isn't it funny that some people judge a state by the CAPITAL CITY alone?someone once made a statement here on nairaland that cross river is a developed state because she visited calabar and saw the beauty there.what is the size of calabar compared to cross river state?same thing i hear about owerri and imo state.reminds me of state i once visited and on just about a km of living the capital city i saw donkeys and human beings struggling for water in a stream.u

I would also like to know this myself.

sometimes one just gets the feeling some people cannot think beyod state capitals like as if villages should remain the way they where 50 years ago.

asha 80: isn't it funny that some people judge a state by the CAPITAL CITY alone?someone once made a statement here on nairaland that cross river is a developed state because she visited calabar and saw the beauty there.what is the size of calabar compared to cross river state?same thing i hear about owerri and imo state.reminds me of state i once visited and on just about a km of living the capital city i saw donkeys and human beings struggling for water in a stream.u

Nobody judges a state solely on the capital city except in your imagination. The truth is that in the states that are progressing rapidly, the capital is only the dramatic representation of good development going on in other parts of the state. In Cross River state for instance, many of the rural roads are a beauty to behold. Schools and hospitals are well maintained etc etc. Same trend in Akwa Ibom, Edo, Enugu states etc.

rossike some peope do.i did not start thinking about it now.have you heard some people say a state is not developing or developed(infrastructure wise anyway) because much infrastructure work is not going on there?do you think the donkey eg i gave is a joke?moreover the city in question is quite developed by nigerian standards.

Not sure what you're talking about as per donkeys and people ''struggling for water in a stream''. Was there a shortage of water in the ''stream'' or something? You're not making any sense at all with that comment. I think you're just relating your silly prejudices here and nothing else.

I am just passing

asha 80: sometimes one just gets the feeling some people cannot think beyod state capitals like as if villages should remain the way they where 50 years ago.

I am with you there. In my state, the surrounding towns and villages have remained in dire need of infrastructural development for the most part but I have read many on here submit that the state is developed because pictures of the capital city and many of the areas occupied by the elite appear developed by Nigerian standards.

"donkeys and humans struggling for water in a stream" meaning paucity if not absolute absence of amenities(here public taps or boheholes) just a km outside the city.

asha 80: isn't it funny that some people judge a state by the CAPITAL CITY alone?someone once made a statement here on nairaland that cross river is a developed state because she visited calabar and saw the beauty there.what is the size of calabar compared to cross river state?same thing i hear about owerri and imo state.reminds me of state i once visited and on just about a km of living the capital city i saw donkeys and human beings struggling for water in a stream.u

You know Imo has more to offer than Owerri.

The SE and most part of the SS is not a one city state.

Kobojunkie:

I am with you there. In my state, the surrounding towns and villages have remained in dire need of infrastructural development for the most part but I have read many on here submit that the state is developed because pictures of the capital city and many of the areas occupied by the elite appear developed by Nigerian standards.

First, spare us this your ''by Nigerian standards'' BULLSHIIT. Development IS development, by ANY standards.

Second, give us the name of your state, so we can make a judgement ourselves.

asha 80: sometimes one just gets the feeling some people cannot think beyod state capitals like as if villages should remain the way they where 50 years ago.

my frnd kan u pls tel ds forum where ure frm nd tel us where in imo state hav u been nd whic part of imo state u saw donkey let alone drinkng frm d same source wit human bengs.am waitng 4ur reply

mai gaskiya: my frnd kan u pls tel ds forum where ure frm nd tel us where in imo state hav u been nd whic part of imo state u saw donkey let alone drinkng frm d same source wit human bengs.am waitng 4ur reply

I don't think he said the donkey example he gave was in Imo State, did he?

asha 80: "donkeys and humans struggling for water in a stream" meaning paucity if not absolute absence of amenities(here public taps or boheholes) just a km outside the city.

That villagers are fetching water from a stream does not imply there is an ''absolute absence of amenities''. Also, could you tell us the NAME of this state, because they are not too many places one goes in Nigeria and sees donkeys... especially ''a km outside the city''. Care to name the city/state or have you forgotten?

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Am frm rivers state nd hav travld virtualy every part of nija.4 asha 2 cm hear nd make a remark of such on imo state shows that hes been bnrd out of a dry pocket ds sunday nd hav no place 2 go.nwerri as a capital,is surounded by wel developd rural areas dat is far more developd dan ur state.namely nekede,egbu.orji,amakhohia,irete,naze,ihiagwa,obimze nd co.none of ds areas drink frm d stream.dy hav pipe born waters or bore holes.so mr sick writer 2dy is sundy if u dnt hav money 2flex cm mak i dash u.na poverty dy wory u

mai gakiya i am from imo born and brought up in owerri(aladinma to be precise).@blackpikin i know and i schooled in okigwe(fgc).i am also familiar with nguru in mbaise and avutu in obowu.is there anyplace that compare with owerri infrastructure wise in imo( except maybe orange drugs hometown.i cannot remember the name now though i have been there before) .

ROSSIKE:

First, spare us this your ''by Nigerian standards'' BULLSHIIT. Development IS development, by ANY standards.

Second, give us the name of your state, so we can make a judgement ourselves.

Spare me your brain-farts first!

ROSSIKE:

Nobody judges a state solely on the capital city except in your imagination. The truth is that in the states that are progressing rapidly, the capital is only the dramatic representation of good development going on in other parts of the state. In Cross River state for instance, many of the rural roads are a beauty to behold. Schools and hospitals are well maintained etc etc. Same trend in Akwa Ibom, Edo, Enugu states etc.

i like what oshiomhole is doing in edo..i wish he was my state gov...
i live in benin city i know Comrade Adams Oshiomole is doing his best..


Some of Gov Adams Oshiomole rural roads in Edo state..

BlackPikiN:


You know Imo has more to offer than Owerri.

The SE and most part of the SS is not a one city state.

But on the majority, they are treated as if they are, and that development in that one selected city amounts to state-wide development. And this is not limited to SE states. In the SW, the same methods of measuring/judging is applied by many.

bia mai gaskiya i never say the donkey issue is in imo.a nwu m onye ara?who does not know where donkeys a are found in the country? In case one wants to know the city was lafia in nassarawa

ROSSIKE:

Nobody judges a state solely on the capital city except in your imagination. The truth is that in the states that are progressing rapidly, the capital is only the dramatic representation of good development going on in other parts of the state. In Cross River state for instance, many of the rural roads are a beauty to behold. Schools and hospitals are well maintained etc etc. Same trend in Akwa Ibom, Edo, Enugu states etc.

ROSSIKE:

Nobody judges a state solely on the capital city except in your imagination. The truth is that in the states that are progressing rapidly, the capital is only the dramatic representation of good development going on in other parts of the state. In Cross River state for instance, many of the rural roads are a beauty to behold. Schools and hospitals are well maintained etc etc. Same trend in Akwa Ibom, Edo, Enugu states etc.

Talk for yourself stop making general statement .

Asha 2 show ure a pathological liar tel us geographcaly wic region kan u fnd donkeys nd horses.except d north,idint go bk 2ur doctor 4 brian reprogram.its only in d north wer u se animals nd semi human beings drink frm d same source .evem as dirty as d yorubas dy kant try dat let a alone d ibos

asha 80: sometimes one just gets the feeling some people cannot think beyod state capitals like as if villages should remain the way they where 50 years ago.

I understand what you're saying but we still need villages, though they should have basic infrastructure like good roads (tarred or dirt), electricity, water supply, etc.
There are villages everywhere in North America and some a just one/two city states/provinces.

Obiagu1:

I understand what you're saying but we still need villages, though they should have basic infrastructure like good roads (tarred or dirt), electricity, water supply, etc.
There are villages everywhere in North America and some a just one/two city states/provinces.

You still need villages? As in No clean Water sources, no decent tarred roads, no electricity, no proper drainage Villages, no waste management system in place, no functioning police stations and schools VILLAGES?? What village in North America compares to what Village in Nigeria that you know of?

mai gaskiya: my frnd kan u pls tel ds forum where ure frm nd tel us where in imo state hav u been nd whic part of imo state u saw donkey let alone drinkng frm d same source wit human bengs.am waitng 4ur reply

wanted to pass by before but your comment just sound too funny for me to belive.
The OP never mention a particular state where he saw Donkey and human strugling for water which common sense(although not common) should tell you he is not referring to Imo or any of the State he mentioned.
The OP is not far awy from the truth somehow because Abuja is even worse.

Apart from the capital cities, almost every state in the south east have at least 4 other developed towns. The south east is a place where people build houses in the village with the first lump sum they make, go and see festive seasons like xmas and see everywhere bubbling. Thats why we like to deepen the developement of other towns apart from the capital city.

Kobojunkie:

You still need villages? As in No Water, no decent tarred roads, no proper drainage Villages, no functioning police stations and schools VILLAGES?? What village in North America compares to what Village in Nigeria that you know of?

I said they should have basic infrastructure that MUST include electricity. Water supply depends the size of the village, here some have no central water supply system and depend on personal boreholes. Roads must not be tarred, there are many untarred but well maintained dirt roads everywhere in North America. You don't waste money tarring roads that are barely used like it's done in most Northern states; that's how resources are managed in North America.

BUMPS

mai gaskiya read before replying@ obiagu i am not not saying that the villages should be turned to urban jungles.what i mean is that basic things public water or borhole as the case may be,good tarred roads within and connecting the villages and even well equiped schools etc.i even prefer this type of setting than the kind of urban settings we have.

Oky oky oky sory i taugt ure refarng 2 ala owere d custodian of ibo cultrural entaimtanment nd hospitality

spyder880: Apart from the capital cities, almost every state in the south east have at least 4 other developed towns. The south east is a place where people build houses in the village with the first lump sum they make, go and see festive seasons like xmas and see everywhere bubbling. Thats why we like to deepen the developement of other towns apart from the capital city.

if you ask me governors should concetrate at least 70 percent of money meant for infrastructure outside their state capital