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I’m baffled that a big city like Onitsha hasn’t got even ONE skyscraper.

Is it a matter of state govt policy or regulation prohibiting more than say 5 storeys?

Is there even ONE building in Onitsha taller than 5 storeys?

I admit I’m not an expert on the city. I’m going by what I see posted online.

And the thing about a place like Onitsha is that once one person builds it, many others will follow.

Highly competitive place.

Make no mistake, having a good skyline shows seriousness as a business hub.

It’s a statement to investors, that this is a serious environment with people who know how to make money.

Onitsha is waiting for you to build the skyscraper.

Topman7:
I’m baffled that a big city like Onitsha hasn’t got even ONE skyscraper.

Is it a matter of state govt policy or regulation prohibiting more than say 5 storeys?

Is there even ONE building in Onitsha taller than 5 storeys?

I admit I’m not an expert on the city. I’m going by what I see posted online.

And the thing about a place like Onitsha is that once one person builds it, many others will follow.

Highly competitive place.

Make no mistake, having a good skyline shows seriousness as a business hub.

It’s a statement to investors, that this is a serious environment with people who know how to make money.

Buy the land and build one for yourself na

Dudes, it’s companies that build skyscrapers, not individuals.

So it’s really silly telling me to build a gaddem skyscraper.

The whole of South East especially Enugu needs it. I'm always furious about this

SpecialAdviser:
The whole of South East especially Enugu needs it. I'm always furious about this

Even Ikot-Ekpene has a couple of Highrises.

It really baffling that the entire south east don't have highrise building except the one Vincent Maduka built in a village In Anambra.
I don't know how our leaders and people think.
The following states have high-rise buildings in Nigeria.
Lagos
Oyo
Ogun (built by gov gbenga Daniel)
Delta
Edo
Rivers
Beyalsa( by fg)
Akwa lbom (also by state govt)
Kano
Kaduna

Objectivist04:
It really baffling that the entire south east don't have highrise building except the one Vincent Maduka built in a village In Anambra.
I don't know how our leaders and people think.
The following states have high-rise buildings in Nigeria.
Lagos
Oyo
Ogun (built by gov gbenga Daniel)
Delta
Edo
Rivers
Beyalsa( by fg)
Akwa lbom (also by state govt)
Kano
Kaduna

So the skyrise in Owerri na you build am . Owerri has like 7 if I'm correct.

Topman7:
Even Ikot-Ekpene has a couple of Highrises.

Yeah, Uyo has a skyrise. I saw one close to the Government house when I visited in October. Ikot-Ekpene has one built by Akpabio. That one is an hotel I guess.

Eastlink:
So the skyrise in Owerri na you build am . Owerri has like 7 if I'm correct.

Concorde Hotel is one of the highrises in Owerri. Any other?

Eastlink:
Yeah, Uyo has a skyrise. I saw one close to the Government house when I visited in October. Ikot-Ekpene has one built by Akpabio. That one is an hotel I guess.

If were Governor Soludo I would find a company to build a skyscraper in Onitsha.

Good observation!

Who skyscrapper help?

Where are the audio Billionaires when you need them ?!!!

Mr skycrapper.. be the first man in Onitsha to build a scrapper there..dont you want to be the first man to do that

Topman7:
Concorde Hotel is one of the highrises in Owerri. Any other?

Concord Hotel how many storey building to be qualified as high rise?

swagana:
Concord Hotel how many storey building to be qualified as high rise?

I admit it’s only 8 or 9 storeys.

Topman7:
Dudes, it’s companies that build skyscrapers, not individuals.

So it’s really silly telling me to build a gaddem skyscraper.

no sir, this Is Yoruba woman, multibillionare Folorunsho Alakija Towers, Right There in Alfred Rewane street Ikoyi Lagos..just one of her investment

Objectivist04:
It really baffling that the entire south east don't have highrise building except the one Vincent Maduka built in a village In Anambra.
I don't know how our leaders and people think.
The following states have high-rise buildings in Nigeria.
Lagos
Oyo
Ogun (built by gov gbenga Daniel)
Delta
Edo
Rivers
Beyalsa( by fg)
Akwa lbom (also by state govt)
Kano
Kaduna

I still don’t understand why that dude built that thing in his village.

Private sectors build skyscrapers and not government

Topman7:
I admit it’s only 8 or 9 storeys.

Okay

Topman7:
I still don’t understand why that dude built that thing in his village.

And it seems it has been abandoned, after he lost woefully in the last Anambra election he became disillusioned.

Eastlink:
So the skyrise in Owerri na you build am . Owerri has like 7 if I'm correct.

We are not taking about 7 , we are talking about 14 and above.
If it is about 7 , I can tell you that many eastern states have it especially Enugu, lmo and Abia

Enugu has about 7 seven storey buildings that I know

Is there a skyscraper in Nigeria?
That's the question.
150 meters high.

Skyscrapers don't contribute anything to a state you dumb fork



Skyscrapers are white man designs , instead of you to embracing houses designed by Nigerian architects
You are talking lobbish

Foolish people boku for Nigeria. So sky scrapper is now development. This was why awolowo went and built cocoa house in Ibadan. Did it stop Ibadan from becoming a slum? Nigeria doesn't even have a single sky scrapper even though some people are obsessed with it.

Imagine uyo that is still a village. Instead engaging your population in a productive venture, you are dreaming of sky scrapper.

Objectivist04:
We are not taking about 7 , we are talking about 14 and above.
If it is about 7 , I can tell you that many eastern states have it especially Enugu, lmo and Abia

Enugu has about 7 seven storey buildings that I know

I know Enugu had high rise building. But the problem is why did you ommit it from your list?

Topman7:
If were Governor Soludo I would find a company to build a skyscraper in Onitsha.

For what exactly?

People build Skyscrapers for different reasons
1. Lack of space to spread the building horizontally
2. Cost of the land
3. Monument
4. Tourist attraction
So why would onitsha need one?

Eastlink:
I know Enugu had high rise building. But the problem is why did you ommit it from your list?

I am talking about 14 storey and above and only Anambra has it but in a bush
The highest Enugu has is 7 storey and there are about seven of them in the city.
Try and understand where l am going.

There's one in umuchukwu by Godwin Maduka

Objectivist04:
It really baffling that the entire south east don't have highrise building except the one Vincent Maduka built in a village In Anambra.
I don't know how our leaders and people think.
The following states have high-rise buildings in Nigeria.
Lagos
Oyo
Ogun (built by gov gbenga Daniel)
Delta
Edo
Rivers
Beyalsa( by fg)
Akwa lbom (also by state govt)
Kano
Kaduna

No state in Nigeria has a skyscraper ( minimum of 50 serviceable/usable floor levels). Africa in general has less if not a max of 5 skyscrappers. The tallest building in Nigeria is just a high-rise with a max of 32 total floor levels.