₦airaland Forum

DaLover: So the port in lagos was the sole reason that Lagos is what it is abi?
Is lagos port better than those of Accra, Lome doula or Cotonou? The answer is no
So why is Lagos many times bigger than those cities, rubber, palm oil and crude oil, from the delta...

You claim the Niger delta need your ports to export their goods? Maybe for palm and rubber, which the British must have made possible but not crude oil, it is stated clearly in the Wikipedia link I sent you that lagos experienced rapid growth with the oil boom(or is that a British lie too),

If you still stick to ur argument that the port is the main reason for the development of Lagos, what is the main reason for the development of Abuja?

Mynd_44: Hahahahahha.
More like 9 ways to be a broke rapper.

Eze Promoe: Nigerian artistes aren't complaining, so the people. Nigeria is a lawless country like we all know, and putting such law wouldn't walk at all. But yet Nigerian artiste are still making money despite all these. Another thing is that as a new artiste, you don't expect your album to start selling without you brought to the limelight, which internet, radio and television is one of them. I can't see myself wasting kudi to buy music every now and then and I believe million of Nigerians are like that.[/color]

babapupa: Lagos is what it is because of federal government? na joke? how did they do it? by slowing us down like denying our first metro rail attempt decades ago.? By leaving their infrastructures in Lagos in shambles and rotten that we have to spend 50 billion of our own money to take care of their responsibility?

Eko Ile: Like I keep telling all the misguided people talking about oil money. Oil money is not everything and you can not substitute good and visionary leadership with some yeye oil money. Where are all the some called oil states with their derivations and huge oil budgets? Den receive oil money and the fist thing to do is to go shop for Jets and scam their people with phoney e library.


It's all about leadership.

Paul John: Good to see development reaching ikorodu, people of the place have been left out of Lagos development for years.
Noticed the huge road extension(I guess six lane), bridges been built with excellent quality from mile12 to Ikorodu, it's impressive I must say.
The construction of the 4th mainland bridge(hoping) from Island through Lagos Lagoon down to Ikorodu will seal the prosperity of that area.

Wish the govt. in care of Ishagamu(Ogun)-Ikorodu(Lagos) road can as well be smart to see the significance of that road in building the economy of the states involved.

Akanbi_edu: [color=#009900] The governor should be more circumspect in his utterances.[/color] People are emotional and those things matter more to them than performance in office. people naturally feel threatened by performers and may likely start looking for faults. El-rufai is better remembered for his arrogance than his good works in Abuja. Buhari is better remembered for his religion than his good works. Awolowo was equally called arrogant.....

0lumide: I know bros... I was trying to make the kettykin guy mad but afam4neva took the fall..

0lumide: Which your common wealth? For your unnavigable land? Which common wealth? Shay na your common wealth also give Western Nigeria highest GDP since the inception of Nigeria to now? Na your common wealth?

When you talk oil, Yorubas have oil tooooooooooooooooo!!! Itsekiri and Ilaje oil donation to FG nko? Those ones no count? Lagos is not dependent on anyone but the Yorubas common wealth. Go and die! All oil producing states get more money than Lagos, why haven't they developed faster than Lagos? OOOO It's Lagos that using Oodua intelligence agency to infiltrate their government and installing illiterates in power.

0lumide: Which your common wealth? For your unnavigable land? Which common wealth? Shay na your common wealth also give Western Nigeria highest GDP since the inception of Nigeria to now? Na your common wealth?

When you talk oil, Yorubas have oil tooooooooooooooooo!!! Itsekiri and Ilaje oil donation to FG nko? Those ones no count? Lagos is not dependent on anyone but the Yorubas common wealth. Go and die! All oil producing states get more money than Lagos, why haven't they developed faster than Lagos? OOOO It's Lagos that using Oodua intelligence agency to infiltrate their government and installing illiterates in power.

Afam4eva: We can argue from now till Jesus comes. But the truth remains that the oil industry which is our mainstay services everything you see today. take away oil and many industries will collapse and the ones that will remain will be fighting for their survival.

I also wish the FG will allow for resource control and let's see how things will go down. With resource control, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Rivers and Delta state will witness a mass exodus. The population will double in a very short time. The power of oil is out of this world. Go to the UAE and see what they're using oil to do over there.

emmatok: Correct.
Some don't even know that Cotonou is triving without oil.
They also forgot that Lagos is sacrificing her natural resources(crude oil) for commerce.

aribisala0: There really is nothing to fill in its not true. Simple. If I ask you to fill us in on a claim that Accra was once the capital of Cameroun what do you say

Nigeria was created in 1914 with Lagos as Capital. Simple

Eko Ile: [color=#009900]I guess you're still hurting..[/color]


We had this debate and you lost.

This is the dirty rubbish you call your state and even with just 4 million people and huge budget like Lagos state's budget, it's still a village and money down the drain.

https://www.nairaland.com/374942/amaechis-port-harcourt/8


The joke is on you...ndo.

aribisala0: This is a very commonly repeated falsehood Calabar was NEVER the Capital of NIgeria . After amalgamation in 1914 Calabar was NEVER the capital for a SINGLE day

geeez: I know this will pain all non Yoruba invaders in the state but Fash is on point

Demdem: Nop, that wasnt it. It wont be proper if oil producing states are allowed to control their resources while other states arent. Control ur oil and let us also control the ports. Control ur gas and of cos let us control our minerals and we all will give whatever have been determined to the FG at the center. Are u even aware that [color=#009900]states that have natural minerals cant even mine their resources and export for funds without FG direction[/color]? what is good for the goose is also good for the gender. Lets be fair to all.

phantom: my brother why are you insistent on jumping in the gutter and playing with touts? why? please pick who you argue with on this forum wisely

aribisala0: The British were in Bonny,Opobo,Buguma and Lagos and elsewhere in the coastal regions of what was to become Nigeria 111 years ago they chose to Build a bridge,Carter Bridge which is still there now. They did not build similar bridges elsewhere or designate any of these places Colony of Buguma or of Bonny etc and we are being told this was because of their "whims".
I don't agree.I do not argue that it was because of any special nous or talent of the people of Lagos either.They were lucky to be in the right place but if the British were to trade,as was their aim with the hinterland of Yorubaland,all the way up North in that part of the country they HAD no choice and so they invested heavily in Lagos building Ikoyi where they chose to live building the port at Apapa and a railline which ended at Iddo from Kano to boost their access to the North.

This Lagos ,this Colony of Lagos is not the same thing as Lagos State today which was created in 1967. We must distinguish the two. Lagos State as we know it now comprises Colony of Lagos and some parts of the Western Region e.g Mushin,Oshodi,Agege,Ikorodu etc. After Lagos was created Ikeja was its capital and The old colony Area remained as national Capital.

Lagos STate was not and never was the capital of Nigeria

Therefore when using the word "Lagos" it is important to to mix the two as they are distinct and there were rural communities in the state that did not have electricity when Obasajo came to power in 1999 and perhaps till this day.

This bridge below was built before 1914 when Nigeria was merged. Is it sensible to expect that there will not be significant progress after 100 years.Many places in Nigeria have no such bridge TODAY.How can we expect the two to be the same