Klinee:
My friend shut-up Onitsha and Aba is advanced more than enugu and Owerri it just that they are more clean than them.

coolzeal:
Enugu state alone have about 6 tertiary institutions and last time I checked; Igbo states actually have the highest cut off mark in all level of education in Nigeria. I don't see us lacking in education.

rafindo:
if we are true to our self.Enugu and owerri are only city status that qualifies as a mega city.aba can be considered to be to be a micro city.if proper city planning was done and with ambitious building and effective mass transit should have been the largest city in eastern Nigeria. Onitsha lacks what can attract visitors.if pursue with vigorous planning and ambitious leader should be the mega city of the east.but mediocrity has placed it as an urban center city.the rest are towns .awka,nnewi,orlu,okigwe,nnsukka,umuahia,afikpo and abakaliki are all glorified town.if any of these are city then I am lost.

Klinee:
My friend shut-up Onitsha and Aba is advanced more than enugu and Owerri it just that they are more clean than them.

slimfit1:


There is difference between educated and certificate brove. Not everybody you see your church is a Christian.

coolzeal:
We go to school to acquire knowledge but really it's for the paper. I still don't get your point.

rafindo:
if we are true to our self.Enugu and owerri are only city status that qualifies as a mega city.aba can be considered to be to be a micro city.if proper city planning was done and with ambitious building and effective mass transit should have been the largest city in eastern Nigeria. Onitsha lacks what can attract visitors.if pursue with vigorous planning and ambitious leader should be the mega city of the east.but mediocrity has placed it as an urban center city.the rest are towns .awka,nnewi,orlu,okigwe,nnsukka,umuahia,afikpo and abakaliki are all glorified town.if any of these are city then I am lost.

mentorandfriend:
Owerri has it. Owerri is the cleanest, with high density of civil servants and educated folks. You just have to love Owerri.

rafindo:
if we are true to our self.Enugu and owerri are only city status that qualifies as a mega city.aba can be considered to be to be a micro city.if proper city planning was done and with ambitious building and effective mass transit should have been the largest city in eastern Nigeria. Onitsha lacks what can attract visitors.if pursue with vigorous planning and ambitious leader should be the mega city of the east.but mediocrity has placed it as an urban center city.the rest are towns .awka,nnewi,orlu,okigwe,nnsukka,umuahia,afikpo and abakaliki are all glorified town.if any of these are city then I am lost.

hakinze00:
hahaha surely it is an igbo person that compiled this list,y V.I Or V.G.C no dy here,or some places in ibadan...mtcheww

hakinze00:
hahaha surely it is an igbo person that compiled this list,y V.I Or V.G.C no dy here,or some places in ibadan...mtcheww

oneeast:
Onitsha is ahead of Enugu and Owerre in every sense of development as a city while Awka is an emerging Dubai in Nigeria with the kind of flyovers you can only see in Dubai and New York.

For you to say that about Onitsha means you haven't been there at least in the last 3yrs. I consider enugu and Owerre as old and stunted towns with no economy nor big infrastructures like 10 lanes super highways like we have in Onitsha.

Onitsha is the only SE city that attracts the highest number of visitors to the region. And also represent to SE what Lagos and PH is to SW and SS respectively.
ur bigotry is very alarming .it shows how ur mindset have been wrapped since 80 BC.Dubai u are comparing with Onitsha .dubai has a standard airport,a well organized transport, stadium and iconic building. Enugu has more iconic building, stadium and airport which Onitsha does not.

oneeast:
You are talking rubbish. You start the bigotry and silliness but i will be here to give it back to you with facts. Onitsha has an economy thrice bigger than that of Enugu. Onitsha has thrice iconic buildings both residential/commercial more than enugu. Onitsha has two stadia and Anambra international Cargo/passenger airport is under construction off Onitsha.

The next thing you will say is that enugu has a mall, but I will remind you that Anambra has 3 under construction. Onitsha mall will open in August/September.

rafindo:
u are so stupid u don't know the difference BTW a city and a state in the Nigeria context. anambra having a mall doesn't make it a better destination. Enugu has more iconic structure than Onitsha.the new Secretariat, international conference center,an airport,a FIFA approved stadium and a sprawling mass transit. Onitsha does not have these amenities.

oneeast:
Shut up you b.astard, you are talking nonsense and rubbish. Onitsha has more iconic structures thrice more than enugu. Onitsha has an economy thrice more than enugu. Onitsha has a 5 star hotel with a conference center(Raddison Blu). Anambra has the best mass transit system (transportation). Onitsha has 2 stadia. Onitsha has a Port facility, Onitsha has an industrial estates (jobs). Onitsha has 10 lanes super highways. Onitsha attracts more people to it thrice more than Enugu. Onitsha has more banks thrice than enugu. A lot of things makes a city. All these enugu has none of it. Stop hyping enugu because its just an empty town filled with poor people mostly under paid civil servants.

Abagworo:
1 Enugu

2 Owerri

3 Onitsha

4 Aba

5 Umuahia

6 Abakaliki

7 Awka

Those are the only 7 cities in the Southeast according to basic standard of livability and sustainability. Each has its unique advantage if various parameters are employed. Nnewi, Orlu, Obosi, Abiriba etc are not cities but just urbanised or populous villages inhabited 80% by people from them respectively. Obosi is an exception as it is just a small part of Onitsha city but also a village.

Abagworo:
1 Enugu

2 Owerri

3 Onitsha

4 Aba

5 Umuahia

6 Abakaliki

7 Awka

Those are the only 7 cities in the Southeast according to basic standard of livability and sustainability. Each has its unique advantage if various parameters are employed. Nnewi, Orlu, Obosi, Abiriba etc are not cities but just urbanised or populous villages inhabited 80% by people from them respectively. Obosi is an exception as it is just a small part of Onitsha city but also a village.

lyg19:
port dat has never worked b4..

oneeast:
It has been completed and it is being concessioned to a foreign facilities management companies.

Klinee:
i didnt agree with u Nnewi is full standard city.

Schematics:
Here are the SE cities according to basic affordability, livability and sustainability, :

Enugu

Onitsha

Aba

Awka

Owerre

Umuahia

Abakaliki

Orlu is just a town as Ekwulobia and Okigwe. Nnewi can pass for a state capital because it has an economy twice the size of Owerre.

Abagworo:


Maybe to you. A place where almost all houses are owned by people from same place and inhabited mostly by people of same place cannot be a city but a populated village or semi-urban. Orlu, Oguta, Nkwerre, Ekwulobia, Akokwa, Nnobi, Awkaetiti, Abiriba and Nnewi fall into that category. Nnewi is a bigger semi urban but not a city.

Abagworo:

If not that Awka was made a State capital it should have been in same grade as Nnewi, Nsukka and Orlu. Aba is down on the list because of bad leadership. If the next government invests in roads, Aba will climb to 3rd after Enugu and Owerri displacing Onitsha. Owerri should have been 1st if not for Ohakims wasted 4 years which Chime used well thereby putting Enugu 4 years ahead of Owerri. If the next Enugu governor slacks a bit, I see Owerri emerging tops by 2019.

oneeast:
Shut up if you don't have anything to say. Nnewi has an economy twice bigger than Owerre and it is not a city in your on view? Nnewi hosts a lot of Imolites and other SE people we are into auto business. Nnewi has industries that hosts even Yorubas that are working in the place and it is not a city in your view because an Hausaman does not own a house there. Ezi!

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Abagworo:

Well compare with other places mentioned and understand the difference. Bonny is the chairman of Nigerian oil industry but cannot be called a city either.

oneeast:
What is a city in your own definition is what I cannot make out in your previous statement. Yes, any place that is self-sustaining can be described as a city. YES, If Nnewi and Bonny can run and sustain itself without external help then it can be called a city. because it can easily provide any amount of infrastructure it so desires with its own output! Get it!

Abagworo:


Since Nigeria has not mapped out the exact definition of a city I will allow you make your own choice while I make mine. However when I visit my friends in Nnewi I feel like someone in another populated village. I feel same everywhere else but Owerri, Onitsha, Aba, Umuahia, Enugu, Awka and Abakaliki.