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Every time, the bad thinking people will like to attribute Lagos success to one thing or the other to seve as excuse for their own failure and unwillingness to thrive.

They will say federal government deliberately diverts all ships to Lagos abandoning the ports in their region.

Or

That Lagos was former capital territory that's why it is thriving

Now

Kaduna houses most federal government institutions, why is kaduna not as developed as Lagos.

Calabar was former capital of Nigeria under colonial rule, why is it not as developed as Lagos?

Ogun state is second to Lagos when it comes to IGR and number 1 state with most manufacturing companies, yet it was not a former capital territory.

Secret of Lagos success

The secret to Lagos success are:

1. The geographical location of Lagos and the water. Even when Oodua was blind, Ifa oracle direct his children to get sea water to wash his face. One of his son, came to Lagos to fetch the sea water. And the son was then nicknamed Obokun (the on one who brought sea water) and there after became king in Ilesha, osun state. Till today, people of Ilesha are called [b][/b]omo obokun.

Economically, lagos sea is very deep, it can carry any kind of vessel. This is the reason why importers and exporters prefer Lagos ports.


2. The visionary leadership of Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Eg his free education placed south west above other regions

Ikeja industrial estate was Awolowo initiative

3. Accomodations: Lagos indigenes like their Yoruba brothers welcomes none indigene without any discrimination so far they are able to maintain peace and grow the economy of the community.


4. Good governors right from time: Lagos has been blessed with visionary military and civilian governors. People of Lagos will always remember Bubba Marwa, lateef Jakande, Tinubu and his successors.

5. Peace: importers and exporters prefer Lagos ports because there is no case of vandalism, sea pirates, militancy on Lagos waters

Was Nigeria independent then?

For how many months

Lagos was wholly built by the Western Regional Govt. Awolowo is up there as one of the best ever

As for Calabar and Enugu, they are a true reflection of the locals

God bless King Dosunmu and Kosoko. All their actions laid the solid background for what we are seeing about Lagos in 2024

I don't know why some of you are so irascibly stupid.

hedonido:
I don't know why some of you are so irascibly stupid.

Don't mind them, even the few years that Calabar was capital of southern protectorate it is still more beautiful than any of the capital cities in SW aside Lagos.

Dem no dey gree travel

Ozommadu:
Don't mind them, even the few years that Calabar was capital of southern protectorate it is still more beautiful than any of the capital cities in SW aside Lagos.

Dem no dey gree travel

Present day Calabar city is FAR more beautiful and more developed than MOST parts of Lagos, except largely the Ikoyi/VI/Lekki corridor.

These mgbaati monsters are so close minded and myopic. They don't travel. They will stay in their hut and conjure stupid ideas.

When the nations capital was moved from Calabar to Lagos after a brief period, was calabar made the nations Economic capital as Lagos was made? Were the multinational companies operating in Niger-delta asked to locate their headquarters in Calabar? Were the banks asked to locate their headquarters in Calabar,

Why don't you also compare Lokoja with Lagos? Lokoja was also FCT

LAGOS was capital for 77 years,Calabar was capital of southern protectorate for just 6 years.

Like comparing an elderly man to a toddler.haba mana.

Abuja as been capital for 33 years and is doing better than Lagos already

Ozommadu:
Don't mind them, even the few years that Calabar was capital of southern protectorate it is still more beautiful than any of the capital cities in SW aside Lagos.

Dem no dey gree travel

Whats beauty are u talking about?

We are talking about generating IGR, providing job opportunity and many more direct life impact on the citizen

If Lagos cease to exist today, Most would still settle in Ogun or Oyo for employment and trade opportunities ahead of Calabar

Na fine city u wan chop?


The reasoning of an average Igbo person is worrying

Seefinish:
Why don't you also compare Lokoja with Lagos? Lokoja was also FCT

Lokoja was never anything, lugard only stayed in lokoja at a point as he stayed in zungeru in Niger state

DevilsEqual:
Whats beauty are u talking about?

We are talking about generating IGR, providing job opportunity and many more direct life impact on the citizen

If Lagos cease to exist today, Most would still settle in Ogun or Oyo for employment and trade opportunities ahead of Calabar

Na fine city u wan chop?


The reasoning of an average Igbo person is worrying

Yorubas have no more impact in LAGOS as any other tribe.

FG made LAGOS

All Nigerians have sustained the legacy

What you should ask is for how long or how many

months modern equipment was not back then as they are today; you can't compare then and now

based on development due to where the capital territory was or was not..

Biodun556:
Every time, the bad thinking people will like to attribute Lagos success to one thing or the other to seve as excuse for their own failure and unwillingness to thrive.

They will say federal government deliberately diverts all ships to Lagos abandoning the ports in their region.

Or

That Lagos was former capital territory that's why it is thriving

Now

Kaduna houses most federal government institutions, why is kaduna not as developed as Lagos.

Calabar was former capital of Nigeria under colonial rule, why is it not as developed as Lagos?

Ogun state is second to Lagos when it comes to IGR and number 1 state with most manufacturing companies, yet it was not a former capital territory.

Secret of Lagos success

The secret to Lagos success are:

1. The geographical location of Lagos and the water. Even when Oodua was blind, Ifa oracle direct his children to get sea water to wash his face. One of his son, came to Lagos to fetch the sea water. And the son was then nicknamed Obokun (the on one who brought sea water) and there after became king in Ilesha, osun state. Till today, people of Ilesha are called [b][/b]omo obokun.

Economically, lagos sea is very deep, it can carry any kind of vessel. This is the reason why importers and exporters prefer Lagos ports.


2. The visionary leadership of Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Eg his free education placed south west above other regions

Ikeja industrial estate was Awolowo initiative

3. Accomodations: Lagos indigenes like their Yoruba brothers welcomes none indigene without any discrimination so far they are able to maintain peace and grow the economy of the community.


4. Good governors right from time: Lagos has been blessed with visionary military and civilian governors. People of Lagos will always remember Bubba Marwa, lateef Jakande, Tinubu and his successors.

5. Peace: importers and exporters prefer Lagos ports because there is no case of vandalism, sea pirates, militancy on Lagos waters

Guy, Calabar was capital for just a few years. Lagos was capital for 80 years!

DevilsEqual:


Lagos was wholly built by the Western Regional Govt. Awolowo is up there as one of the best ever

As for Calabar and Enugu, they are a true reflection of the locals

God bless King Dosunmu and Kosoko. All their actions laid the solid background for what we are seeing about Lagos in 2024

You are a lier,these Yoruba lies will never ever fly.

FG made LAGOS not Awolowo

babasolution:
You are a lier,these Yoruba lies will never ever fly.

FG made LAGOS not Awolowo

Awolowo did most of the job

Biodun556:
Awolowo did most of the job

I thought as your Ignorance was exposed you will give up alas, you are still struggling

Simply because we have a fraudulent federal system

You can’t push all developments to a certain places and expect the others to work m

Do you want them to do magic?

This op is very myopic and ignorant 😒

Pay him no mind people, he's just one of the usual tribal agbad0 bigots we manage on this forum

#op is frm oyo

Can't talk abt Ibadan,
na only Lagos dey for sw 🫤

gidgiddy:
Guy, Calabar was capital for just a few years. Lagos was capital for 80 years!

Why did they prefer lagos to Calabar?

Something must have informed the colonial masters that Lagos is the best place to stay

mytime24:
#op is frm oyo

Can't talk abt Ibadan,
na only Lagos dey for sw 🫤

I mentioned Ogun state up there

babasolution:
You are a lier,these Yoruba lies will never ever fly.

FG made LAGOS not Awolowo

Something must have made FG to prefer lagos as FCT compare to Calabar and other places

Ozommadu:
Don't mind them, even the few years that Calabar was capital of southern protectorate it is still more beautiful than any of the capital cities in SW aside Lagos.

Dem no dey gree travel

Do you think the white man was stupid when he moved the capital from Calabar to Lagos? He knew what he was doing.

Lagos had always been blessed right from the day God created the earth. It was blessed in that it was situated on the coast with access to the Atlantic Ocean. All of that made it a thriving city even before the white man came.

The Yoruba people figured the land out on time and laid claim to it. The white man came and saw what they saw, then decided to move his capital to the land. Shebi Calabar also has access to the Atlantic Ocean. Yet the white man dumped Calabar for Lagos. That's the same way your people dump your region for Lagos. It's all because of what the land offers.

Take away Yoruba people and the white man from Lagos and the land will still be prosperous because God blessed it to be so. Luckily, the Yoruba people had foresight and so they claimed it and made it theirs. There's nothing anybody can do about it. Calling it a no man's land for a million times a day won't make it so. Wake up and smell the coffee.

All the kings, Baales, chiefs, culture, towns, tradition, rulers, leaders of the state are Yoruba. If I were your people, I will wake up from my slumber and stop being covetous. It's impossible to steal a land in this day and age of information technology.

As for Lagos being developed by the FG, I won't disregard the fact that the FG played a huge role in what Lagos is today. However, you need to ask yourself what area of Lagos was controlled by the FG in the days of Lagos being the capital.

The FG controlled Lagos Island and VI as FCT. The other parts of Lagos was under the Western region controlled by Awolowo who developed it. The sage developed it with industrial estates, companies, free education, etc. To wake up now and claim that what we know as Lagos today was the FCT is a lie you really need to stop telling yourself.

Lagos is Yorubaland and is in their SW region. The SW doesn't care if Calabar is finer than New York, because we move st our own pace.

I'll advise your people to channel the energy used in dreaming about stealing Lagos towards developing a Lagos in their region. You people need to stop being on this wild goose chase. It makes you all look foolish and ridiculous before other tribes.

I know my words won't sink in because you people are hopelessly covetous. But note that you will never wake up one morning and see that Lagos has become a no man's land.

When was Calabar capital of Nigeria?

Biodun556:
Every time, the bad thinking people will like to attribute Lagos success to one thing or the other to seve as excuse for their own failure and unwillingness to thrive.

They will say federal government deliberately diverts all ships to Lagos abandoning the ports in their region.

Or

That Lagos was former capital territory that's why it is thriving

Now

Kaduna houses most federal government institutions, why is kaduna not as developed as Lagos.

Calabar was former capital of Nigeria under colonial rule, why is it not as developed as Lagos?

Ogun state is second to Lagos when it comes to IGR and number 1 state with most manufacturing companies, yet it was not a former capital territory.

Secret of Lagos success

The secret to Lagos success are:

1. The geographical location of Lagos and the water. Even when Oodua was blind, Ifa oracle direct his children to get sea water to wash his face. One of his son, came to Lagos to fetch the sea water. And the son was then nicknamed Obokun (the on one who brought sea water) and there after became king in Ilesha, osun state. Till today, people of Ilesha are called [b][/b]omo obokun.

Economically, lagos sea is very deep, it can carry any kind of vessel. This is the reason why importers and exporters prefer Lagos ports.


2. The visionary leadership of Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Eg his free education placed south west above other regions

Ikeja industrial estate was Awolowo initiative

3. Accomodations: Lagos indigenes like their Yoruba brothers welcomes none indigene without any discrimination so far they are able to maintain peace and grow the economy of the community.


4. Good governors right from time: Lagos has been blessed with visionary military and civilian governors. People of Lagos will always remember Bubba Marwa, lateef Jakande, Tinubu and his successors.

5. Peace: importers and exporters prefer Lagos ports because there is no case of vandalism, sea pirates, militancy on Lagos waters

What year was Calabar federal capital, is the question you will ask yourself

DevilsEqual:
Whats beauty are u talking about?

We are talking about generating IGR, providing job opportunity and many more direct life impact on the citizen

If Lagos cease to exist today, Most would still settle in Ogun or Oyo for employment and trade opportunities ahead of Calabar

Na fine city u wan chop?


The reasoning of an average Igbo person is worrying

the day you Yoruba's turn ekiti to another Lagos then I will believe you single handedly made Lagos what it is.

Nigeria as a country was created in 1914 when Northern Protectorate was merged with Southern protectorate, and a name Nigeria was given to the contraption. Lagos became the capital of the Country.
Calabar has never ever been Capital of Nigeria.
Stop reading a lot of Ibadan-expressway propaganda and false narratives

DevilsEqual:
Whats beauty are u talking about?

We are talking about generating IGR, providing job opportunity and many more direct life impact on the citizen

If Lagos cease to exist today, Most would still settle in Ogun or Oyo for employment and trade opportunities ahead of Calabar

Na fine city u wan chop?


The reasoning of an average Igbo person is worrying

very dumb reasoning let calabar port be very active and see if development wouldn't reach Benue state. Oyo has a good Igr same with Ogun because of its proximity to Lagos. Let calabar port work and let's see if the igbos and Hausa don't relocate and watch companies go there.
Calabar port was fully active in 2002 when Tinubu and Obj and co connive to say the port needs dredging and till date nothing yet big ships bring in petroleum products,so I don't know if the ships are dingoes or boats.

Let's stop playing dirty politics and let other regions grow it will solve so many things

For how long was Calabar FCT? All these GenZ kids sef 😂

After warming Eba for breakfast, you people will come here to calculate other people's money. I feel like crying for you