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Xscape1993:
What a great country rule by unfortunate people!

Monkeys ruled by monkeys. Most of you are clamoring for Tinubu or celebrating GEJ. You have the country you deserve.

Litmus:
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Abuja

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Nairobi


Abuja looks better. Nairobi looks like a ghetto, but I’m saying this only based on the pictures you posted. You're not that smart or imaginative if your idea of 'Better' is based on High-rise buildings. Reality may be different but the pictures suggest better quality of life in Abuja than Nairobi.

The Abuja pic looks lush and sophisticated while the Nairobi pic looks like an old-fashion, after-colonial-rule, 70’s African city. I do however agree that for the cost, if your figures are right, Abuja should be way better in terms of what it is trying to achieve in its design philosophy..

A sky-scraper sky-line may qualify as spectacular e.g. Dubai city Skyline but I’m not sure majority of people world wide would agree that a Dubai design philosophy is “Better” than a modern city philosophy with ascent on limiting tall buildings while concentrating on green spaces, fountains, and rivers. Besides trying to attain a spectacular reference, sky-scraper skyline may also suggest commerce and not quality of life.

Abuja needs some purple, lilac and white flouring tree breaking up the greens as well as lakes and fountains to complete what it appears Abuja planners are trying to achieve

You call underdevelopment sophistication? Abuja doesn't look like this because they want it that way. There is not enough demand for office space to make the city grow. A tall skyline means a city has strong companies that need huge amounts of office space to employ huge amounts of white collar workers. Abuja central business district (which is zoned for tall buildings) has been largely empty for decades. The only things being built there are government-owned buildings.

Also what is it with Africans and trees? While other races are building unique architecture to beautify their environment, Africans are worried about trees. If you love trees so much, go live in the forest. That's were savages belong.

Because he is leaving Nigeria. Who wouldn't feel stronger when they are freed from a zoo?

Oshigun:
How is he creating awareness placing blame wrongly? Would anyone expect a 12 year old boy to be an effective breadwinner for a family of 5?

Point is that Villagers in Nigeria are not empowered to build anything more sophisticated than the little they have allow them deliver.

Very basic shelter , not aesthetics, is the primary motivation for building structures in Nigerian Villages.

The white plaster used to beautify homes has been in existence since ancient times. You don't need much money to make a beautiful village. Here is one from Ashante Ghana made of nothing but mud and plaster.

Streets in Lagos also lack ample sidewalk space, forcing pedestrians to walk in the road.

Wide streets also make the Abuja Central Business District much more modern and livable than Lagos.

With a GDP per capita of $5,000 (according to the Financial Times) Lagos is almost as wealthy as South Africa on a per person basis. But foreign visitors to the city are often stunned by the subhuman conditions in the sprawling metropolis. The private sector is doing its part to remedy the situation -- pushing the cities skyline higher with multi-million dollar skyscrapers such as the Famfa Oil Tower, the Cuddle and Number 4 Bourdillon.

But even the most prestigious districts of Lagos -- Ikoyi, Lekki, and Victoria Island -- still looks like underdeveloped. Why?

The streets are simply too narrow for this level of density. This gives these elite areas a sense claustrophobia that no number of beautiful skyscrapers can improve. The first image is Bourdillon in Ikoyi. The second image is a similar street in Shanghai, China The wide streets in the Asian city allow for a smooth flow of traffic and make the area look wealthier and more developed -- even if you removed the skyscrapers.

Shiver99:
Shame. But exactly what I was talking about.

Some Nigerians are so used to underdevelopment and neglect that they'll call other people chest-beaters if they say that is not their reality.
That is probably why when Igbos were trying to argue a few years back that villages in the East were expected to resemble country villas and not bomb-hit pig-sties , they were nearly crucified by nay-sayers.

I may actually have to start posting pictures of Igbo villages in this thread because it's honestly sad.

Don't you know there is already an Igbo village in this thread? Don't turn this into an Igbo vs. Yoruba thing because all Nigerians are guilty.

Oshigun:
@OP.

If you don't insult Nigerians routinely and mercilessly then perhaps you would get better responses to your posts which are totally bereft of decorum even though not totally without merit.

When you start from a position of hating and looking down on Nigerians/Africans, even though you are one yourself, then you cannot provide solutions for them that your better education and exposure should naturally predispose you to doing.

The simple and uncomplicated reality is that development, education, socio-economic sufficiency and basic modernity spreads to every corner in the West whereas the opposite is the case in Africa where leaders develop cities and towns while neglecting villages completely.

Trying to change that reality , by creating awareness of it, would be the outlook of an educated solutions providers not insulting villagers in Nigeria who have never really been given the tools to make more of what they have and must live with.

The first step in fixing a problem is admitting it exists and taking responsibility. After that, the problem will solve itself. It's just like a man who smells bad. Once he knows that he is stinking and accepts that he is dirty, the next step is bathing.

The only thing Nigerians know is stupid dancing and singing. But scraping that dust off their house is too hard.

kanayoNickel:
Well, Nigeria is burdened by overpopulation. That sense that norrin really matters but to eat and Bleep. The basic instincts is what rules every Nigeria once the colonialists left.

Biko, I deal in visual effects for films. Someone who might need it would be in your timeline, please help me reach out

China also suffers from over-population. So why do their villages look like this?

SuperBold:
Your post would have been fantastic if you separate emotions from contents

You don't need to call Nigerians monkey to pass across your message

Yes I do. How else can I describe what we are seeing here?

Fulmigati:
There is nothing like town or city planning in Nigeria.

When Nigerians are raised in villages that look like zoo habitats, why do you expect them to suddenly learn civilization when they get into politics? All of Nigeria's problems started in these villages.

DubaiLandLord:
Help them with money, so they can paint their house.

They have relatives abroad sending them thousands of dollars. It doesn't matter how many millions you lavish on a Nigerian, he will still be uncivilized. Even Victoria island looks like a zoo and that is the richest part of Nigeria.

DubaiLandLord:
All this still have to do with Government.

Where did the government come from -- are they not Nigerians? Monkeys will be ruled by monkeys. The villages in these foreign countries are poor also. Instead of buying palm wine, a generator or an old TV like the Nigerians, they first use their small money to make sure their environment looks habitable.

When you can't even make a simple village look decent, how do you expect to maintain a full city?

Nigerians get mad when Europeans call you monkeys and look down on you. But why do you chose to live like animals instead of beautifying your environment? What is so hard about performing basic improvements like painting your house?

Here is another Nigerian village vs a remote village in Norway. Guess which one is the Nigerian village.

First image is another Nigerian (Fulani) village. The second image is a South African Ndebele village.

Madagascar vs. Nigeria

The biggest problem in Nigeria is that most of the people don't understand beauty and harmony. Everything in the country is monkey-ish and scatter-scatter. The people generally don't take time to beautify and decorate their living spaces -- leading to ugly environments wherever Nigerians inhabit.

Compare villages in Nigeria to other parts of the world. The first image is a typical Nigerian village. The second image is a village in Northern Europe.

Nigeria is the main thing holding Lagos back.

This guy would be a disaster. Nigeria needs a Magafuli or a Kagame, not this monkey.

It looks like the aviation industry will enjoy heavy competition, unlike cement.

chrisblack:
what's special at this time and age .We should be talking about Nigerians building structure like those skyscrapers in dubai. With All the expertise,we are shouting over 17 story building. Nigerians are capable to do better,we only allowed over embezzlement to thame us,We are unable to attain our God given potential all because of bad leadership and flawed collective and individual values

Nigeria's over-reliance on expats to do everything is the main thing slowing down our development and leading to massive unemployment. Next we need local companies to build railroads and roads instead of Julius Berger, CCECC, etc. That is when I will know that this is a serious country.

chrisblack:
what's special at this time and age .We should be talking about Nigerians building structure like those skyscrapers in dubai. With All the expertise,we are shouting over 17 story building. Nigerians are capable to do better,we only allowed over embezzlement to thame us,We are unable to attain our God given potential all because of bad leadership and flawed collective and individual values

I agree. But If you can build 17 stories, you can build 30. The obstacle at that point becomes cost of materials and market demand, which is not under their control. I'm happy to see that domestic companies at least have the skill to erect a modern building with local materials and no expat help. When it comes to super-tall structures like the Burj Khalifa Dubai, I don't expect that any time soon in Nigeria.

The Lagos State Government is to begin repairs on the failed portions of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway on March 29, the Commissioner of Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, said on Saturday. Oladeinde, in a statement, identified the affected portions to include Maza-Maza, Signal Barracks and Mile 2.“The repairs will last for eight weeks, commencing from Monday, May 29. The job will be completed on May 31,” he said.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/03/lasgll-begin-repairs-on-lagos-badagry-expressway-march-29-commissioner/

This comes after social media posts expose the subhuman conditions on the road.

Wow beautiful I must say
Here in naija nah only rich people community dey fine
Our town planning is so bad

Honestly, even rich people don't enjoy the basics of civilization in Nigeria. So far, the only place that is trying is Eko Atlantic. I wish we had a serious government that would pour resources into that project and accelerate its development.

[quote author=DonCandido post=100261360][/quote]I don't like this complacency attitude. Nigeria's road network is not acceptable for a country of its size and wealth. Yes, we are the best in West Africa, but other countries are making better use of their much smaller resources.

kettykin:
you are the person with negative reasoning and myopic vision, the rail lines they are building with borrowed money and the rails they have already built are not viable enough to pay back for the borrowed funds and you are supporting another white elephant borrowing because Lagos factories dont have any where to sell their goods and cannot move them via the sea to other parts of the world and eastern part of the country but must use rails

I agree with you that borrowing dollars to fund infrastructure is dangerous. By now we should have a local company that can accept naira to do projects like this. A superhighway made of cement would also make better financial sense, but this is better than nothing.

kettykin:
is there really need for a coastal rail , this will be the worst white elephant project every know to mankind, why build a coastal rail where as you need is to make the sea ports in the Niger delta navigable all your round , it seems these folks dont know what to do with money again.

if it is a rail line to link benin city with calabar and Port Harcout , i can understand but what sense does it make to link lagos to Port harcourt and calabar where as there is a sea port in Lagos and another Sea Port in calabar and PH

Your reasoning is very low. Everything isn't about ports. Do you want Nigeria to remain an import dependent nation forever? What about the goods they are manufacturing in lagos -- should they not sell them in the East and vice versa for the goods manufactured in places like Nnewi? What about tourists, etc.

DonCandido:
And the ones in Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Kano, Abuja, Port Harcourt to mention a few were built for the past?

You will never hear me complain about Abuja. The other cities need ALOT of work.