₦airaland Forum

youngeagle:
Its like this guy is a different specie,we need more of him in the East!

Tolexander:
Nice work,

I'm expecting a better stadium than this.

AtlanticBreeze:
The remaining thing now is to expand and dualize the inner city roads and Awka will be among the best state capitals Nigeria

Kennydoc:
I hope learning isn't difficult for you, sincerely.
The list talked about most polluted cities in the world. They only measured air pollution and rated the cities accordingly, so you cannot extrapolate it by yourself to mean dirtiness. Most of the cities listed there aren't necessarily dirty, but they have the highest concentrations of particulate matter in the air most of which are released by exhaust fumes of vehicles, generators, industries, even dust from roads.

Onitsha is the gateway to the south east, apart from being the largest commercial city in the south east. It has very heavy vehicular traffic when you consider it's size compared to any other city in Nigeria. What I mean is that because of the very small size of Onitsha, and the fact that more than 50% of all vehicles entering and exiting the south east pass through the town, it has the highest vehicular density in Nigeria. That's the reason why the particulate matter in the air is so high, compared to Lagos. The study only measured the particulate matter in the air in the different cities studied.

There is a whole lot of difference between air pollution and dirtiness. Beijing has always been known to be one of the most polluted cities in the world cos of the concentration of particles in the air. Even the atmosphere in Beijing often looks hazy in the daytime cos of the high concentration of fumes in the air, but Beijing isn't a dirty city. It's the capital of China and is better organized and neater than even Abuja.

Omokunlex:
Onitsha is not an Igbo city, it belong to the Benin people and it is also a No mans land.

Ilovemystate:
Great city

Ilovemystate:
My own contribution

Ilovemystate:
Great city

ifyalways:
Onicha Ado.

Ebe ife nine na-eme. Ndi Obi akpo dika nkea n'ako ajambele n'isi m jee kuelu ezi nwa.

O no na ndo fu onwa. Taaa, who ask you, usu

19naia:
Thanks. I was there and took the pictures myself and I know the Asaba side from the Onitsha side.
Yes the Asaba side is also bad where the traffic gathers around the bridge, and i did not start feeling well until we moved well beyond the bridge area in Asaba heading towards Lagos. Its not so much Onitsha city but the Niger river bridge area and the heavy industrial traffic it brings. Low quality diesel is a terrible thing and those large lorries burn it in large messy quantities.
Thats why its best to have several bridges spread over several areas rather than have all of the cross regional traffic converge at one city to spoil the city in this way. Nigeria has out grown the existing Niger River infrastructure and that second Niger bridge is not enough. There needs to be at least one more bridge closer to Owerri and portharcourt. Looks like Abo and Ndoni towns (see the photos) would be a good location if a good expressway is installed to handle the traffic. If portharcourt and owerri Traffic could take a more southern route, it would save time, fuel burn/$ and divert overwhelming traffic away from Onitsha/Asaba
The city I live in is just finishing a 5th bridge in a city of almost 1.5 million people, but it uses so many bridges to serve the interstate corridor passing through the city. People cross the river in my city here from many states and once they cross, they divert into directions going to several states, just like Onitsha. People converge at Onitsha from Lagos, Benin city, Ibadan, Akure and so on, and when they cross at Onitsha, they divert onward towards Owerri, portharcourt, calabar, anambra and so on. But all using one bridge and waiting for a second to erect. We have our 5th bridge finishing up in my city here and its not even a major city. Niger river need to increase the number of bridges and spread them out to cover crossing close to Owerri and Portharcourt.

sonnie10:
Below is the main reason they gave for the high PM in Onistha. Note: This is the primary source that was used by WHO in their article.

I still repeat that Nigeria educational system is "fantastically corrupt" if "educated folks" are not able to do simple findings like this on their own, before coming to exhibit their ignorance on public forum.

19naia:
Thanks for this post, It explains a lot about what happened to me when passing through onitsha.

I was riding in a van and started to feel light headed, dazed and like my breath was not carrying enough strength. It lasted only through the on both sides of the Niger river bridge. generators.
It didnt look as bad as some of the pictures i have seem of China, but i was feeling it strong and was worried i would go unconscious from lack of good air.

sucess001:
You are a big mumu. Ignorance by who?
Of course i freaking know shoprite is a tenant. Same way its a tenant in palms, lekki and also cycle mall in lekki. shoprite however is the mall's flagship. so what new information do you have that i am not aware of?
The issue is that the mall wasn't built by govt so its not an 'achievement' by your hero governor.
I am ure you are intelligent enough to comprehend this or political asslickin wont allow you?

Ikengawo:
Osha has surpassed Kano economically and is chasing Abuja closely according to recent reports (same with Aba)

What's left for Osha and Aba is livability. Parks, trees, museums, plazas, squares, cleaniness, beautification, sports clubs, bible clubs, pools, monuments, gardens and more TREES. Things that will make people want to live there outside of business. When you have these things, people invest on a larger scale. Without them they will only open depots or distribution centers. If it's a place someone wants to live they will put their corporate office there and that's will bring 10x the investment and capital as a depot.

eleojo23:
Is Anambra part of Niger delta?