shymexx:

That wasn't what I was arguing against... I was talking about comparing developments in Nigeria with America... Nigeria is a 3rd world country and America is a first rate country - so it'll be unfair to compare the two... How about compare like for like?? - Nigeria with let's say South Africa or something

Everything on this thread is praiseworthy and it shows there are certain things to be proud about in the country..

Roseart:

But no one flies out of the country to receive basic health care In fact your own countrymen in the UK come to America for treatment, UK must be hell on Earth.

London has slums too, Its not all English tea and Big Ben

Gabbysky:

plz Bro stay in ur UK and leave our Naija alone, THANK YOU!

Tusky44: Not inspired. Low quality that would mean most of these projects will be re-awarded and commissioned again. Just the same old rubbish with local champions moving around and posing for the camera like a bunch of excited wild beasts.

ROSSIKE: Ado Bayero Mall, Kano

Spread over 10 hectares, Ado Bayero Mall will offer 24,000 m² of retail and entertainment space comprised of two major international shopping retailers (Shoprite & Game), the largest and modern indoor multi-screen cinema (Film House Cinemas) and a broad range of other offerings including restaurants, media stores and an indoor play area for young children. Furthermore, the mall offers over fifty (50) customisable shop spaces and ample parking for 1000 automobiles. Ado Bayero Mall will also offer specialist facilities for department stores, banks, fast food outlets, salons and indeed any tenant who may have special requirements.

The owners of the mall, Beverly Development and Realties Limited (BDRL) will be responsible for the management of the mall through a world class facility management firm. AdoBayero Mall is scheduled to open its doors to the general public in the second quarter of 2013. Anchor tenants include Game, Shoprite and Film House Ltd. Sole letting agents are Broll Property Services Limited.

While the mall constitutes the first phase of the development on the site, it is the intention of the owners to embark on a second phase comprising a 4-5 star hotel and an amusement park – thus providing the customers a unique blend of shopping, entertainment and hospitality experience.

maryjames9: Most of those pix are projects completed even before jonathan become president especially the Kwara Aviation school. Funny again,the poster uploaded pix of mall, shoprite, supermarket and buildings that have nothing to do with infrastructure development and capital projects. Roads pix taken are obviously a big scam. You take a pix of just one road with different sections. Smart. Let PDP led government finish lagos ibadan expressway and many other major roads around d country that claim lives everyday, build standard hospitals,fight corruption and then we will knw Gej is working.

geeez: Some of these projects; malls and hotels are not infrastructural developments that will affect the common people except a few roads in Abuja, the Lekki Free Trade Zone and the Lagos Light Rail by BRF.

All the others are just like you coming to take a picture of my homes and offices and putting them up

Toaskarity: these are the kind of thread i dream to see whenever i visit nigeria website not only about hundreds bombed today,kidnapped yesterday etc.
op i love those pictures, i know measurity of them are abandon or someday will but the truth is that may be someday someone will get it right, there is still some hope.

God2man: @Rossike, Great pics. God bless you for taking your time to post.

God2man.

ROSSIKE:

You're WRONG. Malls and hotels are developments that require thousands of workers in all areas to build, maintain, and support them. Even the building of your home or office contributes to economic development. Or did human beings not build and maintain those structures? Did they do it for free? Fact is when there is a construction boom, it impacts positively on the economy, providing opportunities to the workforce. If you look at what the US did to stimulate their economy after the Bush decline, it was construction they focused on. They knew the economic activities generated by that would catapault the economy back to life, which it did.

anulaxad:
You wish,may I ask how would you know?
London,the most competitive city in the world has slums, you are funny . IF YOU FIND ANY SLUMS FROM LONDON THAT ARE FROM THE SAME 21 ST CENTURY WE ARE IN, POST IT.AND IF YOU DO, I SHALL WRITE AN APOLOGY FOR EVEN TRYING TO STEP UP TO YOU.BUT ITS VERY UNLIKELY.


ENGLAND A COUNTRY THAT RECEIVES PROBABLY THE BEST HEALTHCARE IN THE WORLD YOU ARE TALKING LIKE THAT.WHERE HEALTHCARE IS FREE FOR MOST OF ITS CITIZEN.
WAIT, A COUNTRY WHERE ANYONE WHO IS NOT WORKING OR RECEIVING GOVERNMENT BENEFITS AND PEOPLE WHO EARN LOW WAGES, (SOMETHING THAT'S MORE THAN MINIMUM WAGES IN THAT GOD FORSAKING COUNTRY), ARE ENTITLED TO FREE HEALTHCARE.

AND THIS IS NOT EVEN COMPARED TO THE CHINESE OR JAPANESE GOVERNMENT, WHICH IF I HAD TIME I CAN EXPLAIN WHY THEY ARE EVEN BETTER. AND THEN SOMEONE HAS THE GUTS TO SAY NIGERIA IS ON THE RISE. A COUNTRY THAT A LITTLE FIRE CRACKER, DESTROYED SEVERAL HOUSES AND LEAVING ONE DEAD. WHILE IN BRAZIL THERE WAS A BUILDING, FULL OF CHEMICALS, WHICH SET ON FIRE, BUT NO WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR DIED AND IT HARDLY AFFECTED THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

incase it escaped you,your 'UK' has been overtaken by 'slum infested'brazil as the 7th largest economy.stop making a fool of yourself.very soon that your 'free healthcare' will become expensive for the UK to manage.if they like they should go on with their 'we are better than all y'all' attitude and conservatism and watch the rest of the world move past them.then people like you go find how you go take come back but we go bust you for MMA...

ROSSIKE: Ado Bayero Mall, Kano

Spread over 10 hectares, Ado Bayero Mall will offer 24,000 m² of retail and entertainment space comprised of two major international shopping retailers (Shoprite & Game), the largest and modern indoor multi-screen cinema (Film House Cinemas) and a broad range of other offerings including restaurants, media stores and an indoor play area for young children. Furthermore, the mall offers over fifty (50) customisable shop spaces and ample parking for 1000 automobiles. Ado Bayero Mall will also offer specialist facilities for department stores, banks, fast food outlets, salons and indeed any tenant who may have special requirements.

The owners of the mall, Beverly Development and Realties Limited (BDRL) will be responsible for the management of the mall through a world class facility management firm. AdoBayero Mall is scheduled to open its doors to the general public in the second quarter of 2013. Anchor tenants include Game, Shoprite and Film House Ltd. Sole letting agents are Broll Property Services Limited.

While the mall constitutes the first phase of the development on the site, it is the intention of the owners to embark on a second phase comprising a 4-5 star hotel and an amusement park – thus providing the customers a unique blend of shopping, entertainment and hospitality experience.

GenBuhari: [b][size=18pt]It is always nice to see projects under construction.

But a country the size of Nigeria should have 20 time this amount of projects.

how many of these projects are abandoned?

[b]How does building of malls in Nigeria impact the life of your hungry relatives in your village?

What is use of building malls ( which are often built by individuals who have looted our treasury)when the basics amenities are not in place:

Substandard electricity
substandard water
substandard transport system
substandard roads
substandard security
substandard education
substandard health service[/b]




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phantom:
Top 10 largest economies (2012)

Here are the world's largest economies as of 2012 using GDP (PPP) Gross Domestic Product at Purchasing Power Parity. This method however uses the U.S. dollar to measure each country's equivalent goods and services. The European Union's economy if included as a trading bloc would be the world's top economy at $15.65 trillion.

1. United States
Leading the pack is the United States with a GDP (PPP) of $15.29 trillion and a per capita GDP of $48,100. Its economy's growth rate slowed to a rate of 1.5% in 2011 down from 3% in 2010 as a result of the on going economic slowdown. Analysts estimate that it will continue to post these growth rates in the following years.

2. China
With a GDP (PPP) of $11.4 trillion, China is the biggest winner during the global recession as a result of tightly controlled currency system which greatly benefits its manufacturing base. China's growth rate in 2011 is a very impressive 9.2%. Not so bad considering its growth rate in 2010 is 10.5%. China's aging population is a great concern noting that Japan's stagnant economy is due to the fact that its population is aging, whether or not the same fate would happen to China will be revealed in the years to come.

3. India
The world's second most populous nation is now head to head with Japan's economic might. With a GDP (PPP) of $4.5 trillion, it is still open for debate whether it has truly overtook Japan's stagnating and slowing economy. However, with a growth rate of 7.8% it is set to pull ahead and settle as the world's 3rd largest economy.

4. Japan
Japan's high tech themed economy is unfortunately not growing at all, at -0.5% it is actually shrinking. With a GDP (PPP) of $4.49 trillion it is close to say if Japan actually fell to 4th largest economy, even if it is still the world's 3rd largest, it is bound to drop lower in the rankings if its economy cannot get out of stagnation. Its high surplus or savings rate in the past proved to be a problem later on in the game as consumer demand also stagnated because the Japanese wants to save more instead of spending it.

5. Germany
With a GDP (PPP) of $3.13 trillion and a growth rate of 2.7% in 2011, Germany is a leading exporter of chemical and machinery. It is also the top financier and the largest economy in the European Union. Fiscal problems within the Eurozone particularly that of Greece's carried a significant burden to Germany's economic growth but still managed to pull a positive growth rate thanks to a recent rebound in exports and manufacturing orders.

6. Russia
Russia's revitalized market economy from a centrally planned economy proved very beneficial to its citizens jumping right up to world's 6th largest economy. As the world's leading oil producer and possessing the world's largest natural gas reserves, Russia has a GDP (PPP) at $2.4 trillion and is still growing at a rate of 4.3% as of 2011.

7. Brazil
Brazil's GDP (PPP) at $2.32 trillion overtook the United Kingdom to claim the world's 7th largest economy. At a real growth rate of 2.7% in 2011 down from 7.5% in 2010 it is still reasonable to say that Brazil's economy will stay ahead of Britain's sluggish economy.

8. United Kingdom
Britain's public debt coupled with an economic slow down gradually reduced its growth rate from 1.4% in 2010 to only 1.1% in 2011, these figures are actually a great improvement from a negative 4 growth rate back in 2009. The U.K's GDP (PPP) as of 2011 is at $2.29 trillion, but with a slow growth rate, it is uncertain whether the U.K can reclaim its former spot from Brazil as the 7th largest.

9. France
France's growing unemployment rate, and fiscal deficits pushed the country to implement austerity measures to bring down its budget deficit to a 3% target by the year 2013. Its growth rate since has increased from a -2.6% in 2010 to 1.7% in 2011. France's GDP (PPP) is at $2.24 trillion.

10. Italy
With a growth rate of 0.38% in 2011, Italy might lose its spot as the world's 10th largest economy to Mexico which is closing in with a real growth rate of 3.8% in 2011 and a GDP (PPP) of $1.68 trillion compared to Italy's $1.87 trillion. Italy's sluggish economic growth is largely impacted by the Eurozone crisis.
http://www.econtrader.com/economics/explain/what_are_the_worlds_largest_biggest_economies.htm

incase it escaped you,your 'UK' has been overtaken by 'slum infested'brazil as the 7th largest economy.stop making a fool of yourself.very soon that your 'free healthcare' will become expensive for the UK to manage.if they like they should go on with their 'we are better than all y'all' attitude and conservatism and watch the rest of the world move past them.then people like you go find how you go take come back but we go bust you for MMA...