₦airaland Forum

thebosstrevor1:
Stop comparing Eko Atlantic with Palm Jumeriah.

Eko Atlantic is going to accommodate about 250k and 100% of the plot of lands there have been bought havepeople while palm jumerial accomodated only 10k people.

Both projects differs in size and purpose...so comparing both projects doesn't make any sense.


This is from wikipedia about palm jumeriah

After launching the project, it was revealed that the developer increased the number of residential units on the island (with a concomitant reduction in the amount of physical space between individual properties) from the originally announced 4,500 (comprising 2,000 villas purchased early in the expectation of greater separation between properties). This increase was attributed to the developer miscalculating the actual cost of construction and requiring the raising of additional capital, although they had never commented publicly on the matter. The New York Times reported in 2009 that many people had bought houses before they were built and are furious about the space available now and the way they seem to be living on top of each other

Don’t ask me not to compare Eko Atlantic City with Palm Jumeriah.

Tell that to your ilk, Candidtalk, he started the comparison.

But, then, why can’t the two cities be compared?

They are both Cities developed on the shoreline of the ocean from a reclaimed land from the sea.

They both share almost everything in common except size.

So why can’t they be compared?

Started in 2001, this is Palm Jumeriah’s 21 years and the city is already bubbling with life. But 13 years after, you guys are still pointing to few empty towers at Eko Atlantic as work going on.

Come on…

Vulturereloaded:
The funny part is that the same Buhari and APC they want to force Nigerians to vote, made the project a failure.

Those that invested believed that things would continue the way it was under Goodluck jonathan.

They bastardized every sector of the country.

The devaluation of the Naira against the dollar that happened under them is why Peter Obi’s investment in Sabmiller was devalued which they latched on to masturbate sometimes ago.

Same thing happened with the Eko Atlantic City project.

With the advent of APC and the introduction of Buharinomics, investors took fright and fled from Nigeria just like others pulled their forex out of Nigeria out of fear of eventualities due to the flip flops policies of Buhari regime.

These are the things that added up to make the Eko Atlantic City project to flop but these people will never admit it.

They keep playing the ostrich and hiding from the truth.

fergie001:
Helping Tinubu indeed
He is hurting everyone, just that Atiku is the major casualty.

That’s it.

Peter Obi is hurting everyone just that Atiku is the worst hit.

And on Tinubu, it’s not only in Lagos that he will lose votes to Tinubu, Majority of Christians across southwest will still not vote for Tinubu.

But I don’t understand why Garfield1 keeps ignoring that reality.

PenSniper:
On the contrary, your OBItuary is the worst tribal bigot on the field
We haven't forgotten how he expelled Imolites and indigènes of other SE states from Anambra including civil servants whose job tenure he wickedly cut short.
When Fashola expelled Anambra criminals from Lagos, the idiot took him to court.
This Pandora drug baron will never head this country except maybe, your biafra.
Cry as much as you like, we know where to wait for him to offload our incinerating arsenal on the fool.

Lol!

By now, it must have been clear to you that no one has monopoly of violence.

Abi you still need some doubts clearing?

Make I no talk plenty

candidtalk:
Keep fooling yourself. Visionary folks always earn big and succeed superlatively. Eko Atlantic is a very unique project that will be oversubscribed in the end, like the Palms Jumeira.

Bro, I have read your posts here. You are always hateful and toxic along ethnic, sectional and religious lines.

Just try to remember that life is short and entirely about being happy and fulfilled. Stop hoping for misery and woes because you hate others .

Eko Atlantic is a fantastic project on Many levels. It is ecologically visionary with vast positives for job creation, FDI attraction to Nigeria, superlative African iconic signature project etal.

Stop hating. Wish the project well. It is an audacious project that will put Nigeria on the world map, as the project shown below did for Dubai

Eko Atlantic will not utilise your cash or that of any of your SE States because it is Completely privately funded and created from reclaimed sea space.

Space you could never have accessed and used for anything if some did not deliver the huge cash to harness the potentials of reclaiming land from Seas and Oceans

Try, now and then, to reflect on your life. This life is short and becomes a prison if we become hateful and negative over everything and everyone we convince ourselves we must dislike and hate unreasonably.

While I must acknowledge that I will take your advise very close to my heart and reflect on them, it is pertinent I point out some things.

First, every day you see Tinubu supporters disparaging Peter Obi and all of his achievements; dismissing them as worthless and not worth campaigning with, have you ever given them the kind of advise you just gave me?

Second, you just drew a comparison between the Eko Atlantic City project and the Palm Jumeriah of Dubai but failed to acknowledge that while Palm Jumeriah is a success, same cannot be said of Eko Atlantic City.

The Palm Jumeriah was started in 2001. By 2009, 70% of the City was already built up with about 500 dwellers. That was in a space of 8 years.

In 13 years, Eko Atlantic City has not done half of that and yet Tinubu supporters will never seize to reel the project out as one of Tinubu’s legacies in Lagos when it should actually be a thing of shame because it flopped and investors are trapped.

Onigawara:
This election would be a close contest between Peter obi and Atiku.

Please let all the important people in APC defect to wherever they want I don't care

Tinubu is a fool. He thought a Muslim/Muslim ticket would give him the edge ahead of Atiku in the north. Imagine the dulusion.

The FACT here is, with the Muslim/Muslim ticket, Atiku is still gonna best him in that north, and most importantly, he has now lost all the support he would've gotten from South Soith and other regions who were wailing for a southerner to become president. We want a southerner but not with a muslim/Muslim ticket. I just can't wait for campaign to start. Even pastors would campaign against him to their Congregations. CAN never even start we will do a house to house "enlightenment" and I believe there are Muslims from the north who still values the unity of this country, hence would snub tinubu.

I just dey laugh Tinubu aswear. Old man think say he wise

Honestly!

The much touted run off might be between Peter Obi and Atiku.

But when you realize that Peter Obi has:

99% support of Southeast

80% support of Southsouth

40% support of Southwest

60% support of North Central (Christian States of the region)

Add Taraba

Then add Southern Kaduna, Southern Bauchi, Southern Gombe, etc.

Then you see a Peter Obi’s clear victory at first ballot; ceteris paribus.

Kebbi is gone.

I have said it before that Tinubu is hoping on something else other than votes of Nigerians to become president; if not he is supposed to have halted campaign by now because it’s now an act of foolery.

The north is aligning behind Atiku.

While the south is aligning behind Obi.

Where is Tinubu expecting his votes gan gan?

Miscalculation!

APC is winning Benue if Fr Alia remains the APC candidate.

Almost every Benue indigene is saying Yes Father!

stagger:
This account was in billions of dollars under OBJ and GEJ. Oshiomhole and co insisted that governors must share the money. It is all gone.

Even Amaechi was their leader then.

I remember Oshiomole calling Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala all sorts of names because she blocked the loan he wanted to obtain.

Madam Ngozi was trying to protect Nigeria from getting to where it is today but they fought her and APC rodents supported them.

Giwa?

Even the name sounds Islamic.

And look at his forehead very well and you will see mark of head slamming.

These are some of the idiots that will never outgrow ethnic and primordial sentiments even if you deep them seven times in River Jordan.

He’s definitely part of the “Igbo man will never rule Nigeria” crew that would rather see Nigeria burn to ashes than to see it saved by an Igbo man.

Onye ala!

Vulturereloaded:
Those structures are put up by African agencies that used the project to loot funds. All these Africa data center etc that are mainly funded by donor agencies.

No reasonable person in this unstable APC administration will choose lagos state Nigeria for such investment in 2022. Those that bought there are trapped.

Unless an administration comes in that will boost investors confidence, nobody will put up any structure there.

FDI to Nigeria is lowering by the day, so who will build the city?

That’s the word, investors are trapped.

Rostikol:
Thousands of ''the poor'' will be employed in Eko Atlantic - including caterers, admin staff, security staff, drivers, sales staff, technical staff, repairmen, plumbers, tour guides, the list is endless.

Oh!

So the poor are good at working for the rich in an environment they will never afford in their lifetime?

Instead of initiating projects that will make the poor to stop being poor, you are justifying Tinubu’s project which only provides avenue for the poor to keep serving the rich who enjoy all the luxuries of life?

It’s like a pastor who establishes an expensive university that most children of his congregation cannot afford to attend and he justifies his action by telling his congregation that the children of the poor can work as cooks, gardeners, etc, in the university.

Is that right in your estimation?

Jesus Christ!

$35million dollars depleted to a little above $300,000 in less than one month?

They’ve used sharing formula to finish Nigeria.

You see why sharing formula must be replaced with production formula as is being canvassed by Peter Obi?

If we retain the killer sharing attitude of those we elect into offices as it is today, Nigeria might be declared insolvent.

Please, you are not doing this for Peter Obi but for yourself, your children and your children’s children…

Vote Peter Obi.

If not anything, let’s try something new, please.

Some of us don’t want to japa abeg!

The idiot that’s been forking her in detention should be found out and castrated.

But I don’t trust Owerri girls o!

E fit be say na she find the preek go

Oladelepsy001:
FCT has always been won by PDP, defection there would mainly affect PDP because it would lead to shared voted between PDP and Labour party... Trouble come for APC when states like Kaduna, Kastina, Kano, Zamfara, Borno, Yobe, Bauchi and Niger moves against them.

And I’m sure you’ve been blind to the defections happening in those states.

You’ve not heard that Kano has been conquered by Kwankwaso of NNPP?

You’ve not heard that even a sitting senator defected from APC to PDP in Katsina?

You’ve not been hearing of hundreds defecting from APC to PDP in Zamfara?

You guys should continue to play the ostrich.

Las las una go dey alright.

With Fulani bandits laying siege on Abuja and about to run over the city under an APC government, it is up to Abuja people to decide to vote another APC disaster in Tinubu or vote for another Fulani in Atiku.

So you see? To Abuja dwellers, voting for Peter Obi is a matter of necessity, a survival agenda, a life and death something.

They need Peter Obi to win more than Peter Obi needs to win.

Death to Tinubu’s ambition.

Shey the driver of that truck dey mad ni?

Meanwhile, Buhari is in Liberia speaking on Security while his Seat of Power is under siege.

Thunder fire Buhari and Tinubu that brought him to power.

thebosstrevor1:
The area is a prime area and not for the poor

it is for HNI ( High net worth individuals)

So by implication, Tinubu only cares for High Net Worth Individuals while the poor can go to hell?

Mrpojj:
I took my time to watch this video , I can tell you I feel very sad about the whole thing , I have always wanted to understand the grievances of these folks
I can summarily tell you that the biggest enemy of the north is it's leaders.
The northern elites are very wicked

They are more than wicked.

But guess what…those people have PVC. As elections are approaching, you will still see them queuing up to vote same people because an Imam told them so instead of voting a southerner, a Christian or someone from another tribe who would make their lives better.

So you see?

Thedon22:
Thanks for educating them. Obis supporters are largely illiterates cum traders like their boss. Lagos is the centre of excellence.

The question you have not answered is, at what time did it stop being Tinubu’s legacy project in Lagos?

thebosstrevor1:
so are saying legitimate and successful businessmen or bank mds cant afford buying properties in Eko Atlantic

What happens to those who are not Bank MDs?

thebosstrevor1:
This is the website of the Eko atlantic

https://www.ekoatlantic.com/

this is the about page
https://www.ekoatlantic.com/about-us/

The project is privately funded by South Energyx Nigeria Limited – the developers and city planners, a subsidiary of the Nigeria-based Chagoury Group of companies – working in strategic partnership with the Lagos State Government and supported by the Federal Government of Nigeria.

Notable national and international banks have been quick to capitalise on the opportunities with some of Nigeria’s biggest – FCMB, First Bank, Access Bank and Guaranty Trust Bank – partnering with Eko Atlantic, with support from BNP Paribas Fortis and KBC.


Where is it written that it is Tinubu project?

You have not answered my question…

Are you people not the ones who always count Eko Atlantic City as one of the many legacies of Tinubu in Lagos?

So you people knew it was South Energyx’s private enterprise yet you keep reeling it out as part of Tinubu’s selling point?

thebosstrevor1:
Eko Atlantic is a private enterprise.

The American embassy have a land there, they are going to build the biggest embassy in africa there

Real estate is long term and not short term, even a newly built estate takes some years for it to be fully occupied.

Oh!

So now it is a private enterprise?

I thought it was Tinubu’s project?

When did things change?

Supporters of the presidential candidate of APC, Alhaji Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have always attributed everything they think is good about Lagos to him as his achievement and brainchild as though governors before and after him didn’t have a brain and thinking faculties of their own but were there to play the role as written in Tinubu’s scripts. One of those things is the Eko Atlantic City.

Now, the Eko Atlantic City was launched in 2009 during the administration of Babatunde Raji Fashola, 2 years after Tinubu left office. The groundbreaking was done by the then Vice President of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Jonathan.

The idea for the city was said to have come from trying to stop erosion from the Atlantic Ocean to Victoria Island area which gave rise to intentional reclaiming of land from the ocean area to build a city that would be modeled in the style of the big cities of Dubai.

At completion, the City is projected to be home to about 250,000 people and provide about 400,000 jobs.

But 13 years after, why is Eko Atlantic City still empty?

I’ll tell you.

Because the project is an elitist project; meant for the super rich.

With an apartment in the city going for as high as $1.3million per annum, you can imagine how many low income and average Nigerians/Lagosians that can afford it.

Similarly, a plot of land in the city is said to sometimes cost as high as $250,000 to acquire. Again, what percentage of Lagosians/Nigerians can afford that?

So, you see, the cost of land and apartments in the city is why the city has remained largely empty, 13 years after launch.

This goes to put a huge question mark on Tinubu supporters who would usually count the Eko Atlantic City as one of the many legacies of Tinubu in Lagos.

First, can the project truly be said to be Tinubu’s project considering it was launched 2 years after he left office?

Second, if you answer yes that it’s his project, does it not show Tinubu as someone who would rather prioritize elitist projects over what would be beneficial to the entire Nigerian masses? Or can you point to a similar project that Tinubu midwifed that is for the low income and average income earners?

Why is Eko Atlantic City still empty after 13 years?


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

Mynd44

tinsel:
Christian leaders in the North have thrown their weight behind the Muslim-Muslim ticket fielded by the All Progressives Congress (APC) , Presidential flagbearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu , as a group under aegis of Progressive Christian Clerics, North-West Zone said Christian faith encourages brotherliness, hence their decision to support the Tinubu/Shettima ticket. Th group with members a toss the 19 States of the north
states including Federal Capital Territory,Abuja said Nigerians should be  more concerned about electing leaders with capacity to tackle daring security challenges  and economic problems militating against the country’s progress rather than issues of religious and ethnic sentiments .  
In a statement signed by the  North-West Zonal Chairman, Reverend Moses  Bitrus of Arise and Shine Prophetic Ministry Kaduna, they said  instead of joining to  fight and grudge  over the issue of  Muslim-Muslim ticket ,”we have resolved to  pray to God to give us leaders with the wisdom and knowledge to govern Nigeria.”
According to the statement, the group noted that  “Nigeria is collapsing and needs leaders with proven track record of performance that are adequately equipped to fight the threats by  insurgency with all seriousness.We need committed leaders with the capacity to deliver on campaign promises without excuses once elected “.
“These among several reasons are why we disagreed with Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and other churches kicking against  the https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/07/northern-christian-leaders-back-muslim-muslim-ticket/ of Muslim -Muslim Ticket .”

Their headache…

Na me dem dey slaughter for Benue, Plateau and Southern Kaduna?

They can back Shekau for all I care.

But this is fake news or rented Northern Christians.

Na like so Tinubu go collapse on stage if he ever attends any debate.

Not like he’s prepared to attend anyone anyways.

Gandollar:
Hi

Thank you for this.

What happened was actually mechanical accuracy. You what happens when you are writing and the right spelling or phrase or expression disappears from your head? That’s it.

But thank you for calling my attention to the right. You are good friend.

BabaAgba79:
Disheartening that most youths dont know what is happening. It is not the wish of the Fulani to relinquish power. They know well that Tinubu like Obasanjo is coming to deal with them. Tinubu, is not an enemy and never too old to lead. His party was taken away from him in the North but tried to maintain his structure in Lagos. All his political sons and daughters know his ability, the reason they will never renege on his mandate. Asiwaju will end all these problems in Nigeria. He has his men. He suggested to Buhari, but all his ideas were waved away. In fact, they don't want him to become president. Obi is not winning the election. Atiku, another Fulani is the game. The Fulani North wants to que behind Atiku so the rampage can continue. Nevertheless, youths should stop the unnecessary masturbation on OBI. You did same on Buhari in 2015. You cannot give what u dont have. People like Obi will hold the country to ransom. Asiwaju understands politics and knows what our problems are. He chose a non-Fulani as his running which is a very good omen. He is such a detribized man. He has helped churches in Lagos many times. This is the man who can salvage the economy now!

Look at Tinubu very well and you see a man that is full stop away from the grave.

What if he dies in office? (God forbid)

The implication is that power returns to the north through Shettima. Would Shettima still protect the interest of the south? Is he any different from hegemonic northerners?

You see why we need a healthy southerner there to avoid suffering a Yaradua?

A very wise decision

ThrownBack:
I agree 100%

Met my friend who used to fight me when I tell him Mbaka was using the church to chase clout, the guy is an adoration ministry staunch member, the guy was so bitter against Mbaka to the extent of nearly shedding tears while raving against what Mbaka said. I was the one consoling him.

Nobody is supporting Mbaka in enugu on this matter. They are all for Peter Obi.

Lol!

I always laugh when people think Mbaka’s Adoration closure will affect anything on Obi’s chances.

Arguing with anybody about that is a big waste of time that I wouldn’t wanna engage in.

DeepThroater:
I'm just sick and tired of Osus

Very backward cretins.

If not for Christianity, these idiots would have since joined BH and be doing Akahu Akbar crap

See how Osu Zionism has made them think they are chosen and by default superior to others.

Very useless slave tribe that know neither where they come from where they are and where they are going.

This is why hero worship is so prevalent in that slave province and any vagrant charlatan can come up with a soothing fairy tale like Osu Rabbi Kanustein or peddle false hope like Osu Fr Mbaka and they will throng like wildebeests herding to the watering hole.

Take it easy on yourself bro.

Igbos are not the architect of your many problems.

And try to check your blood pressure too, ok?