paduzy:

Quite intresting to see how very interested we are as a people once BBC or someone slse goes on air to show some part of Lagos that is reall horrible in all senses. I think there are a whole lot of right opinions both for and against the use of the title but wait a minute, na the title be D wahala abi na the suffer when those Nigerians dey suffer?:

Irrespective of what people think about the documentary, the fact remains that the subject and content is real. That slum is a part of Lagos Nigeria and there is no justification for people to be left to live like that in the first place. Who says VGC, Ikoyi and the rest are a better representation of what Lagos is all about.

Fashola is doing pretty well and that echoes around the globe even the very biased and lack lustre German media not readily interested in developmental successes in Africa have reported several times on his goood works.

If you call your property poo, people will treat it as such so lets not wait for BBC or any foreign media to do PR for us, all we need do is get involved and get our acts together by voting aright in the next elections.

Kobojunkie:

@beewhyfocs, what do you mean by when you say "the situation is not as bad as portrayed"?

hackney:

I will actually like channels like the BBC to keep showing such programs
because if they dont, nobody else would.
They will cover it up and the agents of demonic corruption in abuja will
be grining like they are doing shaite.

They should show more slums to shed more light on them rather than cover them up for
ego purposes like some people are suggesting here.

I also look forward to investigative journalism exposing bribe-taking demon-children in aso rock.


Infact ,it is beginning to look like the only way corruption can be exposed and stopped;
daring journalism exposing these scenarios for the world to see.

paduzy:

Quite intresting to see how very interested we are as a people once BBC or someone slse goes on air to show some part of Lagos that is reall horrible in all senses. I think there are a whole lot of right opinions both for and against the use of the title but wait a minute, na the title be D wahala abi na the suffer when those Nigerians dey suffer?:

Irrespective of what people think about the documentary, the fact remains that the subject and content is real. That slum is a part of Lagos Nigeria and there is no justification for people to be left to live like that in the first place. Who says VGC, Ikoyi and the rest are a better representation of what Lagos is all about.

Fashola is doing pretty well and that echoes around the globe even the very biased and lack lustre German media not readily interested in developmental successes in Africa have reported several times on his goood works.

If you call your property poo, people will treat it as such so lets not wait for BBC or any foreign media to do PR for us, all we need do is get involved and get our acts together by voting aright in the next elections.

blueflame1:

The documentary was about the slums of lagos not about Fashola or any politicians good or bad works.

Lagos was not portrayed as a slum, a slum within lagos was shown.

If we think the slum is despicable, the best thing to do is clear the slum, turn it to a modern industrial or residential site and do a documentary. U can call your documentary from slum to paradise or whatever, so long as u touch the lives of people, we would be happy and the world would be impressed.

All those criticising the documentary, u need to wake up, the objective was achieved, similar documentaries have been shown about India, China, Britain, USA etc and are still aired on history and documentary channels, the difference is that the respective govts act to change the situation once the awareness is created.

We need to think reasonably, act civilised and live in the modern world.

smithereen:

When I watched that documentary, all I felt was raving madness at what our so called fathers have left for their children, some of whom would rather eat from dustbins than commit crime. I am not surprised that the same FG that has neglected the dumpsite residents for the past donkey years (except when they want to recruit political militia), are the ones puffing dust at the BBC for exposing their incompetent "Y***sh" before the world. If a Government cared for the people, they would be appologizing on air, and at least promising to do something fast.

God will severely punish the people who want us to continue suffering and smiling.

ladej:

i thought it was brilliant. till we start facing the truth more like this will suffice. while it is true that fashola has done and is doing a great job, this is a timely reminder that we all need to do more. i took positives from it though. the resilience of all the people living in those conditions were first class. and they seemed happy too. i know more people that live in better neighbourhoods that are waaaaaaaaaaay more miserable than them. God help us all.

comechop:

Majority of comments on here - USELESS. Typical naija backa33ward mentality. And you wonder why we have never progressed till now. Keep on blaming our leaders. !d!ots!

I for one am in FULL support of the well made/presented documentary. Beautifully done. I showed as many of my akata and american friends as I could, and why not? I experienced such, not to a depraved extent as some pple in the video, but to an extent nonetheless. Knowledge is power.

If we Nigerians cant clean up our act even after all the $$ we have, maybe we need someone else to do it for us.

Idiots.

Cohomology:

May God punish the federal government for protesting the BBC documentary. Those @#$%^^$@ won't go do their jobs and lift Nigeria and Nigerians out of grinding poverty; they're wasting time protesting their a.s.s.

Kobojunkie:

When did those questions slip in there? What for? That has NEVER been the question. The question is about the documentary . . . That the majority of lagosians live in slum-like conditions, whether in makeshift settlements or face-2-face, or in areas with no serious sanitation, or in areas where there is no access to clean water, is reason enough why the lives of majority ought to count, especially in this. You keep going all over the place with this. I would like to know what point you stop and make some serious and connected point on this!!

ajiifixing:

I have a suggestion.Instead of protesting at every 'dirt' these foolish BBC people throw at us ,let us start our own image laundering(don't wanna call it REBRANDING).
Let Fashola and Lagos State Govt(FG is not that responsible) do a part 4 of the documentary ''WELCOME TO LAGOS'' and show the many good works of the Fashola Administration and, SEND TO BBC FOR AIRING.

If they refuse to air that then we would smell the burnt beef.

blueflame1:

The documentary was about the slums of lagos not about Fashola or any politicians good or bad works.

Lagos was not portrayed as a slum, a slum within lagos was shown.

If we think the slum is despicable, the best thing to do is clear the slum, turn it to a modern industrial or residential site and do a documentary. U can call your documentary from slum to paradise or whatever, so long as u touch the lives of people, we would be happy and the world would be impressed.

All those criticising the documentary, u need to wake up, the objective was achieved, similar documentaries have been shown about India, China, Britain, USA etc and are still aired on history and documentary channels, the difference is that the respective govts act to change the situation once the awareness is created.

We need to think reasonably, act civilised and live in the modern world.

ajiifixing:

I have a suggestion.Instead of protesting at every 'dirt' these foolish BBC people throw at us ,let us start our own image laundering(don't wanna call it REBRANDING).
Let Fashola and Lagos State Govt(FG is not that responsible) do a part 4 of the documentary ''WELCOME TO LAGOS'' and show the many good works of the Fashola Administration and, SEND TO BBC FOR AIRING.

If they refuse to air that then we would smell the burnt beef.

Meldrick:

No No, u are very wrong on that. A lot of transformation is going on in Lagos and BBC will not show a documentary on that. Lagos of 2005 is not the same Lagos of 2010 but trust BBC they will always show the slums in Lagos and they become blind when they get to Victoria Island and other parts of Lagos that have been transformed. The funny thing is after doing their dirty jobs in Lagos, they lodge in exotic hotels in Lagos before going to their country.

The funny thing is after doing their dirty jobs in Lagos, they lodge in exotic hotels in Lagos before going to their country.

And for u saying they have shown those types of documentaries on USA, China and Britain. It's a lie.

EloSela:

The BBC went to Nigeria in 2009 and that is what they saw. If Fashola wants to promote his work in Lagos then he should make an interesting documentary on the city and flog it to the international news stations and they will buy it if is entertaining enough to their audience.

EloSela:

As it is the BBC documentary told the story of real life people in Lagos, it wasn't a promotional political tour of Lagos which many of you don't get. It is time the common man in Nigeria stood up and told his story after being ignored by the Nigerian media and that is exactly what this BBC documentary allowed them to do.