Anyone who visits Ariaria market will weep at the opportunities wasting away. This market is unarguably one of Africa's largest markets with tens of thousands of shops and production clusters. This market that used to be a pride to not just Aba or Abia State but indeed all Igbos has been reduced to a source of shame and embarrassment.

That Ariaria was allowed to decay is an indictment on all the governors that have ruled Abia State since 1999. It shows they're all a bunch of mediocres who are not fit to govern a state. I was going through my Twitter page a couple of pages ago only to be embarrassed at gory pictures that were trending and they called it Ariaria! The worst is that some of the handles displaying it has hundreds of thousands to millions of followers cut across the globe! In a modern world where information travels at the speed of light, this was nothing but gross demarketing of Aba, Abia State and to an extent SE region. It was indeed a huge shame!! Then I wondered why Ariaria would be like that, a market hub and production centre?!

Ariaria is not just a marketing hub but also a massive production cluster where goods like shoes, bags, cloths, belts are mass produced. However, it makes one to cringe when you look at how irresponsible governance has allowed a goldmine to be wasting away when it requires just policy making and passion to turn the tide and make Ariaria the money spinner it ought to be for Abia State.

It has become critical for Ariaria to be demolished in phases and be replaced with either a massive mall or several mid sized malls and plazas clustered together. There is nothing modern or international about Ariaria in its present state. I don't know if Okezie Ikpeazu is just plain wicked, bereft of ideas or an ogboni man to have left Ariaria in that state. Can't he look at what is going on in Ebonyi State and the revolutionary works of Umahi. Ebonyi is supposed to be a far poorer state than Abia but the sort of projects Umahi builds is something all the idiotic governors of Abia State combined can't achieve since 1999!

I had written severally in the past on the need to replace the archaic lock up shops in Ariaria with massive malls or plazas but nothing seems to change. Instead of having 30,000 derelict shops that get flooded and has leaky roofs whenever it rains, build modern malls and plazas. Construct a dual carriage way and connect it to the Osisioma end of the Enugu/P.H expressway.

What makes it more ironical is that the state government does not even need to spend its own money to achieve this because private investors and banks will be falling over themselves to invest on an extremely viable project such as Ariaria. Again, Ariaria already has a small power plant and Shell recently constructed a gas pipeline to Aba that will be supplying cheap and reliable gas for power generation. In addition, Geometric power is also in Aba, generating huge megawatts of electricity. What this means is that massive malls can be built and they will still be affordable, safe, and conducive since traders won't have need to be wasting money on fueling or repairing their noisy generators and suffering losses from flood or leaking roof.

The multiplier effect on Aba would be massive because international brands like LG and Samsung will start coming in to open branches in Aba. Employment will increase, revenue will increase, quality of life will improve and people will start rushing back to Aba like it used to be in the past.

Hmmm.....

@ Op..Are you from Abia state?

Have you been to Ariaria market of recent?..

What Abia State needs is just a single man like Bola Ahmed Tinubu to draw out his capitalist economic infrastructural development blue print

After Tinubu's wicked blueprint, they need an Evil wicked ruthless implementation by someone like Babatunde Raji Fashola SAN

If Oshodi can become what it is today, what is Araria market in the hands of wicked hardcore reformist that transformed Lagos State

Computer village Ikeja is already getting congested ... Ambode and Sanwo-Olu are taking the necessary wickedness and evil to chase away shanties, stalls and second hand cloth merchants from Kotangoa market, and building a world class computer and ICT market



.

Good morning and welcome to civilization. Atleast you are now admitting that we all bleeped by our government in the south.

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Hmmm.....

@ Op..Are you from Abia state?

Have you been to Ariaria market of recent?..

What has being from Abia State has to do with this issue? I always visit Ariaria and I was a resident of Abia State for donkey years.

Has anything changed in Ariaria? Pls tell me, I'm all ears.

proeast:


What has being from Abia State has to do with this issue? I always visit Ariaria and I was a resident of Abia State for donkey years.

Has anything changed in Ariaria? Pls tell me, I'm all ears.

Can't say what I don't know...

Hold ur politicians responsible,,, from Local govt chairman to the governor....

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Can't say what I don't know...

Hold ur politicians responsible,,, from Local govt chairman to the governor....

Is that not what I'm doing here, or what's your point exactly?

The simple truth have been revealed, the best brain in West made it possible for igbos to express their innate ability to be successful in commerce. The same can't be found in the east, their leaders don't have much brain power to cater for the needs of millions of people, blame it on not having a centralized culture. Those who'd have helped are mass immigrating to the west and north as they don't see their future at home.

Ariaria market has a lot of potentials lying waste. I stand by you, the market should be demolished in phases...

proeast:


Is that not what I'm doing here, or what's your point exactly?

Will your message get to him from this faceless forum?....

Take the message to their doorsteps...

Aba as a whole is an eyesore. The whole town should be demolished and rebuilt from scratch.

It seems abia state leaderscdont know the value of Ariaria market. Governor dave Umahi should pls offer Ariaria producer and manufacturers 2years tax and free shop rent to come and occupy our newly constructed international market

That rotten and decayed market is not the problem, your dirty and filthy lifestyle is the problem and it doesn't matter where you relocate to or what you build, the same rotten and decayed problem wount go away.


Change your dirty and unsanitary ways, it's a matter of public safety.

SlyDev:
The simple truth have been revealed, the best brain in West made it possible for igbos to express their innate ability to be successful in commerce. The same can't be found in the east, their leaders don't have much brain power to cater for the needs of millions of people, blame it on not having a centralized culture. Those who'd have helped are mass immigrating to the west and north as they don't see their future at home.

Disgusting gibberish from a Yoruba mn that lives in Yoruba slum.

Which state capital in Yoruba land Is more developed than Aba .. a commercial city..

Yoruba never teach themselves development Na to teach others.. shameless

Anything small thing yoruba go mention Lagos ...Lagos Na the only state for southwest?

Abi Tinubu Na Jagaban of Lagos alone .. his region is ghosted and deserted.. Na so he wan take rule Nigeria ..

Developing Lagos while other part of Nigeria remain dilapidated like his Yoruba land .

Jerryherd:




What Abia State needs is just a single man like Bola Ahmed Tinubu to draw out his capitalist economic infrastructural development blue print

After Tinubu's wicked blueprint, they need an Evil wicked ruthless implementation by someone like Babatunde Raji Fashola SAN

If Oshodi can become what it is today, what is Araria market in the hands of wicked hardcore reformist that transformed Lagos State

Computer village Ikeja is already getting congested ... Ambode and Sanwo-Olu are taking the necessary wickedness and evil to chase away shanties, stalls and second hand cloth merchants from Kotangoa market, and building a world class computer and ICT market



.

You are funny but you made sense sha

Jerryherd:




What Abia State needs is just a single man like Bola Ahmed Tinubu to draw out his capitalist economic infrastructural development blue print

After Tinubu's wicked blueprint, they need an Evil wicked ruthless implementation by someone like Babatunde Raji Fashola SAN

If Oshodi can become what it is today, what is Araria market in the hands of wicked hardcore reformist that transformed Lagos State

Computer village Ikeja is already getting congested ... Ambode and Sanwo-Olu are taking the necessary wickedness and evil to chase away shanties, stalls and second hand cloth merchants from Kotangoa market, and building a world class computer and ICT market



.

Is Lagos the only state in Yoruba land? And when will Tinubu develop the dilapidated southwest states..
tell me one yoruba state that is more developed than ABA city not even capital.

Don’t mention Lagos.

Guess Tinubu show develop his Yoruba states .. before coming down to measure or igbos needing a crook as model.

Don’t insult igbo tribe... we al know yoruba will never ever even given 20 straight of presidency achieve igbo feat.

Yoruba can only envy and jealous.. but they can never catch igbos of west Africa .

Understand this and live.

It took Tinubu 24 years to bring Lagos to this.. Walai ...
and the humans have mouth to talk nonsense..

Will take him 500 years to develop Nigeria Na.. and you’re shamelessly talking trash.

24 years!

Asgard73:


Disgusting gibberish from a Yoruba mn that lives in Yoruba slum.

Which state capital in Yoruba land Is more developed than Aba .. a commercial city..

Yoruba never teach themselves development Na to teach others.. shameless

Anything small thing yoruba go mention Lagos ...Lagos Na the only state for southwest?

Abi Tinubu Na Jagaban of Lagos alone .. his region is ghosted and deserted.. Na so he wan take rule Nigeria ..

Developing Lagos while other part of Nigeria remain dilapidated like his Yoruba land .

If Aba is more develop, why are running away from alaigbo? The absence of media coverage in East is why igbos get away with their lies. Igbos land is poverty capital of Southern Nigeria second only to war torn north east.

You develop Lagos abi, go and use that brain to develop Aba now. We dey tell you say na Yoruba big brains and planning na him make you succeed, u dey yarn dust.

SlyDev:


If Aba is more develop, why are running away from alaigbo? The absence of media coverage in East is why igbos get away with their lies. Igbos land is poverty capital of Southern Nigeria second only to war torn north east.

You develop Lagos abi, go and use that brain to develop Aba now. We dey tell you say na Yoruba big brains and planning na him make you succeed, u dey yarn dust.

Trashy trash..
Try leave Yoruba land .. Ikire boy.. Na so una go Dey Yoruba land .. very backward the mark register for igboland ..

Guess China is not developed reason why dey are all over Africa.
Senseless.

In summary, the yeebos should agree to be Afonja slaves.

Then we would bail them out

Jerryherd:




What Abia State needs is just a single man like Bola Ahmed Tinubu to draw out his capitalist economic infrastructural development blue print

After Tinubu's wicked blueprint, they need an Evil wicked ruthless implementation by someone like Babatunde Raji Fashola SAN

If Oshodi can become what it is today, what is Araria market in the hands of wicked hardcore reformist that transformed Lagos State

Computer village Ikeja is already getting congested ... Ambode and Sanwo-Olu are taking the necessary wickedness and evil to chase away shanties, stalls and second hand cloth merchants from Kotangoa market, and building a world class computer and ICT market



.

Jerryherd:




What Abia State needs is just a single man like Bola Ahmed Tinubu to draw out his capitalist economic infrastructural development blue print

After Tinubu's wicked blueprint, they need an Evil wicked ruthless implementation by someone like Babatunde Raji Fashola SAN

If Oshodi can become what it is today, what is Araria market in the hands of wicked hardcore reformist that transformed Lagos State

Computer village Ikeja is already getting congested ... Ambode and Sanwo-Olu are taking the necessary wickedness and evil to chase away shanties, stalls and second hand cloth merchants from Kotangoa market, and building a world class computer and ICT market



.

BOLA Ahmed Tinubu should go and develop his Irabiji home town first before Abia State.

Asgard73:


Trashy trash..
Try leave Yoruba land .. Ikire boy.. Na so una go Dey Yoruba land .. very backward the mark register for igboland ..

Guess China is not developed reason why dey are all over Africa.
Senseless.

So igbos are the China of Nigeria? morimu he, ete sonu Oboy China have a well developed economy, country and high literacy rate whereas igbos is the fourth in economy ranking after SW NW NC and SS, igboland is the poverty capital of S. Nigeria reason they rush out as soon as possible, Igbos have literacy rate of less than 50 percent so Pls don't compare developed China to undeveloped South East.

NGpatriot:
[s]That rotten and decayed market is not the problem, your dirty and filthy lifestyle is the problem and it doesn't matter where you relocate to or what you build, the same rotten and decayed problem wount go away.


Change your dirty and unsanitary ways, it's a matter of public safety.[/s]

This thread is for sane people and not Yabaleft excapees. If you're not a bigot and a hypocrite, then you won't be saying rubbish here when many places in Lagos and Ogun state are far worse! Unlike you guys that like suffering in silence we Igbos are not like that. All the areas around Iyana Ipaja, Iyana oba, Okokomaiko, Mushin and down to Sango Ota and its environ in Ogun state are worse than Aba! Even your Lekki that is supposed to be a highbrow areas is a mess whenever it rains! Between Igbos and Yorubas, almost everyone knows the group that are naturally dirty.

So stop making a fool of yourself here and borrow some sense! You can help offer ideas on how those terrible places in your zone can be made livable for humans instead of constituting nuisance here.

Shame on you!!

KingOfAllIgbos:
In summary, the yeebos should agree to be Afonja slaves.

Then we would bail them out

We don't want them, they are best kept at arm's length. Era of slaves is over, people like chindima and Evans are not suppose to be in the same environment with sensible humans even as slaves. Ausubillahi

proeast:
Anyone who visits Ariaria market will weep at the opportunities wasting away. This market is unarguably one of Africa's largest markets with tens of thousands of shops and production clusters. This market that used to be a pride to not just Aba or Abia State but indeed all Igbos has been reduced to a source of shame and embarrassment.

That Ariaria was allowed to decay is an indictment on all the governors that have ruled Abia State since 1999. It shows they're all a bunch of mediocres who are not fit to govern a state. I was going through my Twitter page a couple of pages ago only to be embarrassed at gory pictures that were trending and they called it Ariaria! The worst is that some of the handles displaying it has hundreds of thousands to millions of followers cut across the globe! In a modern world where information travels at the speed of light, this was nothing but gross demarketing of Aba, Abia State and to an extent SE region. It was indeed a huge shame!! Then I wondered why Ariaria would be like that, a market hub and production centre?!

Ariaria is not just a marketing hub but also a massive production cluster where goods like shoes, bags, cloths, belts are mass produced. However, it makes one to cringe when you look at how irresponsible governance has allowed a goldmine to be wasting away when it requires just policy making and passion to turn the tide and make Ariaria the money spinner it ought to be for Abia State.

It has become critical for Ariaria to be demolished in phases and be replaced with either a massive mall or several mid sized malls and plazas clustered together. There is nothing modern or international about Ariaria in its present state. I don't know if Okezie Ikpeazu is just plain wicked, bereft of ideas or an ogboni man to have left Ariaria in that state. Can't he look at what is going on in Ebonyi State and the revolutionary works of Umahi. Ebonyi is supposed to be a far poorer state than Abia but the sort of projects Umahi builds is something all the idiotic governors of Abia State combined can't achieve since 1999!

I had written severally in the past on the need to replace the archaic lock up shops in Ariaria with massive malls or plazas but nothing seems to change. Instead of having 30,000 derelict shops that get flooded and has leaky roofs whenever it rains, build modern malls and plazas. Construct a dual carriage way and connect it to the Osisioma end of the Enugu/P.H expressway.

What makes it more ironical is that the state government does not even need to spend its own money to achieve this because private investors and banks will be falling over themselves to invest on an extremely viable project such as Ariaria. Again, Ariaria already has a small power plant and Shell recently constructed a gas pipeline to Aba that will be supplying cheap and reliable gas for power generation. In addition, Geometric power is also in Aba, generating huge megawatts of electricity. What this means is that massive malls can be built and they will still be affordable, safe, and conducive since traders won't have need to be wasting money on fueling or repairing their noisy generators and suffering losses from flood or leaking roof.

The multiplier effect on Aba would be massive because international brands like LG and Samsung will start coming in to open branches in Aba. Employment will increase, revenue will increase, quality of life will improve and people will start rushing back to Aba like it used to be in the past.

For me I won't blame the government, I will rather blame the shop owners, truth be told the government has tried to rebuild that market but the shop owners never wanted that to happen, because they don't trust the government and many other reasons.

I'm saying this because my uncle and my cousin have a shop in ariaria.

SlyDev:


So igbos are the China of Nigeria? morimu he, ete sonu Oboy China have a well developed economy, country and high literacy rate whereas igbos is the fourth in economy ranking after SW NW NC and SS, igboland is the poverty capital of S. Nigeria reason they rush out as soon as possible, Igbos have literacy rate of less than 50 percent so Pls don't compare developed China to undeveloped South East.

Gibberish
Next!

SlyDev:
The simple truth have been revealed, the best brain in West made it possible for igbos to express their innate ability to be successful in commerce. The same can't be found in the east, their leaders don't have much brain power to cater for the needs of millions of people, blame it on not having a centralized culture. Those who'd have helped are mass immigrating to the west and north as they don't see their future at home.

Stop deluding yourself, Igbos are no longer mass migrating to the North, it only happened in the past but not anymore. I have seen more Igbo people relocating from North than moving to the North. Igbos are only mass migrating to Lagos and Abuja for obvious reasons just like Yorubas, Hausas and other Nigerians!

There are now probably more Igbos migrating to other African countries than anywhere else in Nigeria outside Abuja and Lagos.

Asgard73:


Gibberish
Next!

I know you don use Ragos toast one innocent Aba girl....Lagos is like heaven to you.

proeast:


Stop deluding yourself, Igbos are no longer mass migrating to the North, it only happened in the past but not anymore. I have seen more Igbo people relocating from North than moving to the North. Igbos are only mass migrating to Lagos and Abuja for obvious reasons just like Yorubas, Hausas and other Nigerians!

There are now probably more Igbos migrating to other African countries than anywhere else in Nigeria outside Abuja and Lagos.

Na wash be dis, go to major towns and cities in South West and you find nothing less than 100,000 igbos, go to the villages you find igbos that have swear not to go home again.

SlyDev:


I know you don use Ragos toast one innocent Aba girl....Lagos is like heaven to you.

Next!

Ngorbungor:


For me I won't blame the government, I will rather blame the shop owners, truth be told the government has tried to rebuild that market but the shop owners never wanted that to happen, because they don't trust the government and many other reasons.

I'm saying this because my uncle and my cousin have a shop in ariaria.

No, don't put the blame on shop owners please. The state government is absolutely to blame here.

When Oshodi was demolished, do you know how much the traders tried to resist?

When Eke Onuwa Owerri was demolished, do you know how much the traders tried to resist?

It's only a passionate governor or government that knows its onions will look at the bigger picture and do what is right regardless of the challenges it may face. Those that condemn him at that point will later praise him, and posterity will judge him well.

People naturally resist change!

Cyberterror:
Aba as a whole is an eyesore. The whole town should be demolished and rebuilt from scratch.

Aba is actually far better planned with good houses than over 90% of SW towns/cities, if you doubt me pick any random SW town and let's compare with Aba instead of coming here to lie without shame.

That I'm constructively criticizing the government in Abia State doesn't mean you guys that are having it worse will come here and misbehave.

proeast:
Anyone who visits Ariaria market will weep at the opportunities wasting away. This market is unarguably one of Africa's largest markets with tens of thousands of shops and production clusters. This market that used to be a pride to not just Aba or Abia State but indeed all Igbos has been reduced to a source of shame and embarrassment.

That Ariaria was allowed to decay is an indictment on all the governors that have ruled Abia State since 1999. It shows they're all a bunch of mediocres who are not fit to govern a state. I was going through my Twitter page a couple of pages ago only to be embarrassed at gory pictures that were trending and they called it Ariaria! The worst is that some of the handles displaying it has hundreds of thousands to millions of followers cut across the globe! In a modern world where information travels at the speed of light, this was nothing but gross demarketing of Aba, Abia State and to an extent SE region. It was indeed a huge shame!! Then I wondered why Ariaria would be like that, a market hub and production centre?!

Ariaria is not just a marketing hub but also a massive production cluster where goods like shoes, bags, cloths, belts are mass produced. However, it makes one to cringe when you look at how irresponsible governance has allowed a goldmine to be wasting away when it requires just policy making and passion to turn the tide and make Ariaria the money spinner it ought to be for Abia State.

It has become critical for Ariaria to be demolished in phases and be replaced with either a massive mall or several mid sized malls and plazas clustered together. There is nothing modern or international about Ariaria in its present state. I don't know if Okezie Ikpeazu is just plain wicked, bereft of ideas or an ogboni man to have left Ariaria in that state. Can't he look at what is going on in Ebonyi State and the revolutionary works of Umahi. Ebonyi is supposed to be a far poorer state than Abia but the sort of projects Umahi builds is something all the idiotic governors of Abia State combined can't achieve since 1999!

I had written severally in the past on the need to replace the archaic lock up shops in Ariaria with massive malls or plazas but nothing seems to change. Instead of having 30,000 derelict shops that get flooded and has leaky roofs whenever it rains, build modern malls and plazas. Construct a dual carriage way and connect it to the Osisioma end of the Enugu/P.H expressway.

What makes it more ironical is that the state government does not even need to spend its own money to achieve this because private investors and banks will be falling over themselves to invest on an extremely viable project such as Ariaria. Again, Ariaria already has a small power plant and Shell recently constructed a gas pipeline to Aba that will be supplying cheap and reliable gas for power generation. In addition, Geometric power is also in Aba, generating huge megawatts of electricity. What this means is that massive malls can be built and they will still be affordable, safe, and conducive since traders won't have need to be wasting money on fueling or repairing their noisy generators and suffering losses from flood or leaking roof.

The multiplier effect on Aba would be massive because international brands like LG and Samsung will start coming in to open branches in Aba. Employment will increase, revenue will increase, quality of life will improve and people will start rushing back to Aba like it used to be in the past.

Afonja go and die.How is your dirty Ibadan?