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orunmila144:
how is he a supermod and he has only spent 9 days and 21 hours online ?

naptu2:
Dr William MacGregor was a colonial governor of Lagos. He was a medical doctor and so he was naturally interested in improving healthcare in Lagos.

One thing that particularly caught his attention was malaria. In order to combat this problem he embarked on a programme of "reclaiming" swamps and constructed a canal, The MacGregor Canal, that separated Lagos Island from Ikoyi Island.

You could get a ferry from Obalende, behind FRCN (the present Dolphin Estate), etc, to the mainland. Egun women fished in that canal.

Then the Gowon Administration embarked on a massive public works programme. They rebuilt Carter Bridge, built Eko Bridge, planned to build the 3rd Mainland Bridge and built a Ring Road to encircle the City of Lagos (at that time the City of Lagos was basically Lagos Island). The Ring Road starts at the foot of 3rd Mainland Bridge, goes past Ilubirin, past Obalende, Onikan and Marina and leads to Apongbon and the Eko Bridge.

In order to build the Ring Road, they had to fill in part of MacGregor Canal.

I wish I still had my 1974 Lagos map. The city was much different then.

I'll show you pictures.

naptu2:
Lafiagi was also mainly a swamp area, but MacGregor had it filled in.

Below are pictures of MacGregor Canal (which separated Ikoyi Island from Lagos Island).


McGregor Canal in the 1950s
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McGregor Canal in 2008
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McGregor Canal in 2010
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McGregor Canal in 2013
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PRESS RELEASE

The Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has declared a State of Emergency on Environmental Sanitation in Abia State effective immediately in response to the increasing challenges of waste management in some parts of the State.

Consequently, the Governor will shortly sign an Executive Order to create Autonomous Waste Management Authorities in the following Metropolitan Local Government Areas in Abia State - Aba North, Aba South, Osisioma Ngwa, Obingwa, Ugwunagbo, Umuahia South and Umuahia North.

Local Waste Managers shall be appointed immediately to superintendent over these Waste Management Authorities in the specified Local Government Areas and be solely responsible for waste management in their LGAs of operation.

Effective from today, Friday, 27th September 2019, the Governor shall, for four weeks, PERSONALLY take over and coordinate Waste Management activities in the entire Aba Metropolis to restore sanity and discipline in the entire Waste Management System within the emergency period.

Signed: Onyebuchi Ememanka, Esq Chief Press Secretary to the Governor. 27th September, 2019.

DeRay98:
2009 Eaglet's Captain. Played along with Kenneth Omeruah, Kayode Olarenwaju etc..

CrimeKsmart:
Yes... He captained the team then

joseph1832:
Not a bad selection.

hargbolahan01:
it is not empty sit as you think... it's the front sit by UN worker while the back sit has delegates and president...I watched this year event when Buhari talked that is how it is when Trump was talking too
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