Desola: As nice as these pictures are, it pains me that development seems to be taking place in one state of the west. I would be happier to see such development recorded in other Yoruba states like Ibadan, Abeokuta and the rest. I want other Yoruba states to give Lagos a run for its money!

Lagos shouldn't be the be all and end all.

rabdeluxe: Why you no waka go ebute metta, ijora, ojuelegba? Make U go snap...

seanet01: Forget.
Ogun state is currently witnessing the greatest DEVELOPMENTAL STRIDES a state could witness pari pasu its resources.
You need to visit Ogun to see development.
Amosun is a great man.

kettykings: A this stage Over hyping Lagos will not help anybody and will not profit the over hypers anything, i have often repeated in this Forum that Lagos is walking on Borrowed Lagos and if i were to borrow the words of a word smith Lagos is actually a giant on clay foot.

I will take the pains once again to compare the 2 different states in Nigeria Lagos and Akwa Ibom

The Budget of Lagos for 2013 was a mere N497.2B out of which it has only recorded 67% performance in the first quarter and assuming it records 67% all through that would yield N333B a little above the capital budget of Akwa Ibom

Akwa Ibom Budgeted N459.00 Only N118.79 billion of the budget is allocated to recurrent expenditure, while the remaining N304.515 billion is for capital projects and programmes, thus representing a recurrent-capital ratio of 1:3


Both states are coastal states but while Lagos relishes on the Apapa port designed ,built and maintained by the FG to boost internal maritime business Akwa Ibom is on its way to be the first state to build a deep sea port on its own.

It is also on Record that Akwa Ibom is the first and only state to build and operate an international Airport and a Hangar.

The international Airport and Deep sea port of Lagos state is still on the Drawing board since 2003.


While Lagos has served for more than 98 years as the Capital of Nigeria and the commercial capital , the State of Akwa Ibom was created in 1987 and is just 25 years as one of the 36 states of Nigeria.

Even though a non oil producing state and with virtually no meaningful solid mineral or cash crop, Lagos boasts of virtually the Headquarters of all the Oil Companies and oil servicing companies in Nigeria ,the presence of The headquarters of all the Telecommunication companies in Nigeria and the presence of all the Maritime company headquarters even though Nigeria is bounded by numerous coastal states. This is nothing but a distortion of economic planning, just the same way putting the headquarters of cocoa corporation to Borno a non cocoa producing state would have been.

So what i am saying in effect is that to a very careful observer Lagos is actually overrated, overhyped and over praised based on its privileged and vantages position as a former capital and presently commercial capital, Other less endowed and privileged states are doing much better and accomplishing much more than Lagos would have done it was never a former capital

Eko Ile:

All this acrobatic display over what? Especially over rubbish that you can not hack up with facts..m talk is cheap. NL no.go kill pesin sha..

may.rie:

What part of Ogun are you talking abt? I stay in Ogun and I see no development, and if there is it has to be called pseudo development.

ifeomabernard:
guy we want only the best of nigeria here and not ebutte metta or slums after all every state, country or town gots one

kettykings:

You can present what ever facts you feel i omitted, i did not intend to overawe any nerve but as a widely traveled and knowledgeable person to present the facts the way it is rather than be carried away by regional sentiments and lagos champion euphoria.
The title of the thread said rising Colossus , this is wrong Lagos is not a rising Colossus , Lagos is saturated and congested with very little room for growth and expansion compared with Akwa Ibom (the fastest growing state in Nigeria at the moment), the title should have read something like Lagos the saturated colossus or Lagos the aged Colossus.

in 2013 Lagos spent N333B over a human population of 18M or 9 M official population
Lagos spends 37,000 per individual a far outcry lower than 90% of the Niger Delta states

while Akwa Ibom spent N459.2 over a population of 5 million official estimates
Akwa Ibom spends 91840 per individual more than 200% over what lagos spends on an individual , this makes Akwa Ibom the undisputed Giant of and Rising Colossus of Nigeria
i am very sure the figures from the Core Niger Delta states will be very intimidating and mind blowing but i decided to use Lagos and Akwa Ibom for the comparison

Being a Colossus is not just the Roads and houses with paved and interlocking stones and solar powered street lights in a boulevard in Ikoyi or lekki but boils down to some very vital fundamentals, just like nobody buys or invest into a company based on the Company premises , official cars, well manned lawns and painted factory buildings without looking into the books of the company



Lets trade facts and not insults

kettykings:

You can present what ever facts you feel i omitted, i did not intend to overawe any nerve but as a widely traveled and knowledgeable person to present the facts the way it is rather than be carried away by regional sentiments and lagos champion euphoria.
The title of the thread said rising Colossus , this is wrong Lagos is not a rising Colossus , Lagos is saturated and congested with very little room for growth and expansion compared with Akwa Ibom (the fastest growing state in Nigeria at the moment), the title should have read something like Lagos the saturated colossus or Lagos the aged Colossus.

in 2013 Lagos spent N333B over a human population of 18M or 9 M official population
Lagos spends 37,000 per individual a far outcry lower than 90% of the Niger Delta states

while Akwa Ibom spent N459.2 over a population of 5 million official estimates
Akwa Ibom spends 91840 per individual more than 200% over what lagos spends on an individual , this makes Akwa Ibom the undisputed Giant of and Rising Colossus of Nigeria
i am very sure the figures from the Core Niger Delta states will be very intimidating and mind blowing but i decided to use Lagos and Akwa Ibom for the comparison

Being a Colossus is not just the Roads and houses with paved and interlocking stones and solar powered street lights in a boulevard in Ikoyi or lekki but boils down to some very vital fundamentals, just like nobody buys or invest into a company based on the Company premises , official cars, well manned lawns and painted factory buildings without looking into the books of the company



Lets trade facts and not insults

ghboy:
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too bad accra is much cleaner, less polluted, less conjested, better security n has better power supply

Eko Ile:

I'd just love to see hour facts or for you to show us where your facts are from. Until then, its just another made up rant we see on NL.
Talking about growth and development , beyond planting of trees and grasses in some locations in Lagos like under the Bridges built by the federal Government and the introduction of BRT buses is there any other public sectort induced changes in Lagos, how ever in Akwa Ibom i have listed major developmental pace setting projects like the deep sea port, the international airport and hangar and the major investments in the inter state highways
BTW, development and progress is not always about money since money can not bug vision, it can not buy good managerial skills, it can not buy ideas or competent teams needed to move the society forward.

I totally disagree with this Money can buy good vision, managerial skills and ideas or even a competent team,if you looked carefully enough you would have realized well enough how Oil producing countries like Saudi Arabia , UAE spend so much to attract the best professionals in medicine , Telecommunication and IT all over the world and how the Giant Companies in US and UK spend that so much more to poach skilled manpower from other companies and from the Universities this is buying skills, vision. Ideas can be bought by hiring consultants which many states are doing by hiring tax consultants who in turn give them ideas on how to boost their revenues

Example, some states like the one you mentioned, the governor can not hide the fact that he's a bad manager and custodian of public trust and funds.. Dishing out public funds to celebrities, buying cars for celebrities and sending people to Dubai with state funds is a tragic sign of lousy and incompetent leadership. Wasting public funds on frivolous luxuries like private jet and luxury armored vans is a sign of leadership in disarray...
If the Governor for spending money a society wedding of one of its citizens is bad management what would you rate a Governor and a Government that spent a whopping N2B tax payers money on the Birth Day of an ex Governor, if that was not enough The Governor spent N80M quid on a porn actress for a 45 minutes brief mind you we are still comparing Lagos and Akwa Ibom

Carrying such leaders like the one I described above on your shoulders as good governance is a terrible reflection of your own flawed and corrupt state of mind.

if that is a reflection of a poor state of mind what would you call carrying and praising the Other Governor who has entertained a porn Actress and spent a fortune on a Birthday of an ex-convict

BTW. Yes lets trade trade facts by comparing fashola and apabio' s achievements since they both entered office around the same time.

ba7man: All this story you wrote doesn't change the fact that Lagos dwarfs Akwa-Ibom in everything and that doesn't seem its about to change for the next 100 years and beyond. Companies can't situate their HQs there because nothing is happening there. Akwa-Ibom ought to have attracted international attention if it was showing all that potential but its only attracted yours so far.

kettykings: .

Eko Ile:

So basically, your facts are unsubstantiated nonsense and rumors about some actress and birthday.?

Stop spewing lies and trash you can not back upn with facts. Must you people turn everything into comedy? lmao.


You answered everything with your comedic rant, but you ignored the challenge because you saw your trip hole.

Again, both governors entered office at the same time so let's compare their achievements, let's compare what they have.built and.commissioned.

Stop dodging. Put up or shut up

Eko Ile:

So basically, your facts are unsubstantiated nonsense and rumors about some actress and birthday.?

Stop spewing lies and trash you can not back upn with facts. Must you people turn everything into comedy? lmao.


You answered everything with your comedic rant, but you ignored the challenge because you saw your trip hole.

Again, both governors entered office at the same time so let's compare their achievements, let's compare what they have.built and.commissioned.

Stop dodging. Put up or shut up

chucky234: yeah that's a lie

solomon111: This is a lie.
You can't compare abuja to lagos lai lai.
Abuja is a world class city with very stunning architecture.
Lagos is still learning.

kettykings:

Commissioned Projects

Akwa Ibom has commisioned an International Airport and a hangar project mean while the Lagos international Airport has been in the drawing board since 1999

Akwa Ibom has commissioned an IPP generating 190 megawatts meanwhile Lagos has only commissioned 10 MW (colossus indeed)

Several Dualised major highways Lagos has not only taxed heavily the Epe, Aja Inhabitants but move at an incredibly slow pace of 1 Km /year

5 star hotel Lagos has not built any but depends on investors who have no other means of income than politics
also see http://www.pointblanknews.com/ListofAkwaIbomProjects.pdf
in progress


Development of a fishing Hub
A dam nkari dam has has no dam projects as it they are required

The Ibaka Sea port The Lagos sea Port has been in the drawing board since 1999 and it is depending on NPA

The rail link to Calabar and Aba Lagos rail link is being awaited

Olympic sized stadium Lagos has 3 stadiums all owned by the Federal Government

Industrial project in Eket Lagos has new plans for an Economic hub in lekki/epe but still in the drawing board (possibly will be implemented before 2014)

Eko Ile:

That's it? lmao.

1. To start with, what do you want me to do with.manufactured stories on some online tabloid nonsense like point blank?

2. Do you have official state documents and pictures?

3 . Are you telling me this is all the man has achieved since he entered office? I can even count everything you listed on one hand? lmao.

4. Your seaport is not a commissioned project.

5. States shouldn't be building hotels with tax layers money.

6. Is the rail link a state or federal project and is it a.commissioned project?

7. Lagos state built the first and largest IPP in Nigeria when apabio so cut that noise about IPP.

8. We have Olympic size swimming pool in Lagos at Teslim Balogun, it was used last year during the national sports festival and it doesn't belong to your incompetent abuja uncles. The ones that belongs to your uncles are dry and and entertaining lizards and other reptiles.

9. The ikoyi link bridge alone trumps all the 2 or 3 village flyover bridge.

10. You can not list at least 10 commissioned roads in apabios state.


10. there are almost ten industrial estates in lagos and ikeja industrial alone trumps every industrial activity in the whole of that region and not just akwa.

Questions.


Where are the water works? There are 15 in lagos.

Where are the schools?

Where are the hospitals and clinics?

Where are the parks and rec centers?

Where are the skill acquisition centers. There are 17 in lagos.

Where are the low cost housing. Fashola built many and there is one currently on the front page.

Where are the orphanages and homes for abused women.

Where are your state institutional infrastructures like the courts, agric institutes.

Show us your water jetties and terminals.

Show us anywhere in Nigeria with visionary projects like lagbus, brt, ten lane expressly with brt and metro rail access.

show us your cultural institutions like freedom square

Maybe I should stop here and allow you to catch up before continuing..


I'm waiting


.

With almost the same amount of money like lagos state and the meager nonsense you listed and with just less than 5 million people, apabio is a huge disappointment.

Eko Ile:

That's it? lmao.

1. To start with, what do you want me to do with.manufactured stories on some online tabloid nonsense like point blank?

2. Do you have official state documents and pictures?

3 . Are you telling me this is all the man has achieved since he entered office? I can even count everything you listed on one hand? lmao.

4. Your seaport is not a commissioned project.

5. States shouldn't be building hotels with tax payers money.

6. Is the rail link a state or federal project and is it a.commissioned project?

7. Lagos state built the first and largest IPP in Nigeria when apabio so cut that noise about IPP.

8. We have Olympic size swimming pool in Lagos at Teslim Balogun, it was used last year during the national sports festival and it doesn't belong to your incompetent abuja uncles. The ones that belongs to your uncles are dry and and entertaining lizards and other reptiles.

9. The ikoyi link bridge alone trumps all the 2 or 3 village flyover bridge.

10. You can not list at least 10 commissioned roads in apabios state.


10. there are almost ten industrial estates in lagos and ikeja industrial alone trumps every industrial activity in the whole of that region and not just akwa.

Questions.


Where are the water works? There are 15 in lagos.

Where are the schools?

Where are the hospitals and clinics?

Where are the parks and rec centers?

Where are the skill acquisition centers. There are 17 in lagos.

Where are the low cost housing. Fashola built many and there is one currently on the front page.

Where are the orphanages and homes for abused women.

Where are your state institutional infrastructures like the courts, agric institutes.

Show us your water jetties and terminals.

Show us anywhere in Nigeria with visionary projects like lagbus, brt, ten lane expressly with brt and metro rail access.

show us your cultural institutions like freedom square

Maybe I should stop here and allow you to catch up before continuing..


I'm waiting


.

With almost the same amount of money like lagos state and the meager nonsense you listed and with just less than 5 million people, apabio is a huge disappointment.