southpole:
It was a fact released by the then FTC minister El- Rufai years ago which can be checked by anybody.

send the link of reputable media house covering his story saying that.. besides during el rufai abuja doesnt have a gis in place

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Exc2000:


send the link of reputable media house covering his story saying that.. besides during el rufai abuja doesnt have a gis in place

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ejimatic:
It was conceived by Murhatala Mohammed and developed by Obasanjo but Babangida ensured it became fulfilled in 1991...

Then it must be conceived around 75 & 76 and not beyond 78 with was posted

Exc2000:


send the link of reputable media house covering his story saying that.. besides during el rufai abuja doesnt have a gis in place

For your information AGIS was established by El- Rufai and I don't know why you are so lazy to contact AGIS to clear your doubt Google will lead you to AGIS. Sound like you are an Igbo person and probably think Igbos don't have a stake in Abuja because you have been deceived with the illusion of Igbo marginalization. Are you also doubting that Igbos control commercial activities in almost all the state capitals in Nigeria including Lagos, Kano and Kaduna?. Or why do you think that people like us are saying that Biafra will never be? Because most of the richest people in the south east have these businesses and landed properties and will never agree that the country should break.

southpole:
[s] For your information AGIS was established by El- Rufai and I don't know why you are so lazy to contact AGIS to clear your doubt Google will lead you to AGIS. Sound like you are an Igbo person and probably think Igbos don't have a stake in Abuja because you have been deceived with the illusion of Igbo marginalization. Are you also doubting that Igbos control commercial activities in almost all the state capitals in Nigeria including Lagos, Kano and Kaduna?. Or why do you think that people like us are saying that Biafra will never be? Because most of the richest people in the south east have these businesses and landed properties and will never agree that the country should break. [/s]

leave story... too much talks sounds like falacy... please for God sake share the link of where elrufai said so

The finger of Gods judgment on Gowon for hosting a great world idol festival that brought about "Festac 77" that also accomodated worldidolatry
bloodwas spilt that day and a satanic host invited as Nigeria's doors were flung open for desecration.
God decided to punish the sin of idolatry by removing his glory and taking away such abomination away.
Gods finger removed Nigeria's capital from lagos as OBJ who became the modern Nebuchadennezar was thrown into prison for cordinating the worlds greatest Idolatrous Festival
Lagos became a spiritual sodom and gommorah with the arrival of new gods.
i heard that the new capitals foundation waslaid with 7 beheaded souls.its a bloody capital too

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Exc2000:


leave story... too much talks sounds like falacy... please for God sake share the link of where elrufai said so

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Sirwallace:


Then it must be conceived around 75 & 76 and not beyond 78 with was posted

Yes and correct

post=82854034:

Good thread.
Good and reasonable reason.

God bless Nigeria

You see yourself...

Pls answer the question on this picture...

BrutusOj:
I disagree, Kogi is better, north, East and west are close to Kogi unlike Abuja that is inclined to the North only.

but the kogi people are too strong for the hausa fulani to subjugate as they easily subjugated the Gwaris.
do you now get the idea?

I wonder how you were raised is more polite than rudely demanding who raised you.

Says more about the person asking and how they question their own upbringing.

Exc2000:


leave story... too much talks sounds like falacy... please for God sake share the link of where elrufai said so

ok, I know your type. Bye

Some people eh

Chukapage:
No nation puts their capital in a Coastal area like Lagos it's dangerous! A possible military invasion might happen ,and Lagos at it's strategic position will be destroyed easily. Imagine invading a country and you capture and destroy the capital first it's a disgrace.Abuja is in the middle that's why it's CAPITAL. There is no tribal motive behind it ,it's just common sense.Do you know a feirce enemy with strong Navy and military hardware's can even SINK Lagos? Whoever shifted the CAPITAL was a Genius! It would not have even be wise to allow the capital be in the coastal city of CALABAR either.

. You are amazing in your explanation. Thank you.

Not anymore, Abuja is more populated than just last year.
Abuja actually have plenty municipal towns and villages that not inside the main Abuja city but on its terrory. Municipals like Gwarinpa Estate, Mararaba town, Kubwa, Lugbe Gwagwalada and many more towns and village's Abuja Population is actually more larger than pple outside abuja actually thinks.

Booksrite001 did you write a script that shares every post on nairaland? Are you testing it out?

FarahAideed:
The north wanted the seat of govt out of the south !!!!! It had nothing to do with over population of Lagos

But Abuja is more of central Nigeria than it is north. Lokoja & Jos were other options of consideration for the capital of Nigeria.

Lagos was so much into the heart of a majority group's region and it was very much unfair.

funmike83:
Cos it is closer to the north where they dictate power, most of the rich men from the north reside there

No, I think most rich business men in the north reside in Kano. Most rich civil servants in the north Kaduna.
It is more of the rich northern politicians and political appointees that reside in Abuja.

However, Abuja is not Hausa land. Hausas and the indigenes clash regularly.

Grandlord:
Booksrite001 did you write a script that shares every post on nairaland? Are you testing it out?

Let's not call everything 'scripts'.
And also, let's remove 'every' .

Nice observation though. Yes. It's alive already. What do you think?

booksrite001:


Let's not call everything 'scripts'.
And also, let's remove 'every' .

Nice observation though. Yes. It's alive already. What do you think?

Yeah I know. Was only exaggerating.

I think it is a bit of a nuisance to users on here getting to see all of their posts being shared. I mean, to what end? I'm eager to know.

Grandlord:
Yeah I know. Was only exaggerating.

I think it is a bit of a nuisance to users on here getting to see all of their posts being shared. I mean, to what end? I'm eager to know.

Well, at a time, I was sharing a lot of posts without minding who owns them... So some people got like tens of their posts shared which pretty got them talking, etc.

So I optimized to share someone's post just once. I guess that has been working as I got no further complaint.

So basically, once I share your comment, that will be the first and last time.

booksrite001:


Well, at a time, I was sharing a lot of posts without minding who owns them... So some people got like tens of their posts shared which pretty got them talking, etc.

So I optimized to share someone's post just once. I guess that has been working as I got no further complaint.

So basically, once I share your comment, that will be the first and last time.

This man sha. So school me on how you wrote that code. Looks like something you'd do with selenium or Beautifulsoup on Python

How did your illiterate father know that Igbos is the largest land older in Abuja ?
So your father foolishly assumed with all the looting Igbo claim as been orchestrated by the same Aboki they will still open their eyes and allow you own 5% of Abuja ? You are definitely high on foolishness, I am sure ven God can not save you from the level of bigotry and acute foolishness.

BizLifeE:
okay let me give a different view from Kennedy’s cabal theory.
Lagos was deeply entrenched in the heartland of one of the main ethnic groups in Nigeria and there was no chance it was going to loosen up. Contrary to the widely held belief in the South of Nigeria, Abuja is not Hausa land but the minority Gwari tribe. Igbo people from South of Nigeria are now the largest land holders in Abuja.

Grandlord:
This man sha. So school me on how you wrote that code. Looks like something you'd do with selenium or Beautifulsoup on Python

Shai.. It's pretty easy to do anything once you understand the system. I used basic http-wrapped methods to spool. Nothing a big deal. The most important thing is to understand the system.

fergie001:

The OP's submissions are valid and it was a decision that bore all semblance of correctness.
Coastal (easy to be subject to attack),
Infrastructural expansion deficit, and
Dominance of a particular major ethnic group, having just come out from a civil war.
The exact reasons why Brazil moved from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia.

Moreover, they wanted a central rallying point for the country, hence Abuja.

The man who headed the panel that decided it was Abuja wasn't a Northerner...he is Yoruba, Justice Akinola Aguda.

The panel concluded its work and submitted to the then Head of State, Gen. Murtala Muhammed who announced it 7 days before his assassination.

PS:
The capital moved to Abuja from Lagos on the 12th of December 1991 and not in 1993.


PANEL COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO DECIDED IT WAS ABUJA
Hon. Justice T. Akinola Aguda, Chairman
Dr. Tai Solarin, Member
Col. Monsignor Pedro Martins, Member
Alhaji Muhammad Musa Isma, Member
Chief Owen Feibai, Member
Dr. Ajato Gandonu, Member
Professor, O. K. Ogan, Member

Under military regime in a room surrounded by soldiers of a northern president is it not obvious it was just a mock meeting to use Southerners when the site of the capital was selected already if this happened under a democratic dispensation like shagari I'd have agreed there was no bias siteing Abuja in northern lands

goldman777:

Under military regime in a room surrounded by soldiers of a northern president is it not obvious it was just a mock meeting to use Southerners when the site of the capital was selected already if this happened under a democratic dispensation like shagari I'd have agreed there was no bias siteing Abuja in northern lands

Some of these reasons are valid.

There is no room for expansion in Lagos.
Security-wise, wasn't the best.

I am not unmindful there could be other reasons, but I believe these reasons are very very valid on a neutral basis.

Let me also inform that do you know that a country known as Burma moved their capital from Rangoon to Naypidaw..you know why?

The Government simply gave no reasons till date.
Rumours have it that an astrologer predicted doom and economic hardship if they remained at Rangoon.

It could be laughable some times.

Take for instance, a country like Benin Rep., whose capital has been Porto-Novo but administrative duties have remained in Cotonou for years, infact they build more administrative structures in Cotonou till date.

So many many examples.
It could be crazy atimes, but I believe it's something that we all can agree it shouldn't have remained in Lagos.

booksrite001:


Shai.. It's pretty easy to do anything once you understand the system. I used basic http-wrapped methods to spool. Nothing a big deal. The most important thing is to understand the system.

My bad. I'm still a newbie in web dev. I've only just learnt python that's why I'm thinking python every time. I guess I'm just overexcited

Well, I've just started learning html/CSS this week and after that I'll learn a CMS then go over to JS and PHP. Maybe by then I'll understand the system better.

Grandlord:
My bad. I'm still a newbie in web dev. I've only just learnt python that's why I'm thinking python every time. I guess I'm just overexcited

Well, I've just started learning html/CSS this week and after that I'll learn a CMS then go over to JS and PHP. Maybe by then I'll understand the system better.

Yea... Cool. You might want to consider taking CSS courses on W3Schools. They even have certifications.
You learn faster when you read existing codes and you try to re-create them.