidi - abatete- eziowelle - abagana and burst out in Awka. Sometimes i just use the useless highway from upper iweka to awka. @chino, stop boasting about awka unless you are just a government propaganda tool. You should be telling the world the truth so that awka will get improvements through truthful critisisms. Stop comparing Enugu in anyway with Awka. Both hotels and roads etc. Enugu is far far developed even before awka was named a state capital. Your peter obi visits and sleeps in enugu every week. I know his house near ekweremmadu's house in independence layout area of enugu.
The truth is that awka is relatively a new capital city just like oshogbo, lokoja, abakiliki and asaba. Owerri is far far ahead of awka.

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You are talking nonsense. Peter Obi never resided in enugu. Peter Obi was born and brought up in Onitsha, he has his first house where he lived built in American qtrs/GRA in Onitsha where he stayed before he moved into the refurbished govt house Awka. Even his father owns good number of real estates in Onitsha. He has another mansion in Agulu near Awka. I can take you round Awka and show you where big time individual of Anambra extraction are building their mansions in Awka GRA from Akunyili to Soludo to Andy Uba to Ekwunife. Infact Ekwunife's house has since been completed and moved into. I have all these classified dossiers because of my office.

Enugu largely under developed, now kill yourself. I make bold to say that enugu state is hugely and massively under developed because of what the eastern region has given to it. Take a trip round Awka, the city within a space of 20years has more advanced and sophisticated hotels and housing estates. If you want to have an idea of what am saying stand at NNPC mega station near Silverbird TV/Radio Awka, you will have a better view of skyline of Awka with houses cladded in red, blue, green and milk-colored roofs.

If you talk too much I will reveal a classified document revealing large chunk of land acquired by Ekweremmadu where is he building gigantic hotel/housing estate somewhere around Business District here in Awka. If people have been investing in enugu how come it remains about 10-15% urban? Enugu state is a rubbish because it is less than 10% urban as against 75% Anambra urban.

Stop boasting about enugu, because it has been consider a fiscally dead and highly indebted state that needs acquisition by its vibrant neighbor Anambra. Have you bothered to travel to Nsukka to Udi to Awgwu to Agbani; you will see height of government neglect, these towns are supposed to have been big towns by now but like as always you guys continue to run round small enugu urban planlessly eating dog meat. lol.

As I write this piece I have a client who has sold off his entire estates he built in the 80s somewhere in Achara layout and presently he has acquired large land through my Ministry for onward development of real estate and hospitality in Awka. If enugu continues in its stunted growth Awka will over take it in no time.