This last election is pointing d way to d next city that il fall if care is not taken, nothing lasts forever!

Democracy. Ibori, Iksekiri and ijaw, Friday Ani from uvwie came with devel all contributed to the destroying of warri and his environs. Warri is now known as KEKE CITY.

christejames:
Absolutely right, and that's what some so called indegines are doing to settlers in their domain, always telling them to go back to their place. The fortunate thing is that the settlers are heeding to their calls and most are currently moving their investments back home...




Warri finally carry last! 😢

Lagosians una dey hear?

Alliswell248:


Smile...keep deceiving yourself.
Igbo can never leave Lagos.
Where would they go to?
No better place than Lagos.
Ask Obi, Ngige, Obiano.

This is how it starts, over confidence.

tomitrace:
War destroys cities:
Every Nigeria City or aspiring city should learn something from the Collapse of Warri as Oil City👇👇👇

Warri was a big industrial hub in the 70's - 90's.

Warri Refinery, NNPC, DSC, Delta Glass, Shell, Chevron, Schlumberger, Dunlop, Agip, Saipem, Halliburton were in full operation back then. Escravos & Forcados were at their peak.

The city thrived. The city was full of zeal and zestful activities. People living outside hardcore Warri called themselves Wafarians because of propinquity to Warri even though they were not Wafarians. To be a Wafarian was to belong to supposedly a unique lifestyle.

Multinational/Local Banks were present Citibank, FBN, ACB, Savannah Bank.

Business activities thrived. Warri port was a beehive of economic activities

Entertainment/Night life was at its peak, Musicians, Live bands at Palmgroove Hotel, Comedians held their sway: Fela, legendary Don Baker, Majek Fashek, Emma Grey, Oritz Wiliki, Rex Lawson were a few of many of the entertainers that made Warri ebullient. Lido, Zina, etc were comparable to their ilks anywhere.

The town was full of life and it thrived.

McDermot road was busy with Maritime activities and contractors. Kingsway Mall offered anything sold in Lagos at that time.

Joma & Mosheshe were big fish distributors across the Niger Delta.

Rubber produced locally, was used to produce plastics and tyres.

The town grew in size and became a conurbation with people coming from all over the country to settle down in Warri for economic activities.

The Airports were super busy, Escravos, Forcados & Warri Airport. The Warri Airport was even relocated to Osubi for expansion.

Warri was revelling in its glory. Warri Port was fully operational and served as an economic booster for the city. It served businesses in Warri, Benin, Asaba & Onitsha. The Port created huge employment opportunities for locals and the state.

Things started to go downhill from the late 90's. The community leaders and youth chairmen began to fight themselves over control/sharing formula for royalties that came from oil & businesses from settlers.

Itsekiri, Urhobo & Ijaw leaders & youths started fighting each other. The bloody fight started around 1999 and lasted for years till 2003/2004.

The community leaders started imposing local taxes called "Deve" on all companies, industries and local businesses, buildings & projects.

Little by little, the companies frustrated, started leaving.

This continued throughout the early 2000's till 2010. The companies kept on leaving, one after the other. The companies layed off their employees. Unemployment rose.

More companies left for PH, Lagos, Akwa Ibom. They layed off more staff. Unemployment increased still.

Today all that is left in Warri, is a shadow of its glorious past.

95% of all the big companies in Warri had either left or closed down.

Most of the young people have left Warri.

The ones left are driving Keke, doing P.O.S, Spa or Boutique, Beer parlour or doing hookup.

There's peace now, but the damage the greedy community leaders did to Warri, still lingers on and is almost irredeemable at this point.

Do not assume that your city can not be destroyed if it toes the same route Warri followed. Warri leaders did not ever believe that Warri will be this economically empty today while they were fighting then. Learn from Warri and protect our economies

Have you asked why big eeconomies like US, China,etc will never allow war in their countries?

We must learn and avoid things that will trigger war in our country no matter how strong we believe we are. Businesses and investors go where there is peace than where there is war.

Follow us on This Is Nigeria

Nice write up.

You forgot to add the role Gov. UDUAGHAN played when he was antagonisings Shell and claiming delta beyond oil. This actions caused shell to close operations in delta state and so many oil servicing supporting their operations in delta.

Also, the rise of thugs as policy makers in these communities and yahoo as a source of income.

..

alobright17:
Oga I’m Igbo but Lagos is like Real Madrid , Barcelona PSG Manchester United Arsenal Chelsea Liverpool.e.t,c they can’t go to relegation .

Maybe na so warri think that time o!

tomitrace:
War destroys cities:
Every Nigeria City or aspiring city should learn something from the Collapse of Warri as Oil City👇👇👇

Warri was a big industrial hub in the 70's - 90's.

Warri Refinery, NNPC, DSC, Delta Glass, Shell, Chevron, Schlumberger, Dunlop, Agip, Saipem, Halliburton were in full operation back then. Escravos & Forcados were at their peak.

The city thrived. The city was full of zeal and zestful activities. People living outside hardcore Warri called themselves Wafarians because of propinquity to Warri even though they were not Wafarians. To be a Wafarian was to belong to supposedly a unique lifestyle.

Multinational/Local Banks were present Citibank, FBN, ACB, Savannah Bank.

Business activities thrived. Warri port was a beehive of economic activities

Entertainment/Night life was at its peak, Musicians, Live bands at Palmgroove Hotel, Comedians held their sway: Fela, legendary Don Baker, Majek Fashek, Emma Grey, Oritz Wiliki, Rex Lawson were a few of many of the entertainers that made Warri ebullient. Lido, Zina, etc were comparable to their ilks anywhere.

The town was full of life and it thrived.

McDermot road was busy with Maritime activities and contractors. Kingsway Mall offered anything sold in Lagos at that time.

Joma & Mosheshe were big fish distributors across the Niger Delta.

Rubber produced locally, was used to produce plastics and tyres.

The town grew in size and became a conurbation with people coming from all over the country to settle down in Warri for economic activities.

The Airports were super busy, Escravos, Forcados & Warri Airport. The Warri Airport was even relocated to Osubi for expansion.

Warri was revelling in its glory. Warri Port was fully operational and served as an economic booster for the city. It served businesses in Warri, Benin, Asaba & Onitsha. The Port created huge employment opportunities for locals and the state.

Things started to go downhill from the late 90's. The community leaders and youth chairmen began to fight themselves over control/sharing formula for royalties that came from oil & businesses from settlers.

Itsekiri, Urhobo & Ijaw leaders & youths started fighting each other. The bloody fight started around 1999 and lasted for years till 2003/2004.

The community leaders started imposing local taxes called "Deve" on all companies, industries and local businesses, buildings & projects.

Little by little, the companies frustrated, started leaving.

This continued throughout the early 2000's till 2010. The companies kept on leaving, one after the other. The companies layed off their employees. Unemployment rose.

More companies left for PH, Lagos, Akwa Ibom. They layed off more staff. Unemployment increased still.

Today all that is left in Warri, is a shadow of its glorious past.

95% of all the big companies in Warri had either left or closed down.

Most of the young people have left Warri.

The ones left are driving Keke, doing P.O.S, Spa or Boutique, Beer parlour or doing hookup.

There's peace now, but the damage the greedy community leaders did to Warri, still lingers on and is almost irredeemable at this point.

Do not assume that your city can not be destroyed if it toes the same route Warri followed. Warri leaders did not ever believe that Warri will be this economically empty today while they were fighting then. Learn from Warri and protect our economies

Have you asked why big eeconomies like US, China,etc will never allow war in their countries?

We must learn and avoid things that will trigger war in our country no matter how strong we believe we are. Businesses and investors go where there is peace than where there is war.

Follow us on This Is Nigeria

Orlu in Imo state is another example.
Poor leadership at State level.
When these local people in Warri were levying taxes to companies; a good leadership at the state level would have stopped them.
Orlu has fallen from grace to grass since 2020 due to poor leadership at the state level.

I live in warri, moved here last year coz of work...mehn I can't say how dissappointed I was my first day here... City is dead.. nothing works here...city looks forgotten...the roads and building look.old and dilapidated.. then I noticed the people have this feeling of entitlement..I can go on and on.... But bro..Warri is like 20years behind every other city I've visited in this country

We need to take history seriously in Nigerian schools

ire803386:


Oga abeg remove Chelsea wey almost relegate this season....lol

nearly can’t kill a bird and you know it

airsaylongcome:


Uvwie, Udu and Okpe are developed? Which places? I grew up in Ekete/Orhuwhorun road. In the days when Beeland and Pogie's house were the most magnificent buildings in the neighborhood. Today where is all of that? Let's not talk about the DSC disaster.

The entire Uvwie is Urbanized with several well planned layouts. Otokutu is gaining huge too, it has lots of "choicy" real estates that can compete with those in Lekki eg Plantation city. Okpe is enjoying spill from Uvwie.

Fact remains, old Warri is gone and where the OP mentioned are mostly part of the Old Warri. Yes, I agree the the city isn't developing as it should, but what else can we do?

The youths are hell-bent on destroying the few development that's left with their unnecessary deve fees and thuggish attitude.

Krublog:


Cinema for Olympia na church dey there now.
Vita foam, Eternit, Flour Mill, etc don relocate.

Otite
Ogbodu and the rest estates are now shadows of past glories of a once burgeoning city.

What a pity...

Kai...Sapele na another calamity.
Otite was still manageable like 14 years ago when I did some time there.

Shame...

Warri can still bounce back... It's left to Delta State government.

Saga16:


Sharap.

Lagos is welcoming state.

Just don't bring your Ochanja attitude here.

The world is taking note of the systematic undermining of democracy in lagos by the yorubas led by mc oluomo . The US has started slamming visa restrictions and other measures and investors are taking note. So continue with hooliganism

I pity those kids born in Nigeria between 1990 till today, they only saw Kaputt cities, crimes, hardship, and intimidation

ppogba:


History lessons are not for everyone. The fellow you responded to is obviously a kid who never heard of the word " Warri crises". Making reference to 1996 is simply referring to a period he was certainly yet unborn.

He's just playing ostrich. Which I have noticed a lot of Warri people play. I spent close to 12 years early in my life continuously living in or around Warri. 1996 was definitely the turning point and the commencement of the descent of Warri. I remember sneaking out of School to Ibo market to buy outfit for my school Inter house sports. I remember getting caught up when soldiers turned up and were jumping out of trunks and taking shooting positions. It was all out war so for that moniker to say there was no war in Warri is very disgusting and small minded

tomitrace:
War destroys cities:
Every Nigeria City or aspiring city should learn something from the Collapse of Warri as Oil City👇👇👇

Warri was a big industrial hub in the 70's - 90's.

Warri Refinery, NNPC, DSC, Delta Glass, Shell, Chevron, Schlumberger, Dunlop, Agip, Saipem, Halliburton were in full operation back then. Escravos & Forcados were at their peak.

The city thrived. The city was full of zeal and zestful activities. People living outside hardcore Warri called themselves Wafarians because of propinquity to Warri even though they were not Wafarians. To be a Wafarian was to belong to supposedly a unique lifestyle.

Multinational/Local Banks were present Citibank, FBN, ACB, Savannah Bank.

Business activities thrived. Warri port was a beehive of economic activities

Entertainment/Night life was at its peak, Musicians, Live bands at Palmgroove Hotel, Comedians held their sway: Fela, legendary Don Baker, Majek Fashek, Emma Grey, Oritz Wiliki, Rex Lawson were a few of many of the entertainers that made Warri ebullient. Lido, Zina, etc were comparable to their ilks anywhere.

The town was full of life and it thrived.

McDermot road was busy with Maritime activities and contractors. Kingsway Mall offered anything sold in Lagos at that time.

Joma & Mosheshe were big fish distributors across the Niger Delta.

Rubber produced locally, was used to produce plastics and tyres.

The town grew in size and became a conurbation with people coming from all over the country to settle down in Warri for economic activities.

The Airports were super busy, Escravos, Forcados & Warri Airport. The Warri Airport was even relocated to Osubi for expansion.

Warri was revelling in its glory. Warri Port was fully operational and served as an economic booster for the city. It served businesses in Warri, Benin, Asaba & Onitsha. The Port created huge employment opportunities for locals and the state.

Things started to go downhill from the late 90's. The community leaders and youth chairmen began to fight themselves over control/sharing formula for royalties that came from oil & businesses from settlers.

Itsekiri, Urhobo & Ijaw leaders & youths started fighting each other. The bloody fight started around 1999 and lasted for years till 2003/2004.

The community leaders started imposing local taxes called "Deve" on all companies, industries and local businesses, buildings & projects.

Little by little, the companies frustrated, started leaving.

This continued throughout the early 2000's till 2010. The companies kept on leaving, one after the other. The companies layed off their employees. Unemployment rose.

More companies left for PH, Lagos, Akwa Ibom. They layed off more staff. Unemployment increased still.

Today all that is left in Warri, is a shadow of its glorious past.

95% of all the big companies in Warri had either left or closed down.

Most of the young people have left Warri.

The ones left are driving Keke, doing P.O.S, Spa or Boutique, Beer parlour or doing hookup.

There's peace now, but the damage the greedy community leaders did to Warri, still lingers on and is almost irredeemable at this point.

Do not assume that your city can not be destroyed if it toes the same route Warri followed. Warri leaders did not ever believe that Warri will be this economically empty today while they were fighting then. Learn from Warri and protect our economies

Have you asked why big eeconomies like US, China,etc will never allow war in their countries?

We must learn and avoid things that will trigger war in our country no matter how strong we believe we are. Businesses and investors go where there is peace than where there is war.

Follow us on This Is Nigeria

Trans Amadi in PH is turning deserted and am scared PH may be bussinessly deserted soon. No thanks to community wahala and cult boys

maasoap:

Lagos is the number one preferred destination of majority of the south west people.
Besides, no taxes that is specifically targeted at outsiders. Every tax affects everyone irrespective of their tribes. So, I don't see Lagos moving in the same direction.

Really if what happened the last election continue it would trust me

pH nearly experienced same thing ...nearly Infact it did but was able to curtail it on time

Efewestern:


The entire Uvwie is Urbanized with several well planned layouts. Otokutu is gaining huge too, it has lots of "choicy" real estates that can compete with those in Lekki eg Plantation city. Okpe is enjoying spill from Uvwie.

Fact remains, old Warri is gone and where the OP mentioned are mostly part of the Old Warri. Yes, I agree the the city isn't developing as it should, but what else can we do?

The youths are hell-bent on destroying the few development that's left with their unnecessary deve fees and thuggish attitude.

Lol! Otokutu have choicy real estates that can compare with Lekki?! That same Otokutu of the DSC-NPA express way? Or is there another Otokutu I'm unaware off?

Uvwie being "urbanized" doesn't make it a progressing location. Uvwie with youths capable of causing violence at a blink? Was it not the same Uvwie that Shoprite was vandalized to the ground with one of their politicians supervising the looting? Naaaaah. Warri's glory days are in the distant past.

Ireportlive:





James Ibori vs Bola Ahmed Tinubu

When Econet came to Nigeria, they met with the political class to help them facilitate their operation lisence and Set-up

They met James Ibori who insisted on collecting millions of dollars as bribe

They met Bola Ahmed Tinubu who invested Lagos revenue in their company helping them setup and making profits in billions for Lagos State

When ExxonMobil wanted to build an headquarters, Bola Ahmed Tinubu quickly made available land in Lekki and as the company treasurer he ensured the building was constructed in Lagos

Sometimes it takes strong leadership like that of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Jagaban of Borgu GCFR to control wayward youths and engage them like they did with MC Oluomo and his goons in Lagos

.

Na wa o
So Tinubu wa both governor of Lagos and treasurer of Mobil in Nigeria at the same time?
You're just a different breed of delusion

Kukutenla:

Na wa o
So Tinubu wa both governor of Lagos and treasurer of Mobil in Nigeria at the same time?
You're just a different breed of delusion

Are you Nsogbu Nsogbu people this low in IQ

He was ExxonMobil treasurer in 80s became a Senator in 1992, Governor in 1999

Building was built in the 80s

Why i don't necessary agree with the Op is that the decline is national. From Kaduna to Kano to Ibadan to Benin, Calabar etc, most major cities in Nigeria are a shadow of what they were in the 80s and 90s.
Warri might have had specific local issues but Nigeria as a country witnessed serious economic and industrial decline during the IBB and Abacha years.
Unfortunately, this who were the enablers of those govt still walk the corridors of power till today.

airsaylongcome:


Lol! Otokutu have choicy real estates that can compare with Lekki?! That same Otokutu of the DSC-NPA express way? Or is there another Otokutu I'm unaware off?

Uvwie being "urbanized" doesn't make it a progressing location. Uvwie with youths capable of causing violence at a blink? Was it not the same Uvwie that Shoprite was vandalized to the ground with one of their politicians supervising the looting? Naaaaah. Warri's glory days are in the distant past.

The same Otokutu bro. It seems you aren't based here, but Otukutu is springling very fast.

Violence in Uvwie is just confided in a tiny location. In Effurun for example, clashes don't extend beyond okito junction. In Ekpan, you only witness these rascalities in some few quarters like Udumowvori etc. The rest location in-between are peaceful and that's where the development is.

dominique:
My friend from Warri told me told me this much. Up to five different factions will be on the companies' neck demanding for their share of the levies. By the time the companies are heaving a sigh of relief that they have seen the last of them, another set will emerge and make more demands. As the fathers are demanding for money, the sons are stealing equipments belonging to these companies, destroying their sites and demanding for their own. Now all the companies have left their land for them and unemployment is now the order of the day. This is what greed and lack of foresight does to people.

My dear that's the fact 💯, the latest one is when u buy a land, u will have to settle community, family for development, if u are filling the house u will pay filling fee in some area, another one is fencing fee, while in some cases cut off might be up to 700k. I'm tired, for one to start developing one's land he or she must brace up. That's my biggest challenge.

tomitrace:
War destroys cities:
Every Nigeria City or aspiring city should learn something from the Collapse of Warri as Oil City👇👇👇

Warri was a big industrial hub in the 70's - 90's.

Warri Refinery, NNPC, DSC, Delta Glass, Shell, Chevron, Schlumberger, Dunlop, Agip, Saipem, Halliburton were in full operation back then. Escravos & Forcados were at their peak.

The city thrived. The city was full of zeal and zestful activities. People living outside hardcore Warri called themselves Wafarians because of propinquity to Warri even though they were not Wafarians. To be a Wafarian was to belong to supposedly a unique lifestyle.

Multinational/Local Banks were present Citibank, FBN, ACB, Savannah Bank.

Business activities thrived. Warri port was a beehive of economic activities

Entertainment/Night life was at its peak, Musicians, Live bands at Palmgroove Hotel, Comedians held their sway: Fela, legendary Don Baker, Majek Fashek, Emma Grey, Oritz Wiliki, Rex Lawson were a few of many of the entertainers that made Warri ebullient. Lido, Zina, etc were comparable to their ilks anywhere.

The town was full of life and it thrived.

McDermot road was busy with Maritime activities and contractors. Kingsway Mall offered anything sold in Lagos at that time.

Joma & Mosheshe were big fish distributors across the Niger Delta.

Rubber produced locally, was used to produce plastics and tyres.

The town grew in size and became a conurbation with people coming from all over the country to settle down in Warri for economic activities.

The Airports were super busy, Escravos, Forcados & Warri Airport. The Warri Airport was even relocated to Osubi for expansion.

Warri was revelling in its glory. Warri Port was fully operational and served as an economic booster for the city. It served businesses in Warri, Benin, Asaba & Onitsha. The Port created huge employment opportunities for locals and the state.

Things started to go downhill from the late 90's. The community leaders and youth chairmen began to fight themselves over control/sharing formula for royalties that came from oil & businesses from settlers.

Itsekiri, Urhobo & Ijaw leaders & youths started fighting each other. The bloody fight started around 1999 and lasted for years till 2003/2004.

The community leaders started imposing local taxes called "Deve" on all companies, industries and local businesses, buildings & projects.

Little by little, the companies frustrated, started leaving.

This continued throughout the early 2000's till 2010. The companies kept on leaving, one after the other. The companies layed off their employees. Unemployment rose.

More companies left for PH, Lagos, Akwa Ibom. They layed off more staff. Unemployment increased still.

Today all that is left in Warri, is a shadow of its glorious past.

95% of all the big companies in Warri had either left or closed down.

Most of the young people have left Warri.

The ones left are driving Keke, doing P.O.S, Spa or Boutique, Beer parlour or doing hookup.

There's peace now, but the damage the greedy community leaders did to Warri, still lingers on and is almost irredeemable at this point.

Do not assume that your city can not be destroyed if it toes the same route Warri followed. Warri leaders did not ever believe that Warri will be this economically empty today while they were fighting then. Learn from Warri and protect our economies

Have you asked why big eeconomies like US, China,etc will never allow war in their countries?

We must learn and avoid things that will trigger war in our country no matter how strong we believe we are. Businesses and investors go where there is peace than where there is war.

Follow us on This Is Nigeria

How about when a government is at perpetual war with the citizens?

Buhari succeeded in starting wars all across the country.

Bridget95:
The world is taking note of the systematic undermining of democracy in lagos by the yorubas led by mc oluomo . The US has started slamming visa restrictions and other measures and investors are taking note. So continue with hooliganism

Democracy?

We too are taking note of those that stormed the capitol building.

Nonsense.

Ireportlive:


Are you Nsogbu Nsogbu people this low in IQ

He was ExxonMobil treasurer in 80s became a Senator in 1992, Governor in 1999

Building was built in the 80s

Ignoring the insults, if the building was built in the 80s, how did Tinubu make land available when he was not gov in the 80s? Note also that puts a lie to his claim that the corridor was a refuse dump when he became gov in 1999 if that kind of edifice was built there in the 80s. So who is lying between you and your god?
How did he ensure Mobil built their headquarters in Lagos when he was just a treasurer. Is siting of office buildings part of the job description of a treasurer?
Lastly, o deluded sycophant, Tinubu worked in Mobil for less than five years according to court documents, in their Nigerian office in Chicago. So, he was not an executive to be part of such decision making in the first place.

dominique:
My friend from Warri told me told me this much. Up to five different factions will be on the companies' neck demanding for their share of the levies. By the time the companies are heaving a sigh of relief that they have seen the last of them, another set will emerge and make more demands. As the fathers are demanding for money, the sons are stealing equipments belonging to these companies, destroying their sites and demanding for their own. Now all the companies have left their land for them and unemployment is now the order of the day. This is what greed and lack of foresight does to people.

It's backwardness. Africans adopt a European economic system, but they lack the "culture" to complement it.

A very good right up,one only knows the beginning of a war but not the end of it whereas, most of those company left Nigeria because it is becoming a hostile environment for them not particular Warri,I meant those oil companies, tax from Nigerian government and insecurities everywhere contributed majorlyquote author=tomitrace post=123140040]War destroys cities:
Every Nigeria City or aspiring city should learn something from the Collapse of Warri as Oil City👇👇👇

Warri was a big industrial hub in the 70's - 90's.

Warri Refinery, NNPC, DSC, Delta Glass, Shell, Chevron, Schlumberger, Dunlop, Agip, Saipem, Halliburton were in full operation back then. Escravos & Forcados were at their peak.

The city thrived. The city was full of zeal and zestful activities. People living outside hardcore Warri called themselves Wafarians because of propinquity to Warri even though they were not Wafarians. To be a Wafarian was to belong to supposedly a unique lifestyle.

Multinational/Local Banks were present Citibank, FBN, ACB, Savannah Bank.

Business activities thrived. Warri port was a beehive of economic activities

Entertainment/Night life was at its peak, Musicians, Live bands at Palmgroove Hotel, Comedians held their sway: Fela, legendary Don Baker, Majek Fashek, Emma Grey, Oritz Wiliki, Rex Lawson were a few of many of the entertainers that made Warri ebullient. Lido, Zina, etc were comparable to their ilks anywhere.

The town was full of life and it thrived.

McDermot road was busy with Maritime activities and contractors. Kingsway Mall offered anything sold in Lagos at that time.

Joma & Mosheshe were big fish distributors across the Niger Delta.

Rubber produced locally, was used to produce plastics and tyres.

The town grew in size and became a conurbation with people coming from all over the country to settle down in Warri for economic activities.

The Airports were super busy, Escravos, Forcados & Warri Airport. The Warri Airport was even relocated to Osubi for expansion.

Warri was revelling in its glory. Warri Port was fully operational and served as an economic booster for the city. It served businesses in Warri, Benin, Asaba & Onitsha. The Port created huge employment opportunities for locals and the state.

Things started to go downhill from the late 90's. The community leaders and youth chairmen began to fight themselves over control/sharing formula for royalties that came from oil & businesses from settlers.

Itsekiri, Urhobo & Ijaw leaders & youths started fighting each other. The bloody fight started around 1999 and lasted for years till 2003/2004.

The community leaders started imposing local taxes called "Deve" on all companies, industries and local businesses, buildings & projects.

Little by little, the companies frustrated, started leaving.

This continued throughout the early 2000's till 2010. The companies kept on leaving, one after the other. The companies layed off their employees. Unemployment rose.

More companies left for PH, Lagos, Akwa Ibom. They layed off more staff. Unemployment increased still.

Today all that is left in Warri, is a shadow of its glorious past.

95% of all the big companies in Warri had either left or closed down.

Most of the young people have left Warri.

The ones left are driving Keke, doing P.O.S, Spa or Boutique, Beer parlour or doing hookup.

There's peace now, but the damage the greedy community leaders did to Warri, still lingers on and is almost irredeemable at this point.

Do not assume that your city can not be destroyed if it toes the same route Warri followed. Warri leaders did not ever believe that Warri will be this economically empty today while they were fighting then. Learn from Warri and protect our economies

Have you asked why big eeconomies like US, China,etc will never allow war in their countries?

We must learn and avoid things that will trigger war in our country no matter how strong we believe we are. Businesses and investors go where there is peace than where there is war.

Follow us on This Is Nigeria[/quote]

My beautiful city warri. Oh things has gone south. Keke driving is the only job that remains in the city now

Till this moment, community boys are still demanding unnecessery things from comonay that's comming to establish in Warri.

The most dissapoint part is that to transport just ordinary 30kva generator to ur business location, the community boys will demand for some pay before they could allow you pass some area.