As someone who has lived his whole life in the United States, I can look at Lagos from a different perspective than Nigerians born and bred in the country. In other words, I can see the city the way a foreigner would see it. But unlike a foreigner who will lie to protect your feelings, I will tell you the truth: Conditions in Lagos are so bad that it almost beyond belief. The city is so disorganized and filthy that it makes you question whether its inhabitants are truly human or subhuman beings formed into a crude mockery of mankind.

From the minute you leave the airport (which is vastly inferior to what is seem in far smaller countries like Ghana or Senegal) you enter Ikeja and feel like you are transported into a third world warzone like the Congo, Central African Republic or Somalia. Don't listen to all the excuses Twitter is giving for not locating their headquarters in Lagos. The problem is 100% related to the level of filth and disorganization in the city and the lack of basic amenities like sanitation, transpiration or reasonable urban planning.

The streets are utterly chocked with traffic. And the entire mainland feels like an endless slum. Finally you get to the mainland bridge, and you are stuck there for hours in full view of Makoko, a neighborhood floating in its own feces as urine. You hope the island will be better, but you are disappointed. The traffic intensifies to an almost otherworldly level, and finally you enter the biggest slum -- Marina CMS, a Central Business District filled with open air markets, abandoned skyscrapers and criminals. By now, you have already given up on Lagos and wish to return home.

Solution

The Lagos state government needs to get serious about Eko Atlantic and create incentives for companies to relocate there. Also, what would be so hard about acquiring some of these horrible buildings below and demolishing them to sell the land to private developers? It's 2021. A city of human beings shouldn't look like this.

Since Anambra is not a slum why not relocate it there?

Your kinsmen still left East as at last midnight to cross over to Southwest (a land of milk and honey).

Keep hating on Lagos and Yoruba. No go build your region.

Below is a thread where op is busy praising his backward state
https://www.nairaland.com/6388486/onitsha-only-city-nigeria-looks

The wailer is just so focused on Lagos with his hate. More than half of his threads are based on Lagos while his other brother focused on Tinubu. Tueh!

bobowaja:
Since Anambra is not a slum why not relocate it there?

Your kinsmen still left East as at last midnight to cross over to Southwest (a land of milk and honey).

Keep hating on Lagos and Yoruba. No go build your region.

Lagos is no man's land.

bobowaja:
Since Anambra is not a slum why not relocate it there?

Your kinsmen still left East as at last midnight to cross over to Southwest (a land of milk and honey).

Keep hating on Lagos and Yoruba. No go build your region.

I'm not Igbo. And if I wanted to criticize Yoruba people, I would talk about places like Ibadan or illorin. But I don't talk about those places because this is not about your small brain tribal nonsense. Lagos is populated by people all over Nigeria.

Kriss216:

Lagos is no man's land.

Onitsha belongs to Bini and Igala. Imo belongs to ijaw.

Stupid right? That is exactly how u sound.

Aconomist:
I'm not Igbo. And if I wanted to criticize Yoruba people, I would talk about places like Ibadan or illorin. But I don't talk about those places because this is not about your small brain tribal nonsense. Lagos is populated by people all over Nigeria.

This is ur post praising Anambra to high heavens.

https://www.nairaland.com/6388486/onitsha-only-city-nigeria-looks

Anambra that is home to dirt and erosion, second only to Abia state.

Aconomist:
I'm not Igbo. And if I wanted to criticize Yoruba people, I would talk about places like Ibadan or illorin. But I don't talk about those places because this is not about your small brain tribal nonsense. Lagos is populated by people all over Nigeria.

You are beefing Lagos cos u can't have something like that in your region till the world ends. That is the reason ur hatred is focused on the state as if your umbilical cord is buried there.

bobowaja:

This is ur post praising Anambra to high heavens.

https://www.nairaland.com/6388486/onitsha-only-city-nigeria-looks

Anambra that is home to dirt and erosion, second only to Abia state.

Lagos is better than Onitsha. If you read carefully, you will notice that I'm only comparing Onitsha to cities outside of major cities like Lagos and Abuja. And that is strictly based on the number of high-rise buildings there, which is very unique for a Nigerian city.

Aconomist:
Lagos is better than Onitsha. If you read carefully, you will notice that I'm only comparing Onitsha to cities outside of major cities like Lagos and Abuja. And that is strictly based on the number of high-rise buildings there, which is very unique for a Nigerian city.

Alaaye stop hating on Lagos. That is how u disgraced yourself on that lekki road thread. U later admitted fault and ran off... Only to keep opening many others. These attacks are unnecessary. Focus on your own state and hold your govt responsible.

bobowaja:

Alaaye stop hating on Lagos. That is how u disgraced yourself on that lekki road thread. U later admitted fault and ran off... Only to keep opening many others. This attacks are unnecessary. Focus on your own state and hold your govt responsible.

When I visit Nigeria I stay in Lagos and Abuja, so that's what I'll focus on. This has nothing to do with Yoruba people.

The conditions are unacceptable in Lagos. If you are too stagnant to understand that, too bad. But I'm not going to stop discussing relevant issues.

Aconomist:
When I visit Nigeria I stay in Lagos and Abuja, so that's what I'll focus on. This has nothing to do with Yoruba people.

The conditions are unacceptable in Lagos. If you are too stagnant to understand that, too bad. But I'm not going to stop discussing relevant issues.

You are based in Nigeria. Enough of the lies I am in US bla bla bla.

You are probably seeking economic refuge status in Lagos like your brothers. But you keep hating on the land that feeds you. Change your ways bro.

Aconomist:
As someone who has lived his whole life in the United States, I can look at Lagos from a different perspective than Nigerians born and bred in the country. In other words, I can see the city the way a foreigner would see it. But unlike a foreigner who will lie to protect your feelings, I will tell you the truth: Conditions in Lagos are so bad that it almost beyond belief. The city is so disorganized and filthy that it makes you question whether its inhabitants are truly human or subhuman beings formed into a crude mockery of mankind.

From the minute you leave the airport (which is vastly inferior to what is seem in far smaller countries like Ghana or Senegal) you enter Ikeja and feel like you are transported into a third world warzone like the Congo, Central African Republic or Somalia. Don't listen to all the excuses Twitter is giving for not locating their headquarters in Lagos. The problem is 100% related to the level of filth and disorganization in the city and the lack of basic amenities like sanitation, transpiration or reasonable urban planning.

The streets are utterly chocked with traffic. And the entire mainland feels like an endless slum. Finally you get to the mainland bridge, and you are stuck there for hours in full view of Makoko, a neighborhood floating in its own feces as urine. You hope the island will be better, but you are disappointed. The traffic intensifies to an almost otherworldly level, and finally you enter the biggest slum -- Marina CMS, a Central Business District filled with open air markets, abandoned skyscrapers and criminals. By now, you have already given up on Lagos and wish to return home.

Solution

The Lagos state government needs to get serious about Eko Atlantic and create incentives for companies to relocate there. Also, what would be so hard about acquiring some of these horrible buildings below and demolishing them to sell the land to private developers? It's 2021. A city of human beings shouldn't look like this.

You just nailed it. A big slum barely fit for humans.

Poor leadership has ruined the country.
Currency not stable.
Insecurity everywhere
Kidnapping everywhere.
Frightening level of inflation, Argentina inflation.
Secession noise everywhere.

Lagos is a glorified village

Aconomist:
When I visit Nigeria I stay in Lagos and Abuja, so that's what I'll focus on. This has nothing to do with Yoruba people.

The conditions are unacceptable in Lagos. If you are too stagnant to understand that, too bad. But I'm not going to stop discussing relevant issues.

If an elephant stops to attend to every dogs that barks at it on its journey, it will never reach its destination.

This is one of the post this tribalist made on that thread. Silly ipob boy claiming Yankee. Check the bolded after he is done calling Lagosians monkeys

Aconomist:
Exactly, this is why I honestly don't think these people are fully-evolved human. They must be 30-50% monkey. Lagos is a population of 20 million, and on the mainland you rarely see a building above 2-3 stories. There is no other country on earth where you see something like this. Imagine if Beijing, Manila or New Delhi was as low density as Lagos? It's unthinkable for a city of this size (one of the the biggest on earth).

Most foreigners assume Nigerians don't know how to build multi-story buildings (without foreign contractors) because in most Nigerian cities, that's honestly what it looks like. There is nothing like Onitsha anywhere in Nigeria except marina CMS. It doesn't matter how expensive the land gets, these idiots will continue building their stupid Bungalows with no regard to economic incentives to build higher.

dvdwed:


You just nailed it. A big slum barely fit for humans.

You are probably hiding in one of the western states yourself or still planning to.