opamoses1:

Lagos was developed and ahead, of most if not all Nigerian cities, before the establishment of Nigeria. Western region is the region of the Yoruba stock which Lagos is one of. You don't like it, you can always jump into the lagoon.

The British and FG developed LAGOS till 1991

opamoses1:

So what stopped nembe, brass and Calabar from becoming richer since they were also running a parallel British trade. Some of you just type nonsense all day everyday on Nairaland.

LAGOS was eventually made the headquarters of the British and the capital of Nigeria, that's the difference

babasolution:


The British and FG developed LAGOS till 1991

The British left in 1960
It was Lord Lugard and the British who founded and built Enugu and Umuahia yet you still claim it as yours

Awolowo ruled more that 95% of Lagos State

Have you ever Heard of Gov Jakande Before?
He and Awolowo far outdid the FG by a huge Margin

It was Babangida who was the President that invested most in Lagos by building the 3rd Mainland Bridge but you must Remember that all Major Bridges in Nigeria are built by the FG including all the ones over River Niger

babasolution:


LAGOS was eventually made the headquarters of the British and the capital of Nigeria, that's the difference

Lagos Island was the Capital not Lagos State

Christistruth03:


The British left in 1960
It was Lord Lugard and the British who founded and built Enugu and Umuahia yet you still claim it as yours

Awolowo ruled more that 95% of Lagos State

Have you ever Heard of Gov Jakande Before?
He and Awolowo far outdid the FG by a huge Margin

It was Babangida who was the President that invested most in Lagos by building the 3rd Mainland Bridge but you must Remember that all Major Bridges in Nigeria are built by the FG including all the ones over River Niger

Babangida only completed the third mainland Bridge, all previous governments invested in Lagos including Obasanjo who built Festac and trade fair

Awolowo reign as Western region premeir was short,when the military governments took over,Lagos was funded from FG ,even during jakande tenure prior to that British government had started developing Lagos as against other regions/ states

Christistruth03:



Lagos Island was the Capital not Lagos State

It was Lagos state the seat of government was just in Lagos island, exactly like the FCT,were the seat of government is in Abuja central but the capital extends to all areas over the FCT

Christistruth03:


The British left in 1960
It was Lord Lugard and the British who founded and built Enugu and Umuahia yet you still claim it as yours

Awolowo ruled more that 95% of Lagos State

Have you ever Heard of Gov Jakande Before?
He and Awolowo far outdid the FG by a huge Margin

It was Babangida who was the President that invested most in Lagos by building the 3rd Mainland Bridge but you must Remember that all Major Bridges in Nigeria are built by the FG including all the ones over River Niger

LAGOS was the capital of Nigeria, not Enugu or umahia

babasolution:


Babangida only completed the third mainland Bridge, all previous governments invested in Lagos including Obasanjo who built Festac and trade fair

Awolowo reign as Western region premeir was short,when the military governments took over,Lagos was funded from FG ,even during jakande tenure prior to that British government had started developing Lagos as against other regions/ states

All the states in Nigeria were heavily invested in during the military era..I don't know you peoples obsession with Lagos state..

There is nothing they did in Lagos state that they didn't do in Kaduna state..Even the festac and trade fair you mentioned they built in Kaduna state, there are festac buildings and Trade fair in Kaduna state.

Jogs1900:

All the states in Nigeria were heavily invested in during the military era..I don't know you peoples obsession with Lagos state..

There is nothing they did in Lagos state that they didn't do in Kaduna state..Even the festac and trade fair you mentioned they built in Kaduna state, there are festac buildings and Trade fair in Kaduna state.

LAGOS was the capital, you can't take that away,same is happening to Abuja now

babasolution:


LAGOS was the capital of Nigeria, not Enugu or umahia

Good

The Lagos you are talking about is Lagos Island

The rest of Lagos State ( 99%)belongs to Awolowo’s people

babasolution:


It was Lagos state the seat of government was just in Lagos island, exactly like the FCT,were the seat of government is in Abuja central but the capital extends to all areas over the FCT

Seat of Government was on Lagos Island


Lagos Island was very different to FCT

FCT was a dedicated Federal Capital the people were even moved elsewhere

though I hear FG is yet to Compensate them all

Raf4:


Apapa port was established in 1913 and the construction of 1st 4 deep water berths started in 1921.
Lagos Airport was initially built during 2nd World War.
Carter bridge was built in 1901.
Lagos - Abeokuta railway was opened in 1898, got to Ibadan in 1902.
As far back as 1860s, Lagos already got electricity, telephone, post office, Schools, City Hall, recreation centres, Cathedrals, public & private hospitals, tarred roads, business districts and international trade centres etc.
As you can see, many of the developments in Lagos occurred b4 amalgamation and formationofNigeria. So, Lagos was majorly developed by the locals and colonial masters, using revenues generated from Lagos and other parts of Western Region.

On point

Ozommadu:

Imagine lagos was never the capital of Nigeria for a day, without federal government built seaport, Airport, bridges and multinationals

Just imagine

Sea port in Lagos was built before the entity Nigeria was formed in 1914.

Christistruth03:



Seat of Government was on Lagos Island


Lagos Island was very different to FCT

FCT was a dedicated Federal Capital the people were even moved elsewhere

though I hear FG is yet to Compensate them all

Maybe you weren't born and grew up in Lagos that's why,Lagos ,the whole Lagos was capital of Nigeria, Lagos governor was like FCT minister

Christistruth03:


Good

The Lagos you are talking about is Lagos Island

The rest of Lagos State ( 99%)belongs to Awolowo’s people

It seems though that Most of you people arguing didn't grow up in Lagos,since after military governments took over in 1966 the whole of Lagos was administered under the FG as capital although Lagos still had a military governor exactly like the FCT minister.

forgiveness:


Sea port in Lagos was built before the entity Nigeria was formed in 1914.

The current sea port was built by the federal government and private sector

whitejs:


On point

All these places were rebuilt under Nigeria

babasolution:


LAGOS had been sold to the British since 1860, it was under the control of the British, the British developed it,LAGOS was chosen as the capital to prevent French encroachment as the eastern Nigerian area( the Calabar area had already been defined as British territory but not the Western area.)

You're a novice. Lagos was already declared British territory as far back as 1962. Calabar became colony of British in 1884

babasolution:


The current sea port was built by the federal government and private sector

Lagos already had sea ports long before the entity Nigeria was formed. That's the point.

Besides, FG built sea ports in Port Harcourt, Calabar etc.

forgiveness:


Lagos already had sea ports long before the entity Nigeria was formed. That's the point.

Besides, FG built sea ports in Port Harcourt, Calabar etc.

Calabar, brass ,Benin all had ports before Nigeria, however that Lagos was eventually made the capital of Nigeria was the significant difference

Akinomoakin021:
Local Governments that were former FCT (Km2)
Lagos Island-8.7
Eti-Osa-192
Apapa-27
Lagos Mainland-19
Total-246.7 Km2

Total Lagos state landmass-3577km2

246.7/3577*100=6.9 percent

About 7 percent of Lagos State Landmass was former FCT. Others were part of old Western Region

Under which local government was Festac Town in, way back in 1976?

I asked because building that town was a Federal Government project and my father's block factory operating on a 24hrs production shift rotations by his Ghanian workers, was a key supplier of blocks used in the building of the town.

babasolution:


Calabar, brass ,Benin all had ports before Nigeria, however that Lagos was eventually made the capital of Nigeria was the significant difference

No! Lagos was already a prosperous city long before it became Capital.

It was Lagos money the British used to develop Nigeria.

Mindlog:


Under which local government was Festac Town in, way back in 1976?

I asked because building that town was a Federal Government project and my father's block factory operating on a 24hrs production shift rotations by his Ghanian workers, was a key supplier of blocks used in the building of the town.

Don't mind the people arguing blindly,after the British left in 1960 that was when Lagos had significant development, which was created by the FG through the military governments when they took over in 1966

Mindlog:


Under which local government was Festac Town in, way back in 1976?

I asked because building that town was a Federal Government project and my father's block factory operating on a 24hrs production shift rotations by his Ghanian workers, was a key supplier of blocks used in the building of the town.

Don't mind them by 1976 the whole of LAGOS was capital under the military governments, they are are talking of Western region that ended in 1966 ,prior to 1966 most of Lagos was an underdeveloped village, it was the military governments that mainly developed LAGOS not even the British, not to talk of the regional government

babasolution:


Maybe you weren't born and grew up in Lagos that's why,Lagos ,the whole Lagos was capital of Nigeria, Lagos governor was like FCT minister

Lagos Island was the Capital

Not Lagos State

Look at Sanwo Olu of Lagos State
He was a
far more effective Governor than Buhari was a president

And your yourselves know it

Fasola was more Effective than Goodluck Jonathan and Yaradua

Be honest with yourself

Jakande and President Shagari couldn’t even be compared
Jakande was at least 20 times more effective than Shagari as a Leader

Even Ambode that was removed was commissioning over 20 new roads in a single day

babasolution:


Calabar, brass ,Benin all had ports before Nigeria, however that Lagos was eventually made the capital of Nigeria was the significant difference

Below is what the Nigerian Inland Waterways Authority released, so if the Warri port was fully functional and it being nearer to Onitsha, with barges ferrying those 65% of containers from Warri port where it landed from different parts of the world to Onitsha, why would any South eastern based business import through Lagos?

babasolution:


It seems though that Most of you people arguing didn't grow up in Lagos,since after military governments took over in 1966 the whole of Lagos was administered under the FG as capital although Lagos still had a military governor exactly like the FCT minister.

You are the one that wasn't born in Lagos hence called Ikeja and Surulere a Ghetto since both were part of western region. Only for you to shift the goal post.

babasolution:


The areas under Western government were never developed even today,they are the ghetto areas of LAGOS

babasolution:


It seems though that Most of you people arguing didn't grow up in Lagos,since after military governments took over in 1966 the whole of Lagos was administered under the FG as capital although Lagos still had a military governor exactly like the FCT minister.

Even under the Military Lagos Island was the Capital not Lagos State

They had completely different Budgets and Management

But the British and Lord Lugard founded and built Enugu and Umuahia yet you fully claim it

Ozommadu:

Imagine lagos was never the capital of Nigeria for a day, without federal government built seaport, Airport, bridges and multinationals

Just imagine

If they don't build the sea port in Lagos which other state is suitable, before 1906 Lagos as attract a lot of development, CMS, west layer church and a lot of colonial office are situated in Lagos.

Christistruth03:



Lagos Island was the Capital

Not Lagos State

Look at Sanwo Olu of Lagos State
He was a
far more effective Governor than Buhari was a president

And your yourselves know it

Fasola was more Effective than Goodluck Jonathan and Yaradua

Be honest with yourself

Jakande and President Shagari couldn’t even be compared
Jakande was at least 20 times more effective than Shagari as a Leader

Even Ambode that was removed was commissioning over 20 new roads in a single day

Even Tinubu that came in 1999 did more for Lagos than what the military rulers did. Lagos was a big mess prior to post 1999.

forgiveness:


No! Lagos was already a prosperous city long before it became Capital.

It was Lagos money the British used to develop Nigeria.

Stop spreading false hood,the British did not develop Nigeria, however all the places they invested in was from the resources of those places,you people don't know LAGOS sha,Lagos was mostly undeveloped until the military governments kick started the development, they didn't even go far,Lagos only started developing significantly only recently

babasolution:


The areas under Western government were never developed even today,they are the ghetto areas of LAGOS

Na Awolowo you Dey take play?

Who built Ikeja out of a Jungle including it’s industrial Estates

the first industrial Estates in Nigeria?