A certain Abuja based lady identified as Bibian Chinenye Pius-Urum has taken to to Facebook to give a narration on which city is better between the nation's capital Abuja and Lagos. According to her argument, Abuja should never be compared to Lagos as the standard of living is extremely higher in the capital city.

Read her post below:

Dear Lagosians,

Please, stop this madness. Please.

How on earth do you compare Abuja to Lagos? Just how?

I agree that Lagos is the economic hub of Nigeria, I totally agree. All the banks have their head offices in Lagos. You get the best law practice in Lagos. I had my law school in Lagos, unarguably the best campus of the Nigerian Law School. But that’s just all that there’s to Lagos.

You can’t compare the living condition in Abuja to Lagos, you just can’t.

The air in Lagos is dirty, no apologies guys. I visit Lagos, return to wherever I visited from and fall sick. It’s a routine. Should we talk about your gutters, Lagosians?

Your road network is terrible. Your means of transportation is even worse. It’s only in Lagos that you find planks or plastic chairs as bus seats.

Lagos is traffic jam and traffic jam is Lagos, you can’t separate one from the other. In Lagos, you leave your house hours before the time slated for your appointment or you’ll be doomed.

While I was in law school, I visited my cousin somewhere around Maryland, left there for school the next morning, by 6am. I managed to get to VI few minutes to 9am. 20km in 3 hours! What kinda life is that?

On another occasion, I spent 7k from Ikeja to Lekki on Über. Even Kubwa to Nyanya will not cost that much in Abuja.

Here in Abuja, I leave my house by 7:30am, some days and still get to work before 8am. My office is 12km from my place and it’s just a 13 minutes drive.

Should we talk about your lifestyle? The spirit of madness that possesses anyone that steps into Lagos? Anytime somebody misbehaves here, the person must have a link to Lagos.

It is that madness that led one of you to start this Lagos/Abuja war. No sane person would have started it.

Your airport is like your Balogun market, not even a bit of orderliness. Is that what you call life?

See Chiluba calling out Abuja for water scarcity. Hehehe. Please, come and tell us the nature of water that you used all through your stay in law school. Lagos is surrounded by water, yet they can’t even boast of clean water.

In Lagos, police officers will frisk you for just having dreadlocks. They will ask for Laptop and phone receipts. The next moment, you’re being accused of being a fraudster.

In Lagos, a danfo/molue conductor will not give you your change till you get to your bus stop. He’ll either give you incomplete change and zoom off or marry you to another passenger.

In Lagos, they will package a Samsung phone with soap inside and sell to you. When you complain of being duped they will tell you to be street wise.

You Lagosians are perpetually angry. Why won’t you be angry when you spend half of your lifetime stuck in traffic?

Should we talk about your pickpockets? Where did one chance originate from? You use the slightest opportunity to defraud people and you’re proud of it. You call it street wisdom.

Should we talk about Lagos landlords, their terrible houses, horrible attitudes and exorbitant rents? Lagosians connect their bathroom pipes to gutters.

Abuja is more expensive, I know. But you’ll get value for your money.

Darling Lagosians, you need to leave your den of insanity and have a taste of sanity, sometimes. I know it’s difficult, but you just have to try.

Come to Abuja and experience good road networks. The only traffic jam we have here is usually caused by traffic lights and it does not last beyond 86 seconds. Anything beyond that, just know that a Lagosians has a hand in it.

Come to Abuja and experience something close to a steady power supply.

Come to Abuja and meet courteous civil servants who will most likely not ask you for bribes to do their jobs, police officers who will treat you with respect.

Abuja is the place to live in, Lagos is the place to visit for your business and be on the next flight back to Abuja.

Being a city dominated by Yorubas, I respect Lagos for its old age and being the first federal capital territory, but please, can you all quit comparing it to Abuja.

Thank you!

With love, from the beautiful city of Abuja,
Bibian Chinenye Pius-Urum

https://lailasnews.com/lagos-can-never-be-compared-with-abuja-lady-blasts-lagosians/

Who started this madness? This lady just washed our Lagos.

This is the second person that's saying Lagosians are always angry. The first was Maheeda when she was in Nigeria.

Comparing two glorified slums is madness on it owns .

The checklist for measuring satisfaction or maximum utility differs.

Abuja:
- Serene
- Could be lethargic (absolute state of Torpor from the Head of State to Legislators to Civil Servants and inadvertently Private Businesses)
- Very good roads at CBD and environs
- Hinterlands, Suburbs and Rural areas are as dense and environmentally unfriendly as Lagos
- Could have tough climatic conditions at certain times of the year
- Not very flexible
- Low density at CBD but quite high at Rural areas
- Generally peaceful
- Affordable and Clean transportation
- Heavily dependent on Government activities
- Fairly good social life


Lagos
- Certain areas are very Urbane
- Hectic transportation predominantly on the mainland
- Land of endless possibilities and opportunities
- Fast paced. Activates your determination for success and excellence
- Very prone to pollution
- Evolves daily
- Fairly good climatic conditions except at the peak of rainy season
- Amazing social life
- Better potential for professional work experience
- Medium crime rate
- Great potentials for SMEs
- Very densely populated

I have lived in both cities. My preference is for Lagos. Formative years' experience is a key criterion to determine the factors that define preference.

Live in Lekki, work in Victoria Island or Ikoyi or live and work in close proximity on the Mainland. Be financially stable and the ills of living in Lagos can be cushioned to a large degree.

I love Lagos

they have shown this one the real Lagos..if you ever lived in Lagos and you are not smart then forget it! Lagos is sweet sha! ..never a dull moment..#lasgidi#!

delugajackson:
You should have told us in simple terms that you have richer clients over there. Abuja connection comes to mind.

The lady is on point.

Kubwa to Nyanya is 1600 on Uber, provided it's not between the hours of 7am to 10am and 5pm to 8pm. The hours mentioned has the craziest traffic on the AYA-Nyanya-Mararaba route in the Capital City.

No lie tho

Abuja sweet oh, no be lie...especially d hold up issues, na only us wey dey come from Masaka, Mararaba 2 Nyanya dey mostly experience hold up...and if you compare Abuja hold up to Lagos Hold up, e be like Good luck Jonathan certificate and Oga Buhari own...one na PhD d other na NEPA bill....

Yes we know that, but i'd still like to experience the lagos life, the craziness, night life et al, those of us who have never been to lagos pls gather here

She sounds frustrated and bitter. Lasgidi for life!

Dear Abuja Babes,
Lagos is not for Lazy Ajebo's . All I know is if you can survive the hustle and bustle of Lagos, you can survive anywhere. Lagos is fun, Lagos is Life, you have to be smart to survive lagos . Finally, lagos is not for everybody. It's the survival of the fittest outchea.

who cares

What's her problem?




Is her surname Abuja?!

So??

Mumu osu

She should goan deveRop her own state too.

Hehe

Eko na the city



Lagosians na the bomb


They have to come over to Lagos to blow

Something you can't do in Abuja

Wow

monaPhilz:
Any good Samaritan here should please help a brother in school with a little change to survive. 2086188351 UBA. God Bless.

Just like that?

I hope say na the baba when do Chioma own you consult?

I hail o

You’re right but at the same time stupid...


That’s what I just feel...

indomie generation

Mscheew. Lazy youths drawing up differences out of boredom.
The truth is Abuja is the better option and hence the reason it was made FCT. Most Lagosians are ignorant: they are born in Lagos, raised in Lagos and will die in Lagos, so everything in their lives revolve around Lagos.

I've stayed in Lagos, PHC and Abuja and truly prefer PHC to LAG because the traffic can give someone heart attack. Just the thought of passing through Lagos during a journey gives me HBP.
Overall I prefer ABJ though -- very cool, calm and organized city.

Her nose tho

I still don't understand how these Lagos people are using suffer head to brag. Like it's now a thing of pride to be insane?
If you'll have the chance you wouldn't hesitate moving to Abuja.

Wu Lagos help,abuja is bae