Kingsmeal:


Spot on...

The very day I went to that Ariaria, I almost lost my way😁😁.

From one shop area to the other, before I know am, I don Waka pass 1km😁

After being to ariara I was wonder how Onitsha main market would be like since they say it's bigger than ariara...

Growing up in port Harcourt the biggest market I knew was mile 1 , mile 3 and town market

But going to school in nsukka mehn ogiga market nsukka was bigga than any market in port Harcourt and get people kept telling me it's small small... I'm like small? Ah

Mehn commerce in igbo land is something else sha

jmoore:


Enyi a, you are not talking to an outsider. I live in Aba. One side of Aba-ph has been done up to Ariaria junction. Refuse dump are present on the new lanes.

Refuse dump is also present at Faulks road.

This refuse dump you're talking about is everywhere.

Here in PH, Residents drop refuse on the verge of the roads and those environmental people come in the morning to pack it. Sometimes in the night.

Infact, during that Presidential election time this year, the whole of Port Harcourt wanted to turn into a refuse city because everyone (Wike and co) was focused on election and the masses began to call on the government to do their jobs.

The primary job of the govt is to provide the means for refuse disposal.

Karlman:

I thought as much too, just that Akure is cool and relaxed! But Aba might be more metropolitan!

Aba is so well planed that of you are in one part... U might not leave there for months unless u are traveling

Everything you need is in that area... School, market , hospital, recreational centers... Everything sports centers... There would be absolutely no reason to leave your area zero reason

A

mrvitalis:

After being to ariara I was wonder how Onitsha main market would be like since they say it's bigger than ariara...

Growing up in port Harcourt the biggest market I knew was mile 1 , mile 3 and town market

But going to school in nsukka mehn ogiga market nsukka was bigga than any market in port Harcourt and get people kept telling me it's small small... I'm like small? Ah

Mehn commerce in igbo land is something else sha

I cut cap for them abeg. Ariaria is very big. If you add Bakassi na die😁

mrvitalis:

Aba is so well planed that of you are in one part... U might not leave there for months unless u are traveling

Everything you need is in that area... School, market , hospital, recreational centers... Everything sports centers... There would be absolutely no reason to leave your area zero reason

A

This here is another truth.

All my years in medical school, I can count the number of times I left Abayi.

Infact till I left Aba, I never visited Ogbor Hill and I hear the place is also fine too.

Kingsmeal:


I cut cap for them abeg. Ariaria is very big. If you add Bakassi na die😁

So bakasi is not part of ariara? Lmaooo

mrvitalis:

Aba is so well planed that of you are in one part... U might not leave there for months unless u are traveling

Everything you need is in that area... School, market , hospital, recreational centers... Everything sports centers... There would be absolutely no reason to leave your area zero reason

A

In that case i think the people in Aba should do more to promote the city!

I don't know if mods will see this thread and take it to front page....or maybe the OP should add IPOB to the headline to bait the Mods!

Kingsmeal:

This here is another truth.

All my years in medical school, I can count the number of times I left Abayi.

Infact till I left Aba, I never visited Ogbor Hill and I hear the place is also fine too.

Ogbor Hill is very fine. Really nice place.

Aba needs 2 major things.
1. Effective waste disposal system.
2. Road reconstruction

If those two are done, it will be more attractive.

The problem Aba had is the Orjis and their waste product called Ikpeazu. With those things out of the way, Otti has no excuse.

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mrvitalis:

Ariara market is not like a market... It's a mini city.... I remember always asking where is ariaria when I was already inside the market

That's here 95% of those who visit Aba visit and that's not even Aba

Is like judging port Harcourt by just coming to oil mill n go back

Thanks for giving me this insight. I have never been to ariaria before,but the way people talk about it is not funny. Even my siblings who were there to get items said same.

For a market which is that popular to be in that condition say's a lot about the previous government's.

That market is a big one,and should be given the attention it deserves.

crossfm:


Thanks for giving me this insight. I have never been to ariaria before,but the way people talk about it is not funny. Even my siblings who were there to get items said same.

For a market which is that popular to be in that condition say's a lot about the previous government's.

That market is a big one,and should be given the attention it deserves.

Absolutely Ikpeazu started the demolition and rebuilding of ariaria u can google it up... The plan is to rebuild the market to a bigger and better market

mrvitalis:

Absolutely Ikpeazu started the demolition and rebuilding of ariaria u can google it up... The plan is to rebuild the market to a bigger and better market

You mean in his 8year he wasn't able to finish the market?. He didn't prioritize it if it's so.

I will love to see that market blossom to it's glory.

crossfm:


You mean in his 8year he wasn't able to finish the market?. He didn't prioritize it if it's so.

I will love to see that market blossom to it's glory.

Mehm it's crazy I think he build over 2000 shops sha... Which is still nothing

I believe araira should implement a good taxing system

Each shop has link to pay their tax tracked via mobile apps or QR system

Agree with them pay this and no thug would ask u to pay anything again

Ariara from my estimate has over 120,000 shops if each shop pay 150k as tax per year

That's 18 billion in 5 years that's enough to redevelop and maintain the place

Trust me they spend more than 150k a year on payments

mrvitalis:

After being to ariara I was wonder how Onitsha main market would be like since they say it's bigger than ariara...

Growing up in port Harcourt the biggest market I knew was mile 1 , mile 3 and town market

But going to school in nsukka mehn ogiga market nsukka was bigga than any market in port Harcourt and get people kept telling me it's small small... I'm like small? Ah

Mehn commerce in igbo land is something else sha

They keep underrating commerce. They don't know that commerce contribute to GDP more than manufacturing and other cooperate sectors

igwebuike01:

They keep understanding commerce. They don't know that commerce contribute to GDP more than manufacturing and other cooperate sectors

Says who? Walmart GDP contribution is bigger than any state in Nigeria

Oh Amazon

Aba feeds South South, 50% of South East, 30% of North Central.. 60% southern cameron, Gabon, equatorial guinea with goods

And aba has great production sector too

A huge junk of what's sold in aba is made in aba

mrvitalis:

Mehm it's crazy I think he build over 2000 shops sha... Which is still nothing

I believe araira should implement a good taxing system

Each shop has link to pay their tax tracked via mobile apps or QR system

Agree with them pay this and no thug would ask u to pay anything again

Ariara from my estimate has over 120,000 shops if each shop pay 150k as tax per year

That's 18 billion in 5 years that's enough to redevelop and maintain the place

Trust me they spend more than 150k a year on payments

Our leaders think more of looting than using their brain.
The truth is that most of these trader's are ready to pay well if the facilities are top-notch.

They love quality, but the government let them down.

crossfm:


You mean in his 8year he wasn't able to finish the market?. He didn't prioritize it if it's so.

I will love to see that market blossom to it's glory.

He didn't start reconstruction of Ariaria from his first tenure since the orjis left Aba in shambles. He started from roads and inner streets. He started Ariaria projects very much later and still achieved a lot there

crossfm:


Our leaders think more of looting than using their brain.
The truth is that most of these trader's are ready to pay well if the facilities are top-notch.

They love quality, but the government let them down.

Thugs that control this market are used during elections same with bus stops

They use this revenue generation centers to compensate them

Otti has a clean slate no body helped him just the people he needs to work

mrvitalis:

Says who? Walmart GDP contribution is bigger than any state in Nigeria

Oh Amazon

Aba feeds South South, 50% of South East, 30% of North Central.. 60% southern cameron, Gabon, equatorial guinea with goods

And aba has great production sector too

A huge junk of what's sold in aba is made in aba

Walmart and Amazon are into commerce. While Aba is no pushover in manufacturing, commercial activities is backbone of it's GDP, same with Anambra

igwebuike01:

Walmart and Amazon are into commerce. While Aba is no pushover in manufacturing, commercial activities is backbone of it's GDP, same with Anambra

Yes for an economy to grow

Money input must be less than money output

For me aba meets that criteria so they are economically sound... Aba is one of the few states in Nigeria that still have hold up now

horsepower102:
I will be the first to admit that Aba is living below its potential.

But when you compare Aba to so many other Nigerian cities, the difference is very clear.

I still don’t understand the level of hate that city received on nairaland even though, it still looked better than so many other Nigerian cities.

A city may have bad roads in highly trafficked areas but those areas don’t define the whole city.

Thankfully Otti is fixing those roads but I also give some credit to ikpeazu who also worked on some roads even though he started late.

Besides Aba is not a state capital.

I have said this before, Abians publicly de-market their state for reasons best known to them... No way, Abia was and is still not the worst state in Nigeria, but its people made Nigerians see Abia as a failed state because of the hatred they had for their past governors. I guess, u are from Abia state, and ur love for Otti has suddenly made u realise that Abia is not as bad as portrayed, u wish for Otti good and positive publicity, and u suddenly want us to have a rethink on the impression u guys gave us about ur state. I tell u, such bad impression u people painted about Abia will be very very difficult to change, have u noticed that Abia is usually used as an example of a failed state in Nigeria? Moral of the lesson, we shouldn't crucify people unjustly because of the hatred we have for them, speak positive of them when they perform and criticise them constructively when they derail.

When you finish deceiving yourself you wake up from your slumbering

Karlman:
Judging from the pictures above as seeing is believing;
Aba is better than Abeokuta, Ekiti,and Oshogbo and Akure!

Only Ibadan can stand up to Aba in SW!

rtdCivilservant:

I have said this before, Abians publicly de-market their state for reasons best known to them... No way, Abia was and is still not the worst state in Nigeria, but its people made Nigerians see Abia as a failed state because of the hatred they had for their past governors. I guess, u are from Abia state, and ur love for Otti has suddenly made u realise that Abia is not as bad as portrayed, because u wish Otti good and positive publicity, and u suddenly want us to have a rethink on the impression u guys gave us about ur state. I tell u, such bad impression u people painted about Abia will be very very difficult to change, have u noticed that Abia is usually used as an example of a failed state in Nigeria? Moral of the the lesson, we shouldn't crucify people unjustly because of the hatred we have for them, speak positive of them when they perform and criticise them constructively when they derail.

I am not from Abia state. I am from delta state but grew up in Aba

horsepower102:
I will be the first to admit that Aba is living below its potential.

But when you compare Aba to so many other Nigerian cities, the difference is very clear.

I still don’t understand the level of hate that city received on nairaland even though, it still looked better than so many other Nigerian cities.

A city may have bad roads in highly trafficked areas but those areas don’t define the whole city.

Thankfully Otti is fixing those roads but I also give some credit to ikpeazu who also worked on some roads even though he started late.

Besides Aba is not a state capital.

I have been saying it on nairaland since, but haters and gullible abians continued their noise.

mrvitalis:

Mehm it's crazy I think he build over 2000 shops sha... Which is still nothing

I believe araira should implement a good taxing system

Each shop has link to pay their tax tracked via mobile apps or QR system

Agree with them pay this and no thug would ask u to pay anything again

Ariara from my estimate has over 120,000 shops if each shop pay 150k as tax per year

That's 18 billion in 5 years that's enough to redevelop and maintain the place

Trust me they spend more than 150k a year on payments

I50k a year per shop? Do you want the governor to be stoned?

Kingsmeal:


This refuse dump you're talking about is everywhere.

Here in PH, Residents drop refuse on the verge of the roads and those environmental people come in the morning to pack it. Sometimes in the night.

Infact, during that Presidential election time this year, the whole of Port Harcourt wanted to turn into a refuse city because everyone (Wike and co) was focused on election and the masses began to call on the government to do their jobs.

The primary job of the govt is to provide the means for refuse disposal.

that’s a fundamental problem of most Nigerians

Pigs

Mynd44:
This kind of talk is for those who have not visited Aba multiple times.

Those who have passed Osisioma, front of Aba North LGA Secretariat, the Aba-PHC road where half the road was turned into a waste site and the general state of insecurity will argue otherwise.

Aba needs Abia state to have a good governor that will make things better and help turn the place into what the eldorado the residents want to see. Hopefully, Otti will do well, he has had a long time to prepare for the job ahead.

No. Excuses

Obidients go insult you die, then and constructive criticism be like minna to kotongora.

Karlman:
Judging from the pictures above as seeing is believing;
Aba is better than Abeokuta, Ekiti,and Oshogbo and Akure!

Only Ibadan can stand up to Aba in SW!

True, let us compare 3080 Sq km. With 72 square km.

jmoore:

I50k a year per shop? Do you want the governor to be stoned?

Not when they see the impact of the money na

ElSudani:


True, let us compare 3080 Sq km. With 72 square km.

if it’s by landmass then Japan shouldn’t be Economic viable

I love Japan, they have a highly resourceful citizens and a progressive economy