₦airaland Forum

donjaxy:
Wasted generation

Abagworo:
The figure is based only on Onitsha North and South whuch has no much room for expansion. Much of the recent population growth in Onitsha urban area is in Idemili North and South.

Abagworo:
The figure is based only on Onitsha North and South whuch has no much room for expansion. Much of the recent population growth in Onitsha urban area is in Idemili North and South.

gwales:
guy I think you need to learn how settlement are classified because like I said earlier settlement are distinguish more importantly by the population living at a particular place at the right time. Settlement cam be isolated dwelling, Hamlet, small village, large village, small town, large town, city, megalopolis and finally cornubation. So place like Zaria with its huge population more than a million people easily qualified as a city.
You make mention technology and business not knowing that all settlement have different functions. Like I said earlier, a settlement can function as religious (Makkah, Jerusalem) educational (Zaria, oxford) , administrative (Zaria, abuja) industrial (lagos) tourism (Rome, paris). If all these places can function well what makes you think that all this criteria is not an Avenue of business?
You also make mention of billionaires in nnewi, hmmmmm. When did having billionaires become a criteria?
You can make your points why anambra should be third on the list but claiming that onitcha and nnewi are cities while Zaria is not is laughable. You can notice through out my posts that I never claim to knowing anambra for the single reason that I have little or no knowledge of the place but I won't accept your assertion about Zaria. Zaria qualify to be a city with it's population and functions (educational & administrative).
Thanks.

gwales:
guy I think you need to learn how settlement are classified because like I said earlier settlement are distinguish more importantly by the population living at a particular place at the right time. Settlement cam be isolated dwelling, Hamlet, small village, large village, small town, large town, city, megalopolis and finally cornubation. So place like Zaria with its huge population more than a million people easily qualified as a city.
You make mention technology and business not knowing that all settlement have different functions. Like I said earlier, a settlement can function as religious (Makkah, Jerusalem) educational (Zaria, oxford) , administrative (Zaria, abuja) industrial (lagos) tourism (Rome, paris). If all these places can function well what makes you think that all this criteria is not an Avenue of business?
You also make mention of billionaires in nnewi, hmmmmm. When did having billionaires become a criteria?
You can make your points why anambra should be third on the list but claiming that onitcha and nnewi are cities while Zaria is not is laughable. You can notice through out my posts that I never claim to knowing anambra for the single reason that I have little or no knowledge of the place but I won't accept your assertion about Zaria. Zaria qualify to be a city with it's population and functions (educational & administrative).
Thanks.

Saurab:
Zaria has times 2 of onitsha population.

Rank City State Population
1 Lagos Lagos State 13,400,000[2]
2 Kano Kano State 3,626,068
3 Abuja FCT 3,000,000
4 Ibadan Oyo State 2,550,593
5 Kaduna Kaduna State 1,652,844
6 Port Harcourt Rivers State 1,320,214
7 Aba Abia State 1,300,000
8 Ogbomosho Oyo State 1,200,000
9 Maiduguri Borno State 1,197,497
10 Benin City Edo State 1,147,188
11 Zaria Kaduna State 1,018,827
12 Jos Plateau State 900,000
13 Ilorin Kwara State 847,582
14 Enugu Enugu State 722,664
15 Oyo Oyo State 620,400
16 Abeokuta Ogun State 529,700
17 Onitsha Anambra State 509,500

Abagworo:
Zaria is bigger than Onitsha though but Kaduna is not as urbanised as Anambra. Nnewi is not a city but a semi-urban sprawl that has a self sustaining chain of private industries.

gwales:
you are only being mischievous by claiming that nnewi and onitcha are cities while zaria is not. Did you know that one of the most criteria for distinguishing settlements is by population and function. By population I doubt if nnewi have more people leaving in it, while when it comes to function zaria can easily qualified as an educational city and defense city

nzeobi:
No I mean state roads and even some federal roads except onitsha enugu express way. Go round the state and see for your self

mandarin:
A lot of youths undermine other groups outside their own.Developments and sustainability are far from most cities/states in Nigeria. The op based his position on his exposure and it showed he hasn't travelled that much.The Kaduna story is right, Zaria is developed and a large city. Kafanchan too. Kano city may be is more than all those places the op mentioned put together.
Ogun is ahead with Sango otta to papalanto metro, Abeokuta, ijebu ode-Ikene, Sagamu.
May be in terms of market but urbanization is another thing because if developments mean settlements and houses even Ondo state will play huge talk less of Oyo, Rivers, Niger and even Kwara and Abia.
So op pls travel more.what looks like development to you is jus a country struggling to come out of poverty.

ismoh90:
Propbly because daz d only places u knew of.. u forgoten place porthrct ? Ibadan ? Kano ? .. have u visitd dem ? Pls do

nzeobi:
Am from imo but lived in Ihiala (anambra) and schooled in the state too. What impressed me more about anambra is their road networks which is the best in the country and I knew all this because during my industrial training with a borehole drilling company I toured many towns in the state.

For me the reason is that anambra had produced governors who have placed emphasis on infrastructure like roads and school unlike imo where propaganda is the other of the day.

Peter obi and ngige tried I hope Willie emulates them too