OreMI22: Oga, without sounding immodest, Part of the reason why people often think those that went abroad cannot reason objectively is because of people like you.
You truly want that type of housing in Nigeria? Just because you saw in in China, USA or Germany, then suddenly Anambra state must and can build those types of houses for it's villagers? Have you asked yourself why even South Africa that is light years ahead of Nigeria in technology and power generation does not have those types of mass housing for their people?
When some of you suggest technically impossible things with total disregard for our GDP, technology and almost ZERO prospect of finding funding even if it's from World bank or UN HABITAT for humanity. I feel like extending the same ironical suggestion by asking you why your father simply can't set up a cement factory or refinery like Dangote did. Afterall, he just a Nigerian like you and your father. That statement clearly shows i have only considered you and Dangote's similarity of being "Nigerians" and perhaps being male with male Instruments. I have totally refused to consider the circumstance and reality that makes you Mr Okafor and the othe man Mr Dangote.
Biko, you people should stop embarrassing us by posting crap. You can very well post and aircraft carrier and ask why we can't just build it. We don't like to dare, that is why we can't make an aircraft carrier. When you suggest senseless solution that is not applicable, it is better to suggest nothing.
Let me help you with some of the design Obiano must build in Awka in the next 1-2 years. Afterall, we are extremely rich and just one of these building can contain all the citizens of Awka in it and save a lot of land for agriculture.
Nnwanne, nothing is impossible and i did take into consideration our technological state.
We need to state training our people to be able to build such structures.
Japan dont have oil but they have magnificient structures.
People are our asset and right to shelter should be universal.
The problem we have is called big man syndrome, where some people think they have a right to house and others dont.
I have a mansion in the village but already thinking of bigger structure to accommodate a growing family.
TEDHorsePower: Why not go face your IPOB and Nnamdi kanu nonsense elsewhere and stop clowning around here. Some folks are beginning to take you seriously without knowing you are an IPOB clown.
Wen am talking with my people and in my state, i dont expect an afonja to be derailing the thread.
Imagine we build our villages like this, we will have more farmland and also, build library, schools and research centre nearby for our people to plan their development locally.
Before the village grows, they build another one and plan their population, each building will be an upgrade of the previous, technologically.
OreMI22: Low density and high density neighborhoods serve different cadres of people who are important for a good society to function properly. If all wealthy Anambra people have to live in Enugu or Asaba because we don't have Independence layout style areas in Awka and Onitsha, then it's equally a tragedy. I totally agree that more new estates with 4 - 5 storey buildings need to be opened. More importantly around Onitsha and Nnewi. If you followed the drone overview of Oba, you will find that we have a sizeable amount of such estates. We need to have one or two new layouts in Awka for high density areas.
But, all new estates should not be 4 - 5 storey hoods. There has to be a good balance in everything to cater for different cadres of important people in the society.
OreMI22: Even if the entire airport will not be completed under Obiano, he could set up a concrete plan for the airport and airport city to be completed according to the original vision.
Sam Mbakwe started Owerri airport. He knew very well that he could never complete it. But he developed a clear plan in phases to enable the succeeding administrations complete it without sacrificing their own programs.
Another important project is the airport city project. Now we know that waiting for the airport to be completed before the airport city is planned and developed will simply result in the rise of concrete of slums in that area by the time the airport is completed.
Therefore, nothing stops the state government NOW to grade the streets/roads in the airport city area, to properly mark out the plots and allow private sector to develop the place now as the airport itself is being built. The reason why most Nigerian cities look like slums, except Abuja and perhaps in the future Abakaliki, is that they are NEVER planned before the buildings go up.
Now is the opportunity to plan the airport city and demarcate the future roads & streets by simply grading (NOT TAR) the roads. So that the plots are well aligned in a straight line and the roads are well interconnected with many roundabouts like modern airport cities, before people build up the area the way villages are developed haphazardly.
The village one, we discussed and people were saying we should leave it like that.
Development is not leave it like that matter.
The villages need to be planned.
At some point, one-story building will be demolished for high rise luxury apartment blocks.
We need better management of our limited land resources.