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Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by ariesbull(op):
Opinion: South-West Yoruba Cities Deserve Better


Last week, I visited Ado Ekiti and Akure, and what I saw left me deeply disappointed. The cities, which should be shining examples of cultural and historical heritage, are instead plagued by dilapidated buildings, crumbling infrastructure, and an overall lack of modernity.

The reality of these cities today is a far cry from what one might expect in 2024. It’s not enough to boast about rich history or cultural landmarks while neglecting the basic upkeep of urban spaces. For anyone who has traveled to Europe or other well-maintained parts of the world, the contrast is glaring. Old cities there have been preserved with care, blending heritage with modern functionality to create vibrant spaces that attract residents and tourists alike.

In Yoruba land, however, the neglect is obvious. Ado Ekiti and Akure stand as symbols of missed opportunities—cities that could be centers of progress and pride but instead project decay and stagnation. Leaders and citizens alike must prioritize urban renewal, infrastructure development, and maintenance to restore the dignity of these spaces.

Heritage is important, yes, but it must be accompanied by vision and action. Let’s stop hiding behind the façade of history and work toward building cities we can truly be proud of. It’s time to wake up and demand better for our communities.

Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by Warrior99:
OPINION: why don't you focus on your decrepit South East cities in IGBOLAND and leave the South West alone?

Abi don't Igbo cities deserve better?
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by ariesbull(op): 4:50pm On Dec 03, 2024
Warrior99:
OPINION: why don't you focus on your decrepit South East cities in IGBOLAND and leave the South West alone?

Abi don't Igbo cities deserve better?
tell that to the Yoruba man that posted this
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by Warrior99: 4:54pm On Dec 03, 2024
ariesbull:
tell that to the Yoruba man that posted this
No, I'm asking YOU, an Igbo fellow why you come carry am for head like Gala?
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by Warrior99: 4:54pm On Dec 03, 2024
Abi don't Igbo cities deserve betterhuh
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by Frigga13: 4:55pm On Dec 03, 2024
If na frigga type this … dem go call mods a billion times

Op
Truth hurts

Statisense just release another .. say southwest the chop well for Nigeria pass the rest of the country grin cheesy
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by ariesbull(op): 4:57pm On Dec 03, 2024
Warrior99:
No, I'm asking YOU, an Igbo fellow why you come carry am for head like Gala?
go and rebuild Ado
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by ariesbull(op): 4:57pm On Dec 03, 2024
Frigga13:
If na frigga type this … dem go call mods a billion times

Op
Truth hurts

Statisense just release another .. say southwest the chop well for Nigeria pass the rest of the country grin cheesy
With their dirty cities and backward villages
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by Strictlygreen: 4:58pm On Dec 03, 2024
Igbos are obsessed with Yoruba land. Yet Yoruba land is the promised land to 90% of AfghanEastanis. Ennikuure!
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by Warrior99: 5:01pm On Dec 03, 2024
ariesbull:
go and rebuild Ado
Go and rebuild your decrepit, backward and dirty cities in Igboland!
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by Thrasher2024: 5:01pm On Dec 03, 2024
OP allow SW deal with their issues I know say SW Dem sabi do busybody especially for SE matters but it's better for them to live in their ignorance.. no need for calling them out
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by Frigga13: 5:09pm On Dec 03, 2024
ariesbull:
With their dirty cities and backward villages
Every inch of yorubaland is like that… deserted , empty and dry..

Visible hunger and chronic poverty roams around unhindered .. except some part of the capitals .. the rest scream for help.

But this people will come online and be forming voltron… NBS AND STATISENSE .. will be releasing propaganda upon propaganda to swell their head ..

You see that’s the problem..
now when they see another tribe in that environment.. their brain tells them that you’re coming from a bush.. and that their environment is heaven.

So they sing .. why are you leaving your erosion damage land to Yoruba land

Why are you entering night bus to Lagos ?

And so so gibberish

Now you understand the hype on Lagos..

This people need help.. Tinubu deceived them a lot and their politicians are not merciful… then the worst is that they don’t travel.. that’s the catch.. if I tell ‘em Yoruba region is the most backward… my mention will be filled with curses and abuses … but that’s the truth.

Those guys need to be taken for excursions round Nigeria ..

If they come back they will burn their leaders live ..
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by Solsix(m): 5:21pm On Dec 03, 2024
Good morning Mr olanike
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by MTNnews: 5:44pm On Dec 03, 2024
Yoruba man post this on his wall a cursed Ipob lunatic that it will never be beta for started sharing on Nl.
Can you see you are doomed beyond redemption.
Your father de house de lament of poverty thinking howhe will sell you his first son to feed your junior you are here wasting away your foolish cursed life over bigotry n shamelessness.

Same shamelessness plaguing your tribe with more lunatics bastards n fools soiling the images of Anambra n Abia to prove you miserable lot inherited the foolishness from your foolish fathers. I weep for your pathetic soul.


ariesbull:
tell that to the Yoruba man that posted this
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by Starboytwo(m): 5:47pm On Dec 03, 2024
I think Yoruba and Igbos are the real problem of thy land.
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by mrvitalis(m): 5:49pm On Dec 03, 2024
MTNnews:
Yoruba man post this on his wall a cursed Ipob lunatic that it will never be beta for started sharing on Nl.
Can you see you are doomed beyond redemption.
Your father de house de lament of poverty thinking howhe will sell you his first son to feed your junior you are here wasting away your foolish cursed life over bigotry n shamelessness.

Same shamelessness plaguing your tribe with more lunatics bastards n fools soiling the images of Anambra n Abia to prove you miserable lot inherited the foolishness from your foolish fathers. I weep for your pathetic soul.
Why exactly are you angry that an Igbo man reposted what a Yoruba man posted?
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by FourQu: 5:51pm On Dec 03, 2024
Yoruba land needs TLC and everyone knows that. They all ran to lagos and left their hometowns to rot, take iragbiji as a perfect example.
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by flokii: 5:53pm On Dec 03, 2024
So what exactly is her point?..
When the useless leaders we have in Yorubaland practice self-sabotaging nonsense called liberalism, how will our cities develop?. They won't allow Yorubas to be in positions to revamp our region, it's strangers from all parts of the country that come to chop and clean mouth.

Had it been we continued in the trajectory of the great sage Awolowo, many parts of Yorubaland would be bubbling by now, nobody will pack money and tax from South West to go feed parasites in other regions. Monies generated in Yorubaland would have been used for development of our region but alas the short-sighted Nzeogwu and his cohorts orchestrated the first Igbo coup to seize power and we lost it all.
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by Frigga13: 6:39pm On Dec 03, 2024
mrvitalis:
Why exactly are you angry that an Igbo man reposted what a Yoruba man posted?
That’s how their brain the work grin

You don’t know this people
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by ariesbull(op): 6:56pm On Dec 03, 2024
Frigga13:
Every inch of yorubaland is like that… deserted , empty and dry..

Visible hunger and chronic poverty roams around unhindered .. except some part of the capitals .. the rest scream for help.

But this people will come online and be forming voltron… NBS AND STATISENSE .. will be releasing propaganda upon propaganda to swell their head ..

You see that’s the problem..
now when they see another tribe in that environment.. their brain tells them that you’re coming from a bush.. and that their environment is heaven.

So they sing .. why are you leaving your erosion damage land to Yoruba land

Why are you entering night bus to Lagos ?

And so so gibberish

Now you understand the hype on Lagos..

This people need help.. Tinubu deceived them a lot and their politicians are not merciful… then the worst is that they don’t travel.. that’s the catch.. if I tell ‘em Yoruba region is the most backward… my mention will be filled with curses and abuses … but that’s the truth.

Those guys need to be taken for excursions round Nigeria ..

If they come back they will burn their leaders live ..
Their stupidity is out of this world....SW region is the most backward region in Southern Nigeria....remove the Lagos all Nigerians built

It's like assuming that Chinese in Nigeria are in Nigeria cos China is backward
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by helinues: 6:57pm On Dec 03, 2024
Your crying about the great Yoruba's is now years on this forum.

Hope you still have some water left to shed.

The bitterness you guys have been indulging in for years, what exactly have you achieved with it. Make una continue with the self relegation

Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by presido11: 6:59pm On Dec 03, 2024
I have not seen anybody both yoruba and non yoruba travelling to any south west state before to catch weekend fun. But every weekend Owerri, Enugu, Awka PH and Asaba are filled with fun seekers from other states including lagos.

Lagos is the only city in SW.
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by helinues: 7:01pm On Dec 03, 2024
flokii:
So what exactly is her point?..
When the useless leaders we have in Yorubaland practice self-sabotaging nonsense called liberalism, how will our cities develop?. They won't allow Yorubas to be in positions to revamp our region, it's strangers from all parts of the country that come to chop and clean mouth.

Had it been we continued in the trajectory of the great sage Awolowo, many parts of Yorubaland would be bubbling by now, nobody will pack money and tax from South West to go feed parasites in other regions. Monies generated in Yorubaland would have been used for development of our region but alas the short-sighted Nzeogwu and his cohorts orchestrated the first Igbo coup to seize power and we lost it all.
You dey fall for their baits. You could have read the crying part. Na gboran mi d'eleru dem

They are now becoming egbere
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by Malroux: 7:25pm On Dec 03, 2024
helinues:
You dey fall for their baits. You could have read the crying part. Na gboran mi d'eleru dem

They are now becoming egbere
Are you now egbere?
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by ibechris(m):
No matter how distance an igbo travels,he would build a house and even if it means no one lives there,no wahala.

These ones would travel to Lagos yet to build a good house in their states na wahala.

No wonder almost all of them are claiming to be Lagosians.

Shame.
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by Antivirus92(m): 8:09pm On Dec 03, 2024
I'd prefer the op leave them to be assuming that their region is eldorado. No need opening their eyes.
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by IkeIgboNiile(m): 8:24pm On Dec 03, 2024
flokii

So what exactly is her point?..
When the useless leaders we have in Yorubaland practice self-sabotaging nonsense called liberalism, how will our cities develop?. They won't allow Yorubas to be in positions to revamp our region, it's strangers from all parts of the country that come to chop and clean mouth.

Had it been we continued in the trajectory of the great sage Awolowo, many parts of Yorubaland would be bubbling by now, nobody will pack money and tax from South West to go feed parasites in other regions. Monies generated in Yorubaland would have been used for development of our region but alas the short-sighted Nzeogwu and his cohorts orchestrated the first Igbo coup to seize power and we lost it all.


Why are you talking about the past? Your people are highly positioned in the current government yet this is the worst the citizens have experienced.
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by Sultanofpiglets: 8:36pm On Dec 03, 2024
Legendhero


STATISENSE Propaganda can't cover this obvious sight.

So where is the IGR going to .

Hmmm.... Na wa oooo
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by Ritchiee: 8:38pm On Dec 03, 2024
That is just a tiny bit of Akure or even Ibadan that is left to show that when Igbos were living in thatched,raffia huts,Yorubas were the first to build descent, standard storey buildings in Nigeria.
Yoruba land,not only Lagos,is still the most developed region in Nigeria.



As per IGR,it is the chronic poverty in the SE that is affecting their IGR negatively.
They should work harder and smarter.
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by Sultanofpiglets: 8:39pm On Dec 03, 2024
grin
Frigga13:
Every inch of yorubaland is like that… deserted , empty and dry..

Visible hunger and chronic poverty roams around unhindered .. except some part of the capitals .. the rest scream for help.

But this people will come online and be forming voltron… NBS AND STATISENSE .. will be releasing propaganda upon propaganda to swell their head ..

You see that’s the problem..
now when they see another tribe in that environment.. their brain tells them that you’re coming from a bush.. and that their environment is heaven.

So they sing .. why are you leaving your erosion damage land to Yoruba land

Why are you entering night bus to Lagos ?

And so so gibberish

Now you understand the hype on Lagos..

This people need help.. Tinubu deceived them a lot and their politicians are not merciful… then the worst is that they don’t travel.. that’s the catch.. if I tell ‘em Yoruba region is the most backward… my mention will be filled with curses and abuses … but that’s the truth.

Those guys need to be taken for excursions round Nigeria ..

If they come back they will burn their leaders live ..
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by Sultanofpiglets: 8:42pm On Dec 03, 2024
A region that fought a war, while you where having peace, recovered after the war and you are comparing yourself to them.

Haba..Yoruba man..have some dignity.

It's a big shame that IGBOs recovered and ar giving you nightmares.

If Yoruba fought BIAFRA war..till today, you will be an Almajiri in NIGERIA.

It's a big shame comparing yourself to IGBOs..

Shameless



Ritchiee:
That is just a tiny bit of Akure or even Ibadan that is left to show that when Igbos were living in thatched,raffia huts,Yorubas were the first to build descent, standard storey buildings in Nigeria.
Yoruba land,not only Lagos,is still the most developed region in Nigeria.
Re: Opinion: South-west Yoruba Cities Deserve Better by Sultanofpiglets: 8:44pm On Dec 03, 2024
Even people from KOGI sef dey claim YORUBA.

This Nairaland sef


helinues:
Your crying about the great Yoruba's is now years on this forum.

Hope you still have some water left to shed.

The bitterness you guys have been indulging in for years, what exactly have you achieved with it. Make una continue with the self relegation
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