vikstandon:
I have saved this, I would read and remind myself that my family is a City and requires peace to thrive, if it doesn't want to go the way of Warri.

Of all the comments I've encountered, yours is the one that goes to show someone learnt something from the Warri story.

God bless you.

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What Nigerians cannot destroy does not exist.

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mrvitalis:

South east is uniquely designed in a way to withstand these situation ....south east would have been badly affected but 99% of the business are native owned ...so economically the I security haven't affected it much

What happened in warri is the effect of too much direct investment from foreigners

Lagos is towing same part

No business in sout East, per se
There are only shops located there.
Shops add little or no value to GDP and IGR

whch company in their right mind would want to have so many warri indegines workng for them?
so agressive in their manner of approach, both male n female.

like seriously.

maasoap:


Ondo state governor asked Dangote to pay for land needed to build his largest refinery in West Africa or go somewhere else. Lagos state governor sent invitation letter to Dangote to come and take as much land as needed free of charge. Some leaders deserve nothing but stoning

You guys should take it easy with this lies and sycophantic trash. It's becoming boring.
Dangote refinery is located in Lekki free trade zone which is private land that belongs to LFTZA owned by the Chinese company. So how does it make sense to say the governor allocated private land to someone else for free!!
Make una dey reason these things before una write am na

maasoap:


Ondo state governor asked Dangote to pay for land needed to build his largest refinery in West Africa or go somewhere else. Lagos state governor sent invitation letter to Dangote to come and take as much land as needed free of charge. Some leaders deserve nothing but stoning

Point of correction, the Governor of Ondo state at that time (Mimiko) did not demand for money but it was the community people (Iladge) that demanded for compensation on the said land from Dangote company before construction can commence.

Georgejeez:
Trust me , if not for Yahoo that's taking thousands of Warri youths indoors , the rate of violence and robbery in Warri for be like Russian invasion .... Them for the rob Police Station for broad day light sef

So yahoo is not robbery?

VeeVeeMyLuv:

They don't want to heed the warning

Too bad

Because they have political backing... Since these guys came on, they ve steadily destroyed the country since 1999 because of self interest

Coly2012:
The same attitude of deve grow up in Benin when youths and community heads made buying of land and building houses a though of war, Thanks to the Omo no oba,if not Benin could have been a brown roof city by now.

depends on where you bought land from , never had issues.. regardless, the oba did well.

emonis88:

This is how it starts, over confidence.

Oga it will be stupid for igbos to leave Lagos cox of what happen during election in Lagos.

All what Yoruba did was to protect their local politics. Igbo businesses are thriving and apart from Nairaland, others have moved on. Igbos are cashing out and Yorubas r happy as well, so no issue

dominique:
My friend from Warri told me told me this much. Up to five different factions will be on the companies' neck demanding for their share of the levies. By the time the companies are heaving a sigh of relief that they have seen the last of them, another set will emerge and make more demands. As the fathers are demanding for money, the sons are stealing equipments belonging to these companies, destroying their sites and demanding for their own. Now all the companies have left their land for them and unemployment is now the order of the day. This is what greed and lack of foresight does to people.

you are correct. Now what they do is that when you are building a house, u will pay in any stage that you are lol, levies for roof, gate, painting, fence, etc ...

dominique:
My friend from Warri told me told me this much. Up to five different factions will be on the companies' neck demanding for their share of the levies. By the time the companies are heaving a sigh of relief that they have seen the last of them, another set will emerge and make more demands. As the fathers are demanding for money, the sons are stealing equipments belonging to these companies, destroying their sites and demanding for their own. Now all the companies have left their land for them and unemployment is now the order of the day. This is what greed and lack of foresight does to people.

Nawaoh! The town is now a shadow of itself.

slowice:
Lagos is slowly sluding down that path ably supported by politicians and ethnic bigots.... It may take forever but if they don't retrace their steps that forever may just be around the corner.

They may not be the biggest port city for too long.

Port Harcourt did same with militancy and never recover... Though far better than warri but portharcourt is going down yearly

When will any city/town in Ibo land become a centre of attraction like Kano, Kaduna, Warri, Lagos, Calabar, PH etc?

It can never happen due to your bitterness and hate towards non indigenes.
Only Ibos live in Iboland.

tomitrace:
War destroys cities:
Every Nigeria City or aspiring city should learn something from the Collapse of Warri as Oil City👇👇👇

Warri was a big industrial hub in the 70's - 90's.

Warri Refinery, NNPC, DSC, Delta Glass, Shell, Chevron, Schlumberger, Dunlop, Agip, Saipem, Halliburton were in full operation back then. Escravos & Forcados were at their peak.

The city thrived. The city was full of zeal and zestful activities. People living outside hardcore Warri called themselves Wafarians because of propinquity to Warri even though they were not Wafarians. To be a Wafarian was to belong to supposedly a unique lifestyle.

Multinational/Local Banks were present Citibank, FBN, ACB, Savannah Bank.

Business activities thrived. Warri port was a beehive of economic activities

Entertainment/Night life was at its peak, Musicians, Live bands at Palmgroove Hotel, Comedians held their sway: Fela, legendary Don Baker, Majek Fashek, Emma Grey, Oritz Wiliki, Rex Lawson were a few of many of the entertainers that made Warri ebullient. Lido, Zina, etc were comparable to their ilks anywhere.

The town was full of life and it thrived.

McDermot road was busy with Maritime activities and contractors. Kingsway Mall offered anything sold in Lagos at that time.

Joma & Mosheshe were big fish distributors across the Niger Delta.

Rubber produced locally, was used to produce plastics and tyres.

The town grew in size and became a conurbation with people coming from all over the country to settle down in Warri for economic activities.

The Airports were super busy, Escravos, Forcados & Warri Airport. The Warri Airport was even relocated to Osubi for expansion.

Warri was revelling in its glory. Warri Port was fully operational and served as an economic booster for the city. It served businesses in Warri, Benin, Asaba & Onitsha. The Port created huge employment opportunities for locals and the state.

Things started to go downhill from the late 90's. The community leaders and youth chairmen began to fight themselves over control/sharing formula for royalties that came from oil & businesses from settlers.

Itsekiri, Urhobo & Ijaw leaders & youths started fighting each other. The bloody fight started around 1999 and lasted for years till 2003/2004.

The community leaders started imposing local taxes called "Deve" on all companies, industries and local businesses, buildings & projects.

Little by little, the companies frustrated, started leaving.

This continued throughout the early 2000's till 2010. The companies kept on leaving, one after the other. The companies layed off their employees. Unemployment rose.

More companies left for PH, Lagos, Akwa Ibom. They layed off more staff. Unemployment increased still.

Today all that is left in Warri, is a shadow of its glorious past.

95% of all the big companies in Warri had either left or closed down.

Most of the young people have left Warri.

The ones left are driving Keke, doing P.O.S, Spa or Boutique, Beer parlour or doing hookup.

There's peace now, but the damage the greedy community leaders did to Warri, still lingers on and is almost irredeemable at this point.

Do not assume that your city can not be destroyed if it toes the same route Warri followed. Warri leaders did not ever believe that Warri will be this economically empty today while they were fighting then. Learn from Warri and protect our economies

Have you asked why big eeconomies like US, China,etc will never allow war in their countries?

We must learn and avoid things that will trigger war in our country no matter how strong we believe we are. Businesses and investors go where there is peace than where there is war.

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Lovely writeup! The intertribal war really caused a lot of damage then.

Oh beautiful warri. I used to stay in eneregh hotels then. Warri was bubbling. There is this paranisco night club then. Wow.

Acidosis:
It's the way you guys exonerate your government sha. Warri was already a doom the moment your government diverted all her attention and resources to Asaba.

Your government (including the federal government) and past governors are the major culprit here. No individual can ever be bigger than the government. Your government allowed greed to take the centre stage. Those companies must have drawn the attention of your government at some point and got little or zero intervention.

Every human has the propensity to be greedy. Let's stop blaming irrational abstract terms like greed. Who is not greedy in the world? Abuja probably has the most greedy people in Nigeria but the city is still "somehow" sane and safe for businesses. What is greed? Who is greed? Smh.

Cities don't thrive because the inhabitants are not greedy. Cities thrive because they have a functional government. Warri failed because you guys had an Ibori and other radical armed robbers as administrators/governors.

facts. You said it all

Babaken:
asaba is the one gaining for now.

nothing there, yahoo boys , olosho ...

SOSPITAS:
Sapele is very similar. In the 90s we had eternit, flour mill, ATP, BATA, mayflower, power generating company, a mini seaport, cinema at Olympia, athletic club with a standard golf course and several others. But today, none of that exist. The only company there is seplat(and there are indications that the intend to move operational base away). Insecurity had increase because of no job, na everyday dem dey kidnap person. All the beautiful estate built in those days done cast, infact, sapele na dead zone now.

Exactly my thoughts..wanted to write same

Ireportlive:


Na problem wey I get with you guys be this..

Tinubu was the Treasurer and CFA of ExxonMobil as at the time of building the Lekki permanent office of ExxonMobil towers.

Mobil rented a building before at Victoria Island before Tinubu as a treasurer got a financing plan for Thier new building in the late 80s

oga u mean a treasurer ( a mere employee) for the financing to build the hq, from where? U lies are so transparent.

Nwachi22:


Nawaoh! The town is now a shadow of itself.

Too bad

A very good write up... You just made my day✌️

just2endowed:


What about agbero/community dev levy? Who will address that?

You're correct unless the government pays them off each month.

youngrichnigga:
"Deve" in Lagos na "Owomida"

Na lie!
'Owo mi da' is agbero slang.
And Onitsha is the headquarters of Agberos in Nigeria.

tomitrace:
War destroys cities:
Every Nigeria City or aspiring city should learn something from the Collapse of Warri as Oil City👇👇👇

Warri was a big industrial hub in the 70's - 90's.

Warri Refinery, NNPC, DSC, Delta Glass, Shell, Chevron, Schlumberger, Dunlop, Agip, Saipem, Halliburton were in full operation back then. Escravos & Forcados were at their peak.

The city thrived. The city was full of zeal and zestful activities. People living outside hardcore Warri called themselves Wafarians because of propinquity to Warri even though they were not Wafarians. To be a Wafarian was to belong to supposedly a unique lifestyle.

Multinational/Local Banks were present Citibank, FBN, ACB, Savannah Bank.

Business activities thrived. Warri port was a beehive of economic activities

Entertainment/Night life was at its peak, Musicians, Live bands at Palmgroove Hotel, Comedians held their sway: Fela, legendary Don Baker, Majek Fashek, Emma Grey, Oritz Wiliki, Rex Lawson were a few of many of the entertainers that made Warri ebullient. Lido, Zina, etc were comparable to their ilks anywhere.

The town was full of life and it thrived.

McDermot road was busy with Maritime activities and contractors. Kingsway Mall offered anything sold in Lagos at that time.

Joma & Mosheshe were big fish distributors across the Niger Delta.

Rubber produced locally, was used to produce plastics and tyres.

The town grew in size and became a conurbation with people coming from all over the country to settle down in Warri for economic activities.

The Airports were super busy, Escravos, Forcados & Warri Airport. The Warri Airport was even relocated to Osubi for expansion.

Warri was revelling in its glory. Warri Port was fully operational and served as an economic booster for the city. It served businesses in Warri, Benin, Asaba & Onitsha. The Port created huge employment opportunities for locals and the state.

Things started to go downhill from the late 90's. The community leaders and youth chairmen began to fight themselves over control/sharing formula for royalties that came from oil & businesses from settlers.

Itsekiri, Urhobo & Ijaw leaders & youths started fighting each other. The bloody fight started around 1999 and lasted for years till 2003/2004.

The community leaders started imposing local taxes called "Deve" on all companies, industries and local businesses, buildings & projects.

Little by little, the companies frustrated, started leaving.

This continued throughout the early 2000's till 2010. The companies kept on leaving, one after the other. The companies layed off their employees. Unemployment rose.

More companies left for PH, Lagos, Akwa Ibom. They layed off more staff. Unemployment increased still.

Today all that is left in Warri, is a shadow of its glorious past.

95% of all the big companies in Warri had either left or closed down.

Most of the young people have left Warri.

The ones left are driving Keke, doing P.O.S, Spa or Boutique, Beer parlour or doing hookup.

There's peace now, but the damage the greedy community leaders did to Warri, still lingers on and is almost irredeemable at this point.

Do not assume that your city can not be destroyed if it toes the same route Warri followed. Warri leaders did not ever believe that Warri will be this economically empty today while they were fighting then. Learn from Warri and protect our economies

Have you asked why big eeconomies like US, China,etc will never allow war in their countries?

We must learn and avoid things that will trigger war in our country no matter how strong we believe we are. Businesses and investors go where there is peace than where there is war.

Follow us on This Is Nigeria

Very interesting write up but you deliberately left out the the fact that Warri was the origin of Kidnapping

Saga16:


Onitsha.

Oh, it was never a city and never had glory.

😆😆😆😆 U still dey dodge?

tomitrace:
War destroys cities:
Every Nigeria City or aspiring city should learn something from the Collapse of Warri as Oil City👇👇👇

Warri was a big industrial hub in the 70's - 90's.

Warri Refinery, NNPC, DSC, Delta Glass, Shell, Chevron, Schlumberger, Dunlop, Agip, Saipem, Halliburton were in full operation back then. Escravos & Forcados were at their peak.

The city thrived. The city was full of zeal and zestful activities. People living outside hardcore Warri called themselves Wafarians because of propinquity to Warri even though they were not Wafarians. To be a Wafarian was to belong to supposedly a unique lifestyle.

Multinational/Local Banks were present Citibank, FBN, ACB, Savannah Bank.

Business activities thrived. Warri port was a beehive of economic activities

Entertainment/Night life was at its peak, Musicians, Live bands at Palmgroove Hotel, Comedians held their sway: Fela, legendary Don Baker, Majek Fashek, Emma Grey, Oritz Wiliki, Rex Lawson were a few of many of the entertainers that made Warri ebullient. Lido, Zina, etc were comparable to their ilks anywhere.

The town was full of life and it thrived.

McDermot road was busy with Maritime activities and contractors. Kingsway Mall offered anything sold in Lagos at that time.

Joma & Mosheshe were big fish distributors across the Niger Delta.

Rubber produced locally, was used to produce plastics and tyres.

The town grew in size and became a conurbation with people coming from all over the country to settle down in Warri for economic activities.

The Airports were super busy, Escravos, Forcados & Warri Airport. The Warri Airport was even relocated to Osubi for expansion.

Warri was revelling in its glory. Warri Port was fully operational and served as an economic booster for the city. It served businesses in Warri, Benin, Asaba & Onitsha. The Port created huge employment opportunities for locals and the state.

Things started to go downhill from the late 90's. The community leaders and youth chairmen began to fight themselves over control/sharing formula for royalties that came from oil & businesses from settlers.

Itsekiri, Urhobo & Ijaw leaders & youths started fighting each other. The bloody fight started around 1999 and lasted for years till 2003/2004.

The community leaders started imposing local taxes called "Deve" on all companies, industries and local businesses, buildings & projects.

Little by little, the companies frustrated, started leaving.

This continued throughout the early 2000's till 2010. The companies kept on leaving, one after the other. The companies layed off their employees. Unemployment rose.

More companies left for PH, Lagos, Akwa Ibom. They layed off more staff. Unemployment increased still.

Today all that is left in Warri, is a shadow of its glorious past.

95% of all the big companies in Warri had either left or closed down.

Most of the young people have left Warri.

The ones left are driving Keke, doing P.O.S, Spa or Boutique, Beer parlour or doing hookup.

There's peace now, but the damage the greedy community leaders did to Warri, still lingers on and is almost irredeemable at this point.

Do not assume that your city can not be destroyed if it toes the same route Warri followed. Warri leaders did not ever believe that Warri will be this economically empty today while they were fighting then. Learn from Warri and protect our economies

Have you asked why big eeconomies like US, China,etc will never allow war in their countries?

We must learn and avoid things that will trigger war in our country no matter how strong we believe we are. Businesses and investors go where there is peace than where there is war.

Follow us on This Is Nigeria

We all know what collapsed warri, it's not their fault but the powers that be

Saga16:


What is all the grammar you are writing?

Can yout grammar replace the jobs that thousands of the youths gained from entrance of Econet into our economy?

Do you even understand the spinoff associated with just their entrance?

People that used their employment to better their lot, travel abroad for postgraduate courses, build houses, marry, provide for their aged parents?

Let's not talk about the less privileged who were now able to make a living selling recharge cards and so on.

Abeg stop the useless grammar which cannot feed anyone and try to be pragmatic.

Grammar? Like I said, Jesus Christ doing the bare minimum.
You guys are a burden because you don’t read books that highlight black civilization and our upliftment. Hence, the conversation on NL is always shallow arguments about Tinubu and Obi instead of deep conversations about capitalism and socialism.

Yes, Econet a capitalist company made billions for themselves and by accident, provided jobs and put crumbs on the table for you after working to death but so did slavers in the 1700s. The mistake you make is to think billionaires/capitalist/Nigerian govt set up industry for your employment. Why then would minimum wage be 30k?

"Less privileged" black man meditate and receive consciousness, ask the important questions. What makes man "less privileged" in a world where we come naked without a thing. A less privileged man is one that is ON PURPOSE having less education, less healthcare, less everything, you strip them of their dignity for the basic things of life and call them "less privileged" because of the negligence and selfishness of people like Tinubu in this PHUCKED UP CAPITALIST WORLD.

Black man, I want you to meditate and receive consciousness. Read extensively on socialism and then look at your society and ask questions and you'll see the answers have always been there.

Oga Please remove L.A from ya mouth there!!! You think that Americans are like Nigerians that won’t work hard towards making their cities prosper. Where is Hollywood?

grandstar:
tomitrace

In America, cities that faced serious riots or some parts of the cities that bore the brunt of the riots never recover.

You have the Los Angeles riots of 1992 and the Minneapolis riots in 2020 over George Floyd's death/

Many shops and businesses never reopen. You can not blame them as riots and mass looting can not be divorced.

Warri can rise again. For that to happen, the Delta state government must provide incentives for the old companies to either return or new companies setting up for the first time.

georgeakins:


No business in sout East, per se
There are only shops located there.
Shops add little or no value to GDP and IGR

Lmfao no wahala won't say much .....you are definitely an employee lmao

Every employer of labour in South south n south east know but no worry sha

That building is on lease and Tinubu became treasurer in 1990. My friend's late mum was the MD's secretary and we used to visit her as young kids in the late 80s and early 90s. His Dad too worked in Mobil before he resigned to face his hotel business.

Ireportlive:


Na problem wey I get with you guys be this..

Tinubu was the Treasurer and CFA of ExxonMobil as at the time of building the Lekki permanent office of ExxonMobil towers.

Mobil rented a building before at Victoria Island before Tinubu as a treasurer got a financing plan for Thier new building in the late 80s

Saga16:


Onitsha.

Oh, it was never a city and never had glory.

Savage

slowice:
Lagos is slowly sluding down that path ably supported by politicians and ethnic bigots.... It may take forever but if they don't retrace their steps that forever may just be around the corner.

They may not be the biggest port city for too long.

Port Harcourt did same with militancy and never recover... Though far better than warri but portharcourt is going down yearly

All the flyovers built by River state governor didn't give Portharcourt a facelift?