mrvitalis:

Delta, IMO, Anambra Abia and rivers are the gas base in Nigeria this four state holds 90% of Nigerian inland gas reserve

All Igbo states

Workch:
I think you are cherrypicking a stat that favors you.
There are tonnes of data online that proves otherwise and even a simple Google satellite analysis will show that Onitsha is not as built up as port harcourt and Kano

I will take the words of the experts who took their time to study this over your opinion.

Both Demographia and McKenzie have done independent research and come to the same conclusions about Onitsha.

Demographia will release their annual report this month.

mrvitalis:

Bayelsa like akwa ibom is mostly offshore
Rivers has offshore too... Rivers gas is mostly in etche, omuma obigbo, and ndoni areas

Igbo territories

Nwamazi8:
See where Ogun state is despite its proximity to Lagos. I've always said that na Lagos dey give yorubas mouth to talk, take out the cosmopolitan dynamic of Lagos...the SW is absolutely overhyped. It helps that they control the media so they use propaganda to easily hide their shitt

Ichie if I may ask, Then why do we have lotta you guys flock in droves to the SW if we're so overhyped and an average Yoruba man stays in his region and also make it there. If SW is overhyped, why are your people littered everywhere here??

mrvitalis:

The problem with GDP is buildings don't count in calculating GDP... They only count the year they are built thats all

Building cannot count as GDP because GDP is grass domestic product frm a region.

It's a total calculation of the goods and services produced in a state or country minus importation value into state. Building cannot possibly be included in it

Offpointng:


Ichie if I may ask, Then why do we have lotta you guys flock in droves to the SW if we're so overhyped and an average Yoruba man stays in his region and also make it there. If SW is overhyped, why are your people littered everywhere here??

.the Chinese and Indians are also there , does it mean their economy is in the doldrums. Igbos are all over the world, it didn't start today

Workch:
I dont think onitsha is second to Lagos in that.

I think Port harcourt, Ibadan, Kano, Kaduna are more built up than onitsha. Trust me

What you think is irrelevant. A competent authority has done the ranking. Note, the ranking was based urban metropolitan area not cities. Onitsha is more than twice of PH

horsepower102:


I will take the words of the experts who took their time to study this over your opinion.

Both Demographia and McKenzie have done independent research and come to the same conclusions about Onitsha.

Demographia will release their annual report this month.

onitsha is a small place by landmass, it cannot possibly be the 2nd most built up city in Nigeria. I don't think it's even in top 10.

Even chatGPT don't think so

kettykings:


You are right about the oil and gas growth but see some new insight from Google map and see how a sprawling swathes of city spread is emerging gradually

Anytime you're traveling from Onitsha, you will observe that the stretch from Onitsha/Owerri road remains busy with towns almost joining each other all the way to Owerri. Ihiala, Ekwusigo, Uli, Mgbidi, Awo omama etc. Then Owerri. In years to come, they will all combine to form a cornubation just like Tokyo.

basilo101:

What you think is irrelevant. A competent authority has done the ranking. Note, the ranking was based urban metropolitan area no cities. Onitsha is more than twice of PH

they are not competent authorities. Who made them reliable, you?
They a body with no relavance. Onitsha cannot be the 2nd most built to city in Nigeria.
Anybody that traveled accross Nigeria know this. Even Chatgpt does not agree with you

horsepower102:


This is McKenzie recent projection on Onitsha. I opened a thread about it. Onitsha by 2040 will be at near parity with Lagos in population and size of build up areas.

PH will still be less than 5million while Onitsha will be above 10 million. See the gap

proeast:


Do you even understand the term GDP I.e. gross domestic product? It means total value of goods and services generated within a state. Enugu has been lagging in terms of Agriculture, Industry, Commerce and even extraction of minerals. These are the major sectors that contribute to GDP. Ebonyi is leveraging on extraction of solid minerals and agriculture that's why it seems to be punching above its weight.

Imo State is leveraging on oil and gas value chain and services. By the time the gas resources are fully developed in Imo, the state will even grow more rapidly. Check the volume of airports traffic in Nigeria and you will see Owerri on the 4th position, breathing down on P.H.

Ok thanks

proeast:


Do you even understand the term GDP I.e. gross domestic product? It means total value of goods and services generated within a state. Enugu has been lagging in terms of Agriculture, Industry, Commerce and even extraction of minerals. These are the major sectors that contribute to GDP. Ebonyi is leveraging on extraction of solid minerals and agriculture that's why it seems to be punching above its weight.

Imo State is leveraging on oil and gas value chain and services. By the time the gas resources are fully developed in Imo, the state will even grow more rapidly. Check the volume of airports traffic in Nigeria and you will see Owerri on the 4th position, breathing down on P.H.

Ok. Enugu really need to up it's game in production

Workch:
onitsha is a small place by landmass, it can possible be the 2nd most built up city in Nigeria. I don't think it's even in top 10.

Even chatGPT don't think so

ChatGPT shouldn't be relied upon on such issue. Demographia and other research bodies are more reliable.

ChatGPT only picks random information online to form its opinion.

You should also understand that Metropolitan area is not same as city. Onitsha metropolitan area includes Obosi, Oba and others. By 2040 more than half of Anambra will be part of greater Onitsha. P.H growth is largely limited because of the torpographic nature of the state. Only Obigbo, parts of Etche, Ikwerre, Ogoni and other adjoining will become part of P.H.

Workch:
I think you are cherrypicking a stat that favors you.
There are tonnes of data online that proves otherwise and even a simple Google satellite analysis will show that Onitsha is not as built up as port harcourt and Kano

You are not considering the dense suburbs surrounding Onitsha which appears green on Google. Unlike places like Kano surrounded by empty desert

basilo101:

You are not considering the dense suburbs surrounding Onitsha which appears green on Google. Unlike places like Kano surrounded by empty desert

Built up means: Number of residential buildings.

Onitsha will not make top 10 on that list

Offpointng:


Ichie if I may ask, Then why do we have lotta you guys flock in droves to the SW if we're so overhyped and an average Yoruba man stays in his region and also make it there. If SW is overhyped, why are your people littered everywhere here??

I think your people have over used this line. This is cheap consolation

Workch:
How much do you think the income frkm Tourism and Relexation can add to GDP compared to Say a factory like innoson motors in Nnewi or a gas plant in Ohaji, Imo state?

The problem is that the new Enugu governor is flopping also

Workch:
Building cannot count as GDP because GDP is grass domestic product frm a region.

It's a total calculation of the goods and services produced in a state or country minus importation value into state. Building cannot possibly be included in it

Building will count the year they were built

proeast:


ChatGPT shouldn't be relied upon on such issue. Demographia and other research bodies are more reliable.

ChatGPT only picks random information online to form its opinion.

we can search Google satellite. Onitsha doesn't have more buildings than kano, Port harcourt and Abuja. Even Ibadan.

I am Igbo but we have to tell ourselves the truth

Benue bigger than Kano?

basilo101:

Building will count the year they were built

yeah, the year they were built.

Workch:
onitsha is a small place by landmass, it cannot possibly be the 2nd most built up city in Nigeria. I don't think it's even in top 10.

Even chatGPT don't think so

There is a difference between a city and urban metro. Stop confusing yourself

proeast:


Anytime you're traveling from Onitsha, you will observe that the stretch from Onitsha/Owerri road remains busy with towns almost joining each other all the way to Owerri. Ihiala, Ekwusigo, Uli, Mgbidi, Awo omama etc. Then Owerri. In years to come, they will all combine to form a cornubation just like Tokyo.

Even Onitsha to Awka by old road has no break in urban sprawl. It's the Express that has reasonable empty spaces

basilo101:

There is a difference between a city and urban metro. Stop confusing yourself

Onitsha, Nkpo, Ogidi and Obosi are not as built up as port harcourt metro. Even if you add Oba and Nnewi to it, Port metro comprising onne, Elele, oyigbo and obio akpo is still more built up than all of them.

Obio akpo alone is larger than Onitsha main city

Workch:
they are not competent authorities. Who made them reliable, you?
They a body with no relavance. Onitsha cannot be the 2nd most built to city in Nigeria.
Anybody that traveled accross Nigeria know this. Even Chatgpt does not agree with you

Go and research the difference between city and urban metropolitan area. That's where your confusion is coming from. In terms of city, Aba is the largest city in the East followed by Enugu. But urban metroplis is a different thing and Onitsha is the largest in Nigeria by landmass and second largest by population

But a guy in one cave at ogbomosho believe Ogun state has a higher GDP than Anambra

This is the real picture even as usual, you people love to confuse yourselves with data that you can not properly read and comprehend.


In the grand scheme of things, Imo is still at the bottom.

IGR growth is poor and deplorable.

IGR per Capita is lousy

Capital important is abysmal

Revenue growth is nothing to smile about.

Imo has a long way to go and sit at home won't let the state progress economically..

basilo101:

Go and research the difference between city and urban metropolitan area. That's where your confusion is coming from. In terms of city, Aba is the largest city in the East followed by Enugu. But urban metroplis is a different thing and Onitsha is the largest in Nigeria by landmass and second largest by population

Onitsha is small.
Even if you combine Onitsha, Obosi, nkpor, Ogidi, places like port harcourt, Abuja, Kano, Kaduna and Ibadan are sill larger and more built than it.

Workch:
we can search Google satellite. Onitsha doesn't have more buildings than kano, Port harcourt and Abuja. Even Ibadan.

I am Igbo but we have to tell ourselves the truth

Forget about being Igbo, we are talking facts here. Demographia and other international organizations that gave that data don't have any reason to be biased. You don't know more than them!

Lagos is most built up because there are buildings back-to-back for hundreds of miles. Same is applicable to Onitsha. They don't consider Ibadan as built-up because the buildings are more or less shanties, which are categorized as slums by those international bodies.

proeast:


Forget about being Igbo, we are talking facts here. Demographia and other international organizations that gave that data don't have any reason to be biased. You don't know more than them!

Lagos is most built up because there are buildings back-to-back for hundreds of miles. Same is applicable to Onitsha. They don't consider Ibadan as built-up because the buildings are more or less shanties, which are categorized as slums by those international bodies.

Onitsha is not more built than Abuja. You and I know this.
Or even port harcourt.

You should be laughing at those data 😂

Workch:
Built up means: Number of residential buildings.

Onitsha will not make top 10 on that list

Do you known more than two reputable international organisations already quoted? Even the Google you are talking about show how build up areas spread large around Onitsha. If you use Google Earth it may appear green because it's semi urban with tall trees but buildings scatter underneath in close proximity to each other