₦airaland Forum

Omoawoke:
This picture was taken from a video documentary on Enugu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKVAq9uSwXU

Obiagu is very small. Just like okpoko in Anambra. Unlike SW where slum cover overwhelming majority of the town

RemoveEbola:
SW is the only region in Nigeria without cities. What they have is glorified slums. I was reading a book written by a British author and he stated that the only reason Awolowo built cocoa house was to give Ibadan a facelift so it won't be seen as a slum.

The worst thing is that they've failed to evolve and build on awolowo's poor attempts. Abeokuta of 1969 looks almost the same with Abeokuta of 2023, a whopping 54 years later?! It's the same sorry situation in all their "cities". In 20 years time, Aba and other cities in SE will start having high-rise/skyscraper buildings but I can bet you, SW will still remain the same.

Cocoa house is now home to rodents and reptiles while dilapidated slums sorround it

RemoveEbola:
There are many banks along Faulks road, ASA road, Aba Owerri road, Azikiwe road, Ikot Ekpene road, Brass road, Okigwe road, Ngwa road etc.

If you actually lived in Aba then you should know these already!

Thanks you. Banks are a proof of economic activities and purchasing power. Beautiful roads are good but economic empowerment of the common people is a topmost priority

RemoveEbola:
How old are you? Are you even Igbo?

Igbos have no problem with Akwa-Cross. We have always enjoyed cordial relationship with them since ages. After Igbos in Aba, Ibibio people are the next highest number of settlers. Someone posted a picture to glorify Ikot Ekpene only for you to start criticizing childishly. A smart person chooses his battles smartly.

It's really a shame when people like you bring unnecessary antagonism toward Igbos. SMH.

Na so una pamper minority until they rely on propaganda to claim superiority over you. Someone will now use because of this waste of public fund to start rubbing shoulders with people far ahead of them

RemoveEbola:
Ikot Ekpene is the 3rd most important city in Akwa Ibom but I bet you it's far better than all the so-called cities in SW except Lagos.

The slum below is a typical "city" in Southwest, can you compare it to Ikot Ekpene?

Thank you. Ikot Ekpene beats all SW dilapidated towns hands down

ubest1:
Stop saying trash Nnewi is a glorify village powered by individual effort, the best roads in Nnewi are worst than war zones

Economic is built with individual efforts. Government infrastructure will come in later as bonus. Look at how bad roads in Aba is becoming history

MadamExcellency:
You are too childish and uninformed. Did you ever travel to Tinapa for anything in your life? You, people, will just be putting your mouth in what you know nothing about. A flourishing business doesn't need your FTZ to succeed.

Sam Mbakwe Airport nko?

Without free trade zone it could have been operating low key local way. Total failure has nothing to do with FTZ

forgiveness:
False. Without free trade zone, who will do business in Tinapa and what will Aba people patronize in an empty place?

It was the state government themselves that attributed failure of Tinapa to collapse of federal roads linking them to other parts of the country so I don't think you know better. Another factor is loss of oil producing status, they would have used oil money to mantain the place while operating at a loss. I'm sure that's exactly what is happening in Akwa Ibom

MadamExcellency:
I don't usually quote misinformed or unintelligent submissions. As I said earlier, Aba is an Economic Hub with millions of opportunities. It is a city where you arrive with a polythene bag and becomes a millionaire in three years or less. It is a city that lifts the poor to the middle class in no distant time.

For understanding what opportunities abound in Aba, there are more Banks in Aba than the entire Akwaibom State combined. Think about that.

Stop looking at Aba as an ordinary city, it's a State that Nigeria refused to create. It is Japan of Africa.

One travel to the city will change your perception.

The popular slogan in Aba is that Aba is "Ozuru umu Ogbenye" (one who feeds the poor)

forgiveness:
Really!!? Do you use electricity? Do you use Lawyer to defend you in the court of law against injustice?

If white collar jobs are overrated, who will work for Glo, MTN, banks (where you hid money from thieves), etc?

I didn't say they are not needed. All I'm saying is that traders in so called dirty markets make more money

forgiveness:
Nothing like employment opportunities in civil servant if you're not an indigen of Abia state

Nothing like public opportunities because it is very limited. The reason educated ones flee from the city as they graduate in Aba.

In trading, you can get a job a sells man. That's for sure but the salary is nothing to write home about.

Besides, when you have the edifice, is it for decorations or to generate revenue?


Maybe with Oti, things might change for better.

Education and white collar jobs are overrated. You are an Economic illiterate

paramakina202:
Ikwerre land and Ilorin is not the situation .
Ikwerre land is occupied by the natives while Ilorin was conquered by Fulani strangers.Two different things.

Thank you

RichTyler:
The building as someone explained is a work complex,they have employers they pay. They have services they render.
Focus on igboland. I am Igbo but your comment is disgusting.

That so called work complex is operating at huge loss but you won't know because if oil. Tinapa failed, we warned them, yorubas supported them and they called us haters. Small boundary adjustment cross River lost oil well and weed overtook Tinapa

Ebubu3:
Igbo man from SE claiming online he’s Igbo man from Etche just to win online arguments.😄

Etche people are proud of their Igbo identity, some Ikwerre are Igbos while some are not.

Shinjawestside:
Okoro be very careful...

Soon we will chase all of Ur brothers from Southwest esp all those Ur brothers selling gala by the road side and all those Ur ngozi's doing ashawo work in southwest

But this is about Akwa Ibom, have you even crossed Ore in your entire life?

Blitzking:
I so much love those Ak women in this life and next will choose them over and over. Especially those who grew up there but exposure took them outside..love how they speak English. Very friendly and they are very clean

They are very good neighbors, that's why I laugh at Ronu miscreants commenting rubbish here from their brown roofs.

Shinjawestside:
There will always be one Igbo man that hate other states progress .

Okoro's sha...

Very stupid set of people..

Anyway God bless the good people of Southsouth and Southwest..

Southsouth and Southwest will always be one...

No be only progress. Na so una wan infect Akwa-Ibom with Ibadan virus?

Blitzking:
Akwaibom women are the best....in everything food you go chop swallow well fufu and their wonderful soup.. in the other room their women are the best.

They run many restaurants and mama put in Aba and Owerri

RichTyler:
Guy rest,everything is not competition. I don't know how an adult like you will be engaging in fruitless argument.

Well, all I know is that the picture above is a rubbish waste of money

forgiveness:
Bhuhahahahaha!? Aba ngwa wey I lived for almost a decade? Bhuhahahahaha!?

You make me crack at the bolded. Aba is a a trader city nothing more. Dead at night. Social life is zero.

Service economy is zero. Bhuhahahahaha!

Chaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! You make me cracked hard.

Apart from being well planned with housing without water, nothing much in terms of infrastructure.

Dude! Ishimiri........

Thank you for conceding the unbeatable masterplan and unmatchable housing.

forgiveness:
Really!? Go to Aba and see beggars all over the streets. Don't tell me they are alimajiri because I can differentiate.

Moreover, in Aba, 4 families shares 3 bedroom flat and fetch water from down floor to 3rd or 4th floor. There is puberty there too. Stop lying to yourself.

Those suffering most are teachers. Sometimes, they are not paid 5 to 6 months salaries.

Aba has higher GDP per capita than Lagos. (Aba City, not Abia state) Aba doesn't have slums like Lagos only bad roads which has been fixed. Housing in the East is the most advanced in the whole country

care4you:
the idiot is even comparing akwa-ibom state with Nnewi 😂😂😂😂


some people need to travel out of their backward region...😂😂😂

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Na you need to travel around. Mention one thing manufactured in Akwa Ibom?

BoldBrainz:
So someone from Abia cannot be brought up in Anambra?

Truly, whatever education you Igbos receive in that your region is a monumental waste. Na wheel spanner, screw driver and okpa full una coconut heads.

Nothing concern Anambra here, stop talking rubbish. I compared ikot ekpene you posted with neighboring Abia to tell you that a lonely skyscrapers built by government in a village with poor people is not development

forgiveness:
That's wealth distribution. The major problem in Nigeria. Nevertheless, Akwa Ibom is more developed than Abia state.

Haha. What is development without wealth distribution. That's a problem for you economic iliterates not Igbos

care4you:
the guy is from abịa State, why are you dragging Anambra into your fight?

you fools won't survive a Day without mentioning Anambra....


mugu...

I'm not from Abia. But I have travelled Abia/ Akwa Ibom axis very well. I know this building very well, it's in a nonsense village filled with poor people

Oakenshield:
Finally it's working again that's good. Government has no role building hotels and companies but we dey country were anything goes thereby politicians use it to their advantage

Tell them. Useless government wasting money money on meaningless ego massaging venture with not real economic impact on common people

forgiveness:
So 76 with proven numbers shown on the screenshot is not enough?

Many backwards Africa cities have more skyscrapers than many European cities.

forgiveness:
The SGR of Akwa Ibom is times 10 of Abia state. EOD

Number of poor people nko? Economic illterates everywhere

forgiveness:
Does Ivory coast have up to 76 Skyscrapers?

Even Paris get pass Lagos wey get pass the whole Ivory coast.

I say cure yourself of ignorance.

Guy, you posted a picture. How many skyscrapers did you see there?

ZombiePUNISHER:
Umuahia is a state capital..
you certainly can't compare it to Ikot Ekpene in terms of infrastructure..

but give it to ikot ekpene for the wonderful scenery and natural beauty

I'm talking about border towns along the road. Ply that road and see the rapid change as you enter Akwa Ibom. Good roads though but tiny bungalows and mudhouses

BoldBrainz:
You're a bitter and ignorant fellow. Wish nairaland had the option of deleting comments, cause quoting you was a mistake.

You're one of those nnewi street brought-ups whose entire Education has revolved around red mud homes and large-headed adults with small brains and shoe-sized nostrils.

Nnewi thrashes Uyo by miles.