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WHY THE NNEWI MODEL CAN TRANSFORM NIGERIA



Any time Nigeria is compared to a smaller country like Ghana, some great logicians would retort that “Ghana is just as big as Lagos State,” as if the more populated a country is, the more under-developed and disorganized it should be. When such Aristotles are reminded that, except for Pakistan, the other five countries that are more populated than Nigeria – including China and India that are individually almost ten times larger than Nigeria – are ahead of Nigeria in all development indices, such people keep quiet or look for other feeble excuses.

Therefore, it will not be surprising to see such people scoff at any comparison between Nigeria and Nnewi: “a mere town in Anambra State of Nigeria.” But it is incontrovertible that attitude is far more critical to success than size.

Nigeria has perennially been “work-in-progress,” with its democracy always “nascent.” We are always changing our systems and policies, deceiving ourselves that they are the cause of our problem, like the typical poor workman that always blames his tools but never himself. Although Nnewi has some things in common with Nigeria, comparatively it has evolved a system that works for it, a system which gives it peace, stability, growth and development: luxuries which have eluded Nigeria for over 50 years.

Just like Nigerians, Nnewi people are proud people; some would say “arrogant”. There are some reasons for that. Like Nigeria, Nnewi is bigger and richer than all its neighbours. The town has produced many prominent figures. Among them is the first President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Sir Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu, described as the richest Nigerian of his time: a man who lent Nigeria his Rolls Royce and personal driver for the use of Queen Elizabeth II when she visited Nigeria in 1956. There is also his Oxford University-trained son, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, the first military governor of Eastern Nigeria, the leader of the defunct Republic of Biafra, and a folk hero among the Igbo. Then there is Dr Nwafor Orizu, Nigeria’s third Senate President and three-month Acting President in the First Republic, as well as Dame Virgy Etiaba, Nigeria’s first female governor of a state.

There are also many business moguls and industrialists like Chief Augustine Ilodibe, founder of Ekene Dili Chukwu Transport, and Chief Innocent Chukwuma, Chairman of Innoson Motors, whose company manufactures motor vehicles in Nnewi. There are Chief Chika Alex Okafor of Chicason Group; Chief Cletus Ibeto of Ibeto Group; Dr Ajulu Uzodike of Cutix Plc; Dr Cosmas Maduka of Coscharis Group, to mention but a few. In all modesty, it is doubtful if there is another town in Nigeria that has more millionaires than Nnewi town.

However, unlike Nigeria, Nnewi is not rich because of any natural resources. There is no proof that Nnewi people are physically stronger, more intelligent, more prayerful, or more righteous than others. There is no evidence that God loves the town more than other towns. However, it is obvious that Nnewi indigenes made their town what it is by imbibing certain principles.

Like Nigeria’s ethnic groups, “the four arms of Nnewi” cherish their individual identity: Otolo, Uruagu, Umudim, and Nnewichi. But unlike Nigerians, every Nnewi son or daughter sees himself or herself first as an Nnewi indigene before laying claim to his or her part of the town. These four arms compete among themselves, quarrel, disagree and resist any attempt by any part of the town to dominate others. Yet in all the internal rivalry, there has never been any record of bloodshed between two communities in the last 100 years of modern history. To the Nnewi person, unlike to the Nigerian, life is sacrosanct.

The four arms of Nnewi are not equal in terms of land size and population. They are bigger in the descending order of Otolo, Uruagu, Umudim, and Nnewichi. In the late 1980s, three of the arms of Nnewi protested against marginalization and domination. Subsequently, each arm boycotted the events the town did together. For ten years, the unity of the town was threatened but there was no bloodshed.

That crisis led the town to adopt the rotation of all political and socio-cultural posts in the town among the four arms. So if Otolo provided the chairman of the local government area, Uruagu would provide the deputy chairman; Umudim would provide the secretary and Nnewichi would provide the member of House of Assembly. Positions that involved other towns and local government areas – like national legislative positions, governorship, presidency – were excluded from this arrangement. No arm of the town is deemed too intelligent to always provide the leaders of the town. To ensure that other parts of the town do not wait forever for their turn, each person is allowed only one term in office. Whatever magic one wants to perform in office, one has to perform it within the three or four years of one’s tenure.

But the only offices that are not open for contest are the traditional offices. Each of the four arms has a traditional head called the Obi. Since Otolo is the first arm, the Obi of Otolo is also the Igwe of Nnewi: he leads rather than rule. Within the four arms, there are also villages, and within the villages, there are umunna or big families. Each level has an obi as its traditional head. The position of every obi is hereditary by primogeniture. In the event that an obi dies without a son, his oldest brother takes over. This tradition has existed since time immemorial. Nobody schemes to become an obi or the Igwe. If the first son is guilty of bloodshed or some other taboos, he will not inherit his father’s throne. Because the throne is not open for contest, it has helped to ensure peace in the town for generations.

Most importantly, there is a great passion among the Nnewi people to develop their town and make it secure. After the 1966 pogrom against the Igbo, the Igbo lost much of their investment in almost all parts of Nigeria. The Nnewi business men decided to found a motor and motorcycle spare parts market in their town: the Nkwo Nnewi/Agbo-Edo Market. They nurtured it and it grew to attract people from different parts of the country and beyond. That was the same spirit that made Innocent Chukwuma to situate Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing plant in Nnewi despite that other bigger cities would have been more attractive for such a big venture. The owners of transport companies like Ekene Dili Chukwu Transport, Izuchukwu Transport, E.Ekesons Transport, and Orizu Motors also ensured that they have major terminuses in Nnewi. Consequently, it is easy to access the town from all parts of Nigeria.

That is the aku-luo-uno philosophy: If you have money, intelligence, or physical strength, bring it home. No matter how influential an Nnewi man is, if his impact is not felt at home, he is regarded as a nobody. The people do not wait for government to develop their town for them. Through individual and communal efforts, schools, libraries, hospitals (including the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital), scholarships, churches, pipe-borne water, electricity, and roads are provided.

In addition, one thing that helps to drive development in Nnewi is the intense but healthy rivalry that exists among the four arms of Nnewi. For example, if one arm starts a scholarship scheme for its indigenes, or paves a road, the other arms immediately want to beat that record. And whenever someone from an arm of the town is holding an elective post, other people from the other communities watch to see what impact he will make in the town. If he does not perform well, his people are continually ridiculed.

Unlike the Nigerian, the Nnewi person thinks of what he can do for his community rather than what his community can do for him. Unlike the Nigerian, the Nnewi man never ridicules his town before non-indigenes. Unlike the Nigerian, the Nnewi person is very proud of his Nnewi-ness: he proclaims his identity unapologetically wherever he is and defends his homeland always.

Undoubtedly, Nnewi is by far smaller than Nigeria, but it has evolved a system that has made it excel. Occasionally, it stumbles, but it does not fall. If Nigerians were to imbibe the Nnewi spirit by putting the nation first always, seeking peace, creating the spirit of healthy rivalry among the ethnic groups, pursuing industrialization, rewarding excellence and perpetually thinking of ways to make the nation great, Nigeria would be the envy of other nations.

*First published February 10, 2014 by a friend

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Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.” ~Franklin D. Roosevelt“
Just call or whatsapp Agubata on 08036374420 for amazing land offers starting from N540k in Ibeju lekki, Lagos.

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Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.” ~Franklin D. Roosevelt“
Just call or whatsapp Agubata on 08036374420 for amazing land offers starting from N540k in Ibeju lekki, Lagos.

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A Survey Plan is a document that measures the boundary of a parcel of land. It gives an accurate measurement, description of the piece of land and contains the following information: the name of the owner of the land surveyed, the address or description, the size and the drawn out portion as mapped out on the survey plan document. Other information that a survey plan contain includes: the beacon numbers, the Surveyor who drew up the survey plan and the date it was drawn and a stamp showing that the land is either free from government acquisition or not. So how and why does one chart a survey plan in Lagos?
The major reason why a survey plan is charted is to get what is known as a Land Information. Before a transaction is consummated over a plot of land, it is always advisable to Chart the Survey Plan presented for the land to basically find out whether it falls under government acquisition or not and as well authenticate the claim of ownership to the land. While Charting a Survey Plan can be done by private individuals or organisations, it is also one of the procedures involved in the issuance of Certificates of Occupancy or Governor's Consent to persons who have applied for them at the Lagos State Land Bureau.
The procedure for Charting a Survey Plan starts with obtaining an Application Form for Land Information and Payment Advice from the Accounts Department of the Office of the Surveyor General at No.87 Awolowo Way, Ikeja. For survey plans that carries a single name the fee for charting it is N10, 000 and N1, 000 for development levy, while the fee for one that carries Mr. and Mrs. is N20, 000 and N1, 000 for development levy.
The next step is to go to the designated banks stated on the payment advice, pay and obtain original receipt with teller and then submit them along with the following documents at the front desk office of the Surveyor General's Office: the completed application form for land information and a copy of the survey plan. A file for the application is then opened at this stage.
From the front desk office, the file is sent to the Accounts Department for verification of receipts of charting and endorsement. If cleared, the file is sent to the Records Unit for proper confirmation / screening of red copy. An Officer in the Records Unit scrutinizes the red copy side by side with the applicant's copy. File is then sent to Charting Room to ascertain the status of the property (acquired or free from government acquisition) and execute a composite plan to affirm the authenticity of ownership. The Officer in Charge of Charting does the verification and confirmation of charting and the sends the result (a Land Information Certificate) to the Director of Coordination, Transactions and Records Department for final clearance. At the final stage, the result is sent to the front desk office for filling and a text message is sent to the applicant to come and pick up the Land Information Certificate. On the average, the entire process takes between a month and two to complete.

“Every person who invests in well-selected real estate in a growing section of a prosperous community adopts the surest and safest method of becoming independent, for real estate is the basis of wealth.” -Theodore Roosevelt

“Every person who invests in well-selected real estate in a growing section of a prosperous community adopts the surest and safest method of becoming independent, for real estate is the basis of wealth.” -Theodore Roosevelt

“Every person who invests in well-selected real estate in a growing section of a prosperous community adopts the surest and safest method of becoming independent, for real estate is the basis of wealth.” -Theodore Roosevelt

“Every person who invests in well-selected real estate in a growing section of a prosperous community adopts the surest and safest method of becoming independent, for real estate is the basis of wealth.” -Theodore Roosevelt

“Every person who invests in well-selected real estate in a growing section of a prosperous community adopts the surest and safest method of becoming independent, for real estate is the basis of wealth.” -Theodore Roosevelt

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The Prospective of Lekki Free Trade Zone
The growing population of Lagos State requires a level of economic growth to meet its future needs. The answer is found in Lekki Free Trade Zone (This Day News, 2015). The Lagos Free Trade Zone was envisioned with the aim of promoting the vision of the Federal Government by contributing significantly to the growth of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and employment generation. Lagos Free Trade Zone was therefore established in 2002 and is located 65km east of Lagos, currently covering an area of 805Ha in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State.

The Lekki FreeTrade Zone will be built to be a satellite city to Lagos with dynamic commerce and trade; the modern industrial sectors and also an eco-city for residents. According to the master plan and development strategy, the industrial orientation and development target of Lekki FTZ is: “taking trade & logistics and manufacture as the pillar industries, urban service industry and real estate development as the supportive industries with a view to promoting the functions of the new industrial city and achieving the rational allocation of industries, market and population in Lekki FTZ, so as to turn Lagos into an international metropolis”.

When fully developed, LFTZ will house about 250 industries including petroleum, petrochemical, food & beverages, chemicals & pharmaceuticals, metals & engineering, non-metallic minerals and agri-commodity manufacturing complexes.

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