sagytarius™:
What happened to Nigeria?

Ironsi happened to Nigeria. He made Nigeria a unitary state and effectively killed the healthy rivalry between the regions.
The groundnuts pyramids disappeared, cocoa production started to declined and the future of Nigeria given on a platter to incompetent despots for decades.

lygn19: Nyc city... How come in 30years it became nigeria's slum estate

Best artifacts and structures erode and corrode with time....





....Especially, if you don't maintain them!!!

Brimmie: Your point tho?? And what's political about this?

I can't blame you... I put the blame on F.G n ASUU

c as dat boi, by nw na man... dey shine teeth wit him bushy hair, dat guy go don dey nairaland nw dey browse o

I think the main factors that has made cities like Lagos and Ibadan to wear out compared to how they were in the 60s is population, lack of proper management and the centralization of power. Had the western region still been in vogue, Ibadan would have been the most important city in the region and the government of the region would have done everything possible to sustain it. But now the Nigeria is being run from Abuja, a lot of cities have been neglected and a lot of people have migrated to these big cities to better their life and this population explosion has contributed immensely in what these cities have become. However, cities like Enugu and Calabar have not suffered what Ibadan has suffered because they've not experienced the pressure that Lagos, Ibadan, Onitsha, Aba and Port-hacourt have experienced. Their population is still moderate and they have the infrastructure to handle their current population.

Aigbofa:

Ironsi happened to Nigeria. He made Nigeria a unitary state and effectively killed the healthy rivalry between the regions.
The groundnuts pyramids disappeared, cocoa production started to declined and the future of Nigeria given on a platter to incompetent despots for decades.

No wonder he is not on any Naira Bill? Waht a faux pas

Afam4eva: I think the main factors that has made cities like Lagos and Ibadan to wear out compared to how they were in the 60s is population, lack of proper management and the centralization of power. Had the western region still been in vogue, Ibadan would have been the most important city in the region and the government of the region would have done everything possible to sustain it. But now the Nigeria is being run from Abuja, a lot of cities have been neglected and a lot of people have migrated to these big cities to better their life and this population explosion has contributed immensely in what these cities have become. However, cities like Enugu and Calabar have not suffered what Ibadan has suffered because they've not experienced the pressure that Lagos, Ibadan, Onitsha, Aba and Port-hacourt have experienced. Their population is still moderate and they have the infrastructure to handle their current population.

Sometimes I wonder if someone hijacked your ID. It is always good to tell the truth.

lygn19: Nyc city... How come in 30years it became nigeria's slum estate

^^^One answer: Nigeria! let's be honest here! It's the same story with other cities that were on an upward trajectory in the 60s!

Oh God why did we chase d colonial masters away

Aigbofa:

Sometimes I wonder if someone hijacked your ID. It always good to tell the truth.

When i say what you like, it's the truth. No problem.

albiol: Oh God why did we chase d colonial masters away

^^^

Afam4eva:
When i say what you like, it's the truth. No problem.

Truth is sacrosanct my friend.

Rustic Old Settlement

Those who are responsible for backwardness of our Nation, May God reward them accordingly to the measure of the EVIL done against the Nigerian Nation.

johnstar: c as dat boi, by nw na man... dey shine teeth wit him bushy hair, dat guy go don dey nairaland nw dey browse o

Wait, na person Grandpa you dey yab like that? :d

This is one of the reasons why I will never support a return to military rule (in which one Colonel who is the state governor, will take orders from one General at the centre).

Things are gradually improving because we have competition between different political parties, governments, etc.

Would you believe that Colonel Marwa had to obtain permission from General Abacha before he could move from State House Ikeja to State House Marina? Of course an elected governor does not need such permission from an elected president.

When we see things like this,we musnt 4get to say:
THANK YOU AWO!!!!
Like it or not,he developed al dis as premier when ibadan was capital of western region.
(Not necessarily built)

My chic must not see that first pic . But at least we have skyscrapers in Ibadan!. Let me ask her if they have in enugu.

[quote author=fitzmayowa]End time tinz...[/quotewhat has endtime got to do with this?

why are u all lamenting about the past. that ibadan is gone and we to think about gettin things back on track and way forward for our dear country.

True son of Ibadan land. My home land will return to her old glory days.

I can c kenneth dike library

Crassus: more ib

mowo bata BATA

meaning i wear shoes bought from BATA

i could remember going with my DAD to Bata to buy Christmas shoe and school sandals

they are real leather
i mean hard real leather shoes

lygn19: Nyc city... How come in 30years it became nigeria's slum estate

Because the fucktards of the state voted for Alao Akala.

ARE YOU SURE THIS IS IBADAN OF IN THE SIXTIES OR ITS IBADAN BY 2097

Sagamite:

Because the fucktards of the state voted for Alao Akala.

I missed this word...! Where have you been?

Now, they will give us on lousy bridge and throw party like they used their money to do us a favour.
We are d new generation, we will safeguard d cultural values of d Yoruba race, we will prepare d future for d coming generation, We will defend any oppressed Yoruba man and we will fight any Yoruba man oppressing people, we will condemn evil and uphold the 'OMOLUABI' tenet. Pls join us on www.omokaroojire.com to clean up the space a bit.
Its fun socializing in our mother's tongue and rebuilding our society.

Ibadan was a first class city in the making, but Nigeria as a country derailed Ibadan and the SW in general..