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swiz123:
Aside insecurity, I believe Lagos is the worst. Overpopulation in Lagos has ripple effect which include but not limited to traffic congestion, noise, expensive rent for slum like houses, expensive transportation.

A peek into the life of an average blue collar employee will reveal this. From waking up abnormally early to beat the traffic, to spending hours on traffic only to return home very late and expected to wake up very early again. There salary is meager and they can't afford to live close to their offices. They resort to staying in rickety apartments in Igando, Idimu, Ayobo.

Their contemporaries earning the same salary and living in other cities live twice better than them. With the same salary, they can live in good apartment relatively closer to their place of work and spend significantly lesser time on the road. As cherry on the top, they have better savings too.

Most employees prefer taking 10% to 20 % pay cut to be transferred to another city. This goes a long way to buttress my point.

This is strictly comparing Lagos to other cities, not villages.

OasisX:


.....If Lagos is unlivable, pack your things and relocate. Lagos should change party coz una want see something but Puppet of Obaseki must win in Edo coz nothing to see - failure is too loud to hide. LOL!

We all know what we are doing.

Theflint1:
We go nowhere

Theflint1:
There's a reason topics like "Will you rather earn X in Lagos than earn Y in PH/Kaduna" comes up every eke market day...nobody really wants to be in Lagos, but the opportunities are here hence we remain.

Theflint1:
There's a reason topics like "Will you rather earn X in Lagos than earn Y in PH/Kaduna" comes up every eke market day...nobody really wants to be in Lagos, but the opportunities are here hence we remain.

Theflint1:
We go nowhere

OasisX:


.....Theflint1, pls watch Dangote's recent interview on his Refinery. He wanted to build it in Rivers State but Ọmọ Onilẹ and State Government wahala made him to lose interest n the State.

He thought of Ondo and Ogun, their Governors' greediness push him to Lagos. Opportunities do come to other States too, but because none of their ex-governors is Tinubu, hence are failing to maximizing the opportunities, rather losing it.

swiz123:
Aside insecurity, I believe Lagos is the worst. Overpopulation in Lagos has ripple effect which include but not limited to traffic congestion, noise, expensive rent for slum like houses, expensive transportation.

A peek into the life of an average blue collar employee will reveal this. From waking up abnormally early to beat the traffic, to spending hours on traffic only to return home very late and expected to wake up very early again. There salary is meager and they can't afford to live close to their offices. They resort to staying in rickety apartments in Igando, Idimu, Ayobo.

Their contemporaries earning the same salary and living in other cities live twice better than them. With the same salary, they can live in good apartment relatively closer to their place of work and spend significantly lesser time on the road. As cherry on the top, they have better savings too.

Most employees prefer taking 10% to 20 % pay cut to be transferred to another city. This goes a long way to buttress my point.

This is strictly comparing Lagos to other cities, not villages.

larride:
The Lagos that was capital for so long no see development pass Ikeja, Lagos Island and VI, No?

swiz123:
Aside insecurity, I believe Lagos is the worst. Overpopulation in Lagos has ripple effect which include but not limited to traffic congestion, noise, expensive rent for slum like houses, expensive transportation.

A peek into the life of an average blue collar employee will reveal this. From waking up abnormally early to beat the traffic, to spending hours on traffic only to return home very late and expected to wake up very early again. There salary is meager and they can't afford to live close to their offices. They resort to staying in rickety apartments in Igando, Idimu, Ayobo.

Their contemporaries earning the same salary and living in other cities live twice better than them. With the same salary, they can live in good apartment relatively closer to their place of work and spend significantly lesser time on the road. As cherry on the top, they have better savings too.

Most employees prefer taking 10% to 20 % pay cut to be transferred to another city. This goes a long way to buttress my point.

This is strictly comparing Lagos to other cities, not villages.

RealityKings:
Don't believe what he says. Remember what Yahya Bello did to him in Kogi state.
Right before you start erecting structures or clearing land sef, there would be a quota of indigenous employees you will take and in certain positions.

There is a particular reason why he decided to settle for Lagos and it has nothing to do with states demands

raumdeuter:
So what is causing this overpopulation we both agree is the problem

GloriousGbola:
Before Tinubu, vi effectively ended at ozumba mbadiwe. And ozumba mbadiwe was a precarious one lane road.

FLASHBACK: Why is the Eko Atlantic Project such a big win and a major Legacy for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT For people that were much younger, not born or just arriving Lagos … Bar Beach (Ahmadu Bello) Victoria Island was like this before. #BAT2023 ♾ pic.twitter.com/RrJT6AqxyV

— Jubril A. Gawat (@Mr_JAGs) September 8, 2022

RealityKings:
Don't believe what he says. Remember what Yahya Bello did to him in Kogi state.
Right before you start erecting structures or clearing land sef, there would be a quota of indigenous employees you will take and in certain positions.

There is a particular reason why he decided to settle for Lagos and it has nothing to do with states demands

swiz123:
Economic viability obviously.

GloriousGbola:
Before Tinubu, vi effectively ended at ozumba mbadiwe. And ozumba mbadiwe was a precarious one lane road.

raumdeuter:
Calabar and Port Harcourt was helped to secure a standard port by the same British who helped Lagos. Why have population not headed there like they did to Lagos in the past 100yrs

larride:
After wetin Dangote see for Yahaya Bello hand, he to think twice before investing in the state going forward, other investor sef will use Dangote as example.
If this can happen to Dangote, who then can it not happen to.

Most of these Governors dont know they are using their own short sightedness to rob the State of investment opportunities, future potential jobs and revenue by the actions they take.

They will then be wondering why all the investment is going to Lagos.

swiz123:
Federal neglect.

Theflint1:
There's a reason topics like "Will you rather earn X in Lagos than earn Y in PH/Kaduna" comes up every eke market day...nobody really wants to be in Lagos, but the opportunities are here hence we remain.

swiz123:
Federal neglect.

larride:
Prices of houses and rent are equally expensive in other major cities.

You cant compare rent in London to rent in Nottingham, they are both in the UK but the rent differs greatly.

Same way you cant compare rent in New York or San Francisco to rent in New Jersey.

It's a simple economics principle, if demand is higher than supply, price will increase.

In 18, 19, houses were cheaper in Ikorodu but the moment people started moving to Ikorodu in large numbers mostly due to the low house rent, the house rent is now increasing at an alarming rate.

As long as Lagos continue to have high influx of people into the state with its tiny land mass, no infrastructure will keep up with it.

larride:
Prices of houses and rent are equally expensive in other major cities.

You cant compare rent in London to rent in Nottingham, they are both in the UK but the rent differs greatly.

Same way you cant compare rent in New York or San Francisco to rent in New Jersey.

It's a simple economics principle, if demand is higher than supply, price will increase.

In 18, 19, houses were cheaper in Ikorodu but the moment people started moving to Ikorodu in large numbers mostly due to the low house rent, the house rent is now increasing at an alarming rate.

As long as Lagos continue to have high influx of people into the state with its tiny land mass, no infrastructure will keep up with it.

liveLongNprospa:
How far

Was it worth it?

seankafor:
like how they scrapped Sars right