sexylassie2:
If you are making your cash in your city, don't leave for abuja.

Abuja is not a business or hustling city.

For example, you can not compare computer village in Lagos with zone 3( abuja computer village) Or even the phone village in wuse market to computer village.

It is hard to find jobs for job seeker in abj even govt job is hard.

Abuja was built for civil servants and politics not business.

Lagos,PH and kano are the commercial cities in Nigeria..the rest are doing catching up.

Onitsha is doing well too

Stephenmoka4:
All states are bigger than Tokyo but, Tokyo cannot be compared with the entire Nigeria

That's what I keep telling them landmass don't mean Shi+. Toyko is so small but it contains 37 million people, bigger than any Nigerian state in population and GDP.

Also, Singapore, one of the countries with the highest GDP per capita is as small as Lekki peninsula.

Sammy07:
South east has been scamming Nigeria government by giving them 5 states with 5 different allocations.

South east shouldn't be more than 2 states

What's your obsession with South East
Did any South Easterner take your babe?
Na wa o

Those who will come here to brag about the landmass of their states should know that huge Landmass is not an achievement neither does it transcend to development. Countries like Switzerland, Singapore, Netherlands, DR Congo, Sudan and Chad continue to prove this point.

Nwanyiogwashi:
cross river state without oil wan budget trillion lolz

You dey mind dem
Na only to dey blow useless grammar the Governor Sabi

Nn

dalass:


Celebration of Igbo's in Borno of all States

Na wa oh... Igbo's can beat chest sha. They love praises even when being slaughtered by abokis... The governor said even their own citizens don run but money greed will keep Igbo's there.. Hmmmm

Amazing! They'll be forming like they hate the north and northeners but we see the real picture, they just wanted attention. Now Zulum gave it, they're celebrating stupidity

Drink water and chill
Tribalism looks disgusting on You

proeast:
Igbos are known to be capitalists and has often been classified as being among the world's 5 most advanced ethnicities alongside the Chinese, Indians, Jews and Germans. Just like these other aforementioned groups, Igbos now control or influence commerce in many areas of Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. Their cities of Aba and Onitsha have traditionally been regarded as home to some of the largest markets in Africa. However, the problem now is that these markets have largely remained the way they were decades ago.



Today, anyone who visits Ariaria will be disgusted at the filth, bad roads, flooding etc. that will assault them. Traders often lose lots of money each time the market gets flooded, and it happens quite often especially during the rainy season.

The world has evolved and commerce has become a huge money spinner, especially when it is combined with tourism. Dubai is a model example of this. However, the IGR of Aba has remained appallingly low, not necessarily because the people don't pay tax but but because of cartels that rip-off such monies due to irregularities in tax collection.

Abia state government should as a matter of urgency, go into partnership with developers to build the world's largest mall that will replace the sordid Ariaria market. This is a hugely bankable project and investors would be falling over themselves to be involved.

Recently, Shell built a dedicated gas pipeline to Ariaria and this would help to make the building of these malls significantly cheaper to maintain and thus make its rent affordable for most traders.

The benefits of having such very large malls in Aba will be enormous and it will change the fortunes of the state. Such benefits include:

1. Huge foriegn direct investments will flood into the state, especially from China, India, Japan, S.A, E.U and America. They will come in the form of companies opening assembly plants that will take advantage of such modernized large markets. This is what Dubai has done, and we have the capacity to replicate it here. Even if we are able to get 10% of the sort of investments that has gone to Dubai, Abia will automatically become a very rich state.

2. Increased patronage; Ariaria used to attract buyers from all over Nigeria and as far as Cameroun, Ghana, Senegal, Niger etc. Many of such people have stopped coming due to the disorganized nature of the market. However, not only will all these people return, Ariaria will now be able to attract buyers from all over Africa.

3. Increased government revenue; imagine when Aba has 10 very large malls that will contain an average of 20,000 shops each or 20 large malls of 10,000 shops each. The government will be able to ensure that 100% of the traders are captured in its tax drive and no cartel will defraud it since government knows the exact number of tax payers and can easily monitor compliance.

4. Increase in employment generation; lots of our graduates see trading as a vocation that is demeaning. This is due to the filthy environment where trading takes place. The market roads are muddy and flooded, gutters crisscross people's shops, leaky roofs etc. However, once these large malls are used to replace such dirty markets, many graduates will gladly go into trading and they will bring modern innovations too.

5. Aesthetics; Aba has gained a notoreity as a filty place and this is directly due to the proliferation of all these dingy markets that are found all over the city. Aba is a naturally well planned gridiron city. Once these unsightly markets are replaced with modern malls, the aesthetics of the city will be greatly enhanced and more people will desire to live in the city.

I can go on to list several other benefits but lack of space won't allow me. We Igbos don't know the gold we have in our hands by being in control of commerce in Nigeria because it has far greater potentials than crude oil and agriculture. Dubai has no oil but it is richer than the other Emirates in UAE that has oil as well as other oil rich countries.

Okezie Ikpeazu should muster the courage and political will to forever change the dynamics of Aba and he will always be remembered. Rochas was able to demolish the two biggest markets in Owerri and relocate the traders, and heaven did not fall. So, Ikpeazu too can demolish Ariaria as well as other dirty markets in Aba and replace them with massive malls.

Lalasticala please do Aba a favour by moving this piece to the front page so it can be brought to Okezie Ikpeazu's attention.

I don't know whether you are still interested in this thread but if you are. I have a solution for you.
What I propose, is for you to market this idea to investors and business men and women in the East so they can key into it

On how to achieve this, I will breakdown the process into five stages.

First Stage: Assessment
You and maybe your friends should go and scout for a large piece of land, ideally in Aba where the new market can be sited. Estimate how big the market would look like, how many stalls that will fit into it and how much the land will cost

Second Stage: Modelling
Engage the services of an architecture to sketch the design of how the market will look like. Make sure the sketch looks appealing and marketable.

Third Stage: Estimation
When you have gotten the model of how the new shopping complex will look like, The next stage is to find out how much, in totality, it will cost to build the new market with finishings and aesthetic beautifications

Stage Four: Marketing
Market this idea to business men and women who have shops in Ariara, intimate them on the benefits of investing in the new shopping complex, how it will bring them more sales, how it will make their shops more Accessible and organised. Don't forget to market the idea to people who have shops in other markets, try to get them involved. You can also send out petitions to various Igbo business men, State governors and lawmakers all over the Geo political zone. Tell them the benefits and impacts of the business. To cut the whole thing short, market the idea to anyone you can so they can contribute money for the building of the market.

Stage Five: Building
After the needed funds for the construction of the market has been sourced, take the money to a reputable construction company to build the shopping complex.

Boom!!! You have your Shopping Complex
Waiting for any Government whether federal or states to demolish Ariara and build a shopping complex will never happen even in the next 50 years

RESTRUCTURE

NIGERIA

NOW

Another Looter bites the dust.

Remember to Greet Abba Kyari for us

bigpicture001:
What naiaj really need is to change her economic investment model from America to china's model

You are very much right. Also, Nigeria needs to stop exporting Raw materials like she plan to do when when we start mining steel from the Ajaokuta steel mine. Nigeria should use the raw steel to produce other things which can then be exported or sold in the domestic market

Cc NGpatriot, Helinus, ruudvanNisteroy

Lalami3232:
Oyibo people culture na wa oooo.
Anyways, we wey dey dress well and even tie hair, our heart dirty pass their own by a million miles.

This post of yours reeks of self hate and White worshipping. You strike me like one who would eat a white person's poo

Spits

bigpicture001:
Ghana with her stable power, has it been industralized

Ghana is getting there, there is massive investment going on in Ghana currently. Even with her small population, she has a GDP per capita of 2,202 thousand dollars. Don't compare Ghana with Nigeria they are miles ahead of us and it's shameful.

ican2020:
We know but unfortunately the government does not care.

Handing Nigeria back to the colonial master is the way out

How about we protest for these things or threaten our senators with Recall if they don't do them

Must we remain docile and wait for a miracle to happen while our leaders continue to plunder our commonwealth. We seriously need to develop a protest culture here in Nigeria, go to South Africa, they protest even for the prettiest things such as data cost and that's why their government takes them serious. We create a conducive environment for corruption and resource mismanagement to thrive whenever we allow our Government get away with the nonsense they do. What we are simply telling them is that we support what they do and before you know it, they start changing the constitution and laws to keep themselves in power.
We Need to let them know that we are not happy with what they do and we deserve better.

Let's Protest!

The White colonialists aren't coming back to Africa, forget it

Unemployment is the biggest problem in Nigeria. Unemployed leads to alot of societal degradation such as kidnapping, banditry, armed robbery, thuggery and Internet fraud. Fighting unemployment will greatly reduce the problem and the only way to fight unemployment is by industrialization.

Industrialization will be achieved if electricity, good road network and security amongst other things is met. With this, doing business in Nigeria will be easy which will attract local and foreign investment into the country.
Do you currently how frustrating and difficult it is to do Business in Nigeria. I know a business man in Aba who spends a whopping 83k monthly only on electricity to power his business. Also, it's very expensive and risky to transport goods in Nigeria as a result of bad roads and armed robbers on the road..


The basics which are Electricity, Transportation and Security needs to be met first. If they are met, Businesses will thrive, unemployment will greatly reduce and Investors will be willing to invest in Nigeria.


Nigeria has hundreds of square kilometres of farmable land. Southern Nigeria can grow Crops such as Maize, Rice, Cassava, Cocoa, Oil Palm etc while Northern Nigeria can raise livestock which when exported will earn us revenue. Before you say the revenue realized will be too small, remember that Ethiopia, the second fastest growing economy in the world exports crops and livestock
Also, Northern Nigeria has a lot of sun light. Millions of solar panels can be installed there which will produce so much Power that we can export to other African countries. The same things applies to Southern Nigeria, were massive dams can be built to produce energy which will be exported
Other companies such as Innoson and Proforce will expand massively and serve the demand for affordable cars in Africa
All Nigeria needs is Electricity, Transportation and Security!

B3ACHSIDE:
Nigeria is one of the most disorganized countries in the world, most of it's cities unplanned. I think urban planning should be prioritized and almost everything needs to be demolished,re-planned, and rebuilt from scratch.
I did a rough estimate of how much it would cost to compensate all homeowners in Calabar & Cross river and it amounts to $2.4 billion dollars for Calabar area , $4 Billion dollars for Cross river as a whole .

This vision of yours looks nice albeit lofty
But I have to ask, how do you plan on achieving this dream of yours, are you going to run for Cross River State Governorship election or are hoping that the Governor sees this and implements it?

What are your plans?

I have never subscribed to the notion that Religion impedes development, and the rapid development of Egypt and South Sudan has further proved this point of view right.

Over the years, I have heard some people attribute the development deficit and insurgency in the North to Their Religion. People often say that religion is the cause for their backwardness I have found this to be evidently untrue. Islam, or religion in general doesn't reduce the pace of growth and development in any society

Take for example countries like South Sudan and Egypt for example, majority of the people in these countries are Muslims and also have the same environment as Northern Nigeria yet they are rapidly developing and advancing. South Sudan for example has the second fastest growing economy in Africa and just like Northern Nigeria they are Muslims and their main export is livestock

So what exactly is the problem, why is there a huge development deficit in the North after so much has been invested in the region and what could be the solution?

Check it anywhere you can, all developed countries from Japan to China to Australia to Canada, USA and even Germany they practice true federalism. True federalism is suitable for countries with multi ethnic groups such as Nigeria, and as such it must be adopted wholly into Nigeria. I know you may say that, federalism exists in Nigeria, but that's not true, what we practice here in Nigeria is de facto Unitary system where power emanates from a central source and is in the hand of a leader. This system if government is mostly suitable for homogeneous countries such as Britain and France and as such, it shouldn't be replicated in Nigeria.


True federalism entails devolution of power to State and local governments. Here States and semi-autonomous and control their state resources. True federalism also entails that the office of the president is merely ceremonial as shots will be called by the various state government. This will mean that when underperforming people are made presidents, it won't affect the people adversely.

It will also ensure that states grow at their own pace and perceived fear of domination or marginalisation in government.
Restructuring Nigeria to true federalism will ensure that no single president can hamper development in the country. It will also ensure that Government will be close to the people before. In Nigeria presently, grieving citizens need to travel to Abuja to protest which is far, but under a Restructured Nigeria, protesters will only need to go their State Government house to air their grievances.


We seriously need to restructure Nigeria to federalism so that power if we want quick and sustainable development.

Let's Restructure Nigeria Now.

Just30:
Private individuals

Thanks for the prompt response

It looks so beautiful

Just30:
The Ghanaian way

Wow, this looks nice


Were they built by the govt or private individuals?

Kano back o track

Today, on my way back from a friend's house, I spotted two people, picking debris from a nearby incinerator, from their clothing and manner I quickly deduced they were mad.

I wasn't surprised because I've seen a number of mentally challenged people, but on this occasion I got worried as I was getting used to seeing mad people everyday. This shouldn't be an everyday sight, right?

So this evening, as I came back, I did a simple Google check on the number of mentally sick people in the country; and guys,what I saw left me in awe.

Perhaps this could be our problem, perhaps this could be why Buhari is still our president, this could be why we are so tribalistic or why we are still a third world country despite almost 60 years of independent and self governance. This could be why we keep voting thieves as leaders and still defend them as they plunder our Nation


Maybe, we are just too Mad in this country!!

Biosphere992:
LET'S WIN VERY BIG

Give your papa the game, abi u no wan make him win big?

B3ACHSIDE:
I believe it pointless to pave existing colonial roads instead of building new ones based on new urban planning . Port harcourt is not by the sea so how can it have seaport ? the seaport you mentioned "Onne" is at the coastal country area and it's a shallow river at just 6 meters just like the current 7 meters Calabar seaport.
Maybe you are from the port harcourt and that's why you think it will be more viable there , well that'why all ethnicity should be autonomous states or provinces and do their own thing because my investments and believe is in Calabar and Cross river only.
My method is the best method for Calabar and Cross river and I suggest you implement your own method where you're from. My ideology is social democracy. I'm a civil engineer and a in my final year of urban and regional planning . The Calabar & Cross river rail will be a corporate owned. there are numerous plans for large residential and industrial developments at Calabar according to master plan. My advocacy is simply for the government to intervene in terms of housing for the poor and disabled.
Like I said , all states or ethnicity should simply do their own thing .

My Bad, I meant the Onne Port. I all think the South South states who can build seaports should do so as it will improve imports and exports. I'm also for semi-autonomous states as it will allow each state develop at their own pace
How do you plan to actualise your plans for your state though?

B3ACHSIDE:
Based on the fact that Nigeria is a poor country and it cost 100s of billions to produce that amount of electricity you mentioned ,I suggest do it in phases. There'll never be a time when all of Nigeria will have stable electrify at once. I've already mentioned that security and stable electricity are the two most important. I believe in self sufficiency first before thinking of exporting . Listen , I've already seen photos and i personally think everything needs to be demolished and rebuilt from scratch and it's hard to change my mind about that .
All slums and houses will be demolished and new city built with urban planning. there'll be no slum to go back to and rent anything and there'll be ID database to keep tab of activities .
Calabar will have a deep seaport and a brand new international airport within 10 years it's all on plan . Calabar deep seaport will be deepest in Africa at 20 m. The current deepest is Lome port at 16.60 meters. I really don't care about those other areas like port harcourt you mentioned i'm not familiar with those places and don't care. the only other cit i really like is Onitsha. I'm American but my dad is Efik Calabar that's why it's the only area i'm familiar and care about .
Everyone has different opinion, I believe my method of social democracy is the best for Calabar & Cross river, everyone should do their own thing .

I agree wholly with you, Nigeria is very unplanned. Our governors don't even care, they only care about building flyovers and roundabouts which they will use during campaign for re-election. It's sad but you have to understand that is a secondary issue. The salient issue is that of electricity and good road network, and we should channel all our resources and man power into it. There won't be any point building tall residential houses when we don't have stable power and good roads. Perhaps when we have achieved stable electricity and good roads then other cities can be built which will be planned structurally. We still have alot of unused landmass in Nigeria especially in states like Taraba, Benue, Kogi and Ebonyi. We can't afford to focus on unimportant things now.

I believe a seaport in Portharcourt will be more economically viable as a because of the already existing market in the city. Anyway, we can't have too much good things, so a seaport in Calabar will also be important for the country

B3ACHSIDE:
I'm not asking you to ask China to build it . It does not have to be built by China, use indigenous architects,surveyors,engineers and other professional volunteers, It's not rocket science to build an organized society. The city was built with power plant,,water supply,malls or plaza,hospital ,schools,parks etc. and it all amounts to $3 Billion dollars.
As for seaport and all of that it's pointless thinking about that now , I've already explained that previously. deal with the basics first. The Nigerian government seems to be wasting money on stupid things that don't matter . What do you need seaport for right now? what do you need conference center or airline for right now? SMH Very foolish people ! Even if you do all of the above you mentioned , that won't stop Nigeria from being underdeveloped.
Nigeria is a lawless and disorganized society and I think almost everything needs to be demolished and rebuilt from scratch.
You guys are talking about Nigeria like it's Japan or US and keep talking about industrialization,capitalism , and supporting population boom but you fail to reason that Africa's situation is different and needs a different approach. The world market is already saturated .Nigeria has nothing to offer and should be self sufficient first . My method is the most practical and realistic . Nigeria and Africa will never develop without this social democratic method . You guys can keep fantasizing about Nigeria being developed world power with tallest skyscrapers but that will never happen and it will keep being a third world shithole. Only my method would work for Nigeria and Africa.

Firstly, I Honestly don't see any reason why Nigeria should embark on a housing scheme. Let me point you to what happened in South Africa. The SA govt built houses for the people which it called RDP to take away poor south Africans from their slums, but what happened?, the people who were given free houses to live in started renting thier houses, while they lived in their shacks. This was because they were unemployed and really needed a source of income. This is what will happen if the same thing is replicated here in Nigeria. Don't put the cart before the horse, employment first before housing scheme. Also, In Nigeria, we lack maintenance culture and building houses for the poor will only amount to lots to dilapidated structures in the very near future

Unemployment is the biggest problem in Nigeria. Unemployed leads to alot of societal degradation such as kidnapping, banditry, armed robbery, thuggery and Internet fraud. Fighting unemployment will greatly reduce the problem and the only way to fight unemployment is by industrialization. Industrialization will be achieved if electricity, good road network and security is met. With this, doing business in Nigeria will be easy which will attract local and foreign investment into the country.
Do you currently how frustrating and difficult it is to do Business in Nigeria. I know a business man in Aba who spends a whopping 83k monthly only on electricity to power his business. Do you know how expensive and risky it is to transport good in Nigeria as a result of bad roads and armed robbers on the road.

The basics which are Electricity, Transportation and Security needs to be met first. If they are met, Businesses will thrive, unemployment will greatly reduce and Investors will be willing to invest in Nigeria.
Building parks, schools( which will churn out unemployed graduates) and malls are TOTALLY UNNECESSARY FOR NOW!

The seaport will be necessary to decongest Lagos as Lagos is currently overpopulated. It will also reduce the cost of exporting, because now, if someone in say, Onitsha wants to export, he must transport his goods to Lagos first which is very expensive and risky. Building a seaport in Portharcourt will greatly reduce the cost of imports and exports

I agree with you, Conference centres and skyscrapers are of no use to Nigeria I have never said the govt should build any.


You are saying Nigeria does not have a trying to offer the world, like really?
Nigeria has hundreds of square kilometres of farmable land. Southern Nigeria can grow Crops such as Maize, Rice, Cassava, Cocoa, Oil Palm etc while Northern Nigeria can raise livestock which when exported will earn us revenue. Before you say the revenue realized will be too small, remember that Ethiopia, the second fastest growing economy in the world exports crops and livestock
Also, Northern Nigeria has a lot of sun light. Millions of solar panels can be installed there which will produce so much Power that we can export to other African countries. The same things applies to Southern Nigeria, were massive dams can be built to produce energy which will be exported
Other companies such as Innoson and Proforce will expand massively and serve the demand for affordable cars in Africa

All Nigeria needs is Electricity, Transportation and Security!