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patrickmuf:
Not an oil producing state right now...

Well am looking at the past 30 years or so

patrickmuf:
Not an oil producing state right now...

Well am looking at the past 30 years or so..


It shouldn't be where it is right now

thisisit:
GOD BLESS VDM FOR LENDING HIS VOICE TO THE MARGINALIZATION OF NIGER DELTA....
ALL THE SEAPORTS IN NIGER DELTA ARE DELIBERATELY ABANDONED BY THE NORTGHERN AND SOUTH WEST PRESIDENTS

Why didn't Goodluck do something when he had the opportunity?

The secret of the development in Lagos State is the peace enjoying and valued by Yorubas in South West.

Had it been there's no peace in Lagos, she wouldn't have been in the state of steady progression.

Very Dark guy got it wrong.

aylipple:
It’s such a shame that this even has to be restated to people who are purportedly educated, have a phone and access to internet.
Onne Port is active and receives cargoes (maybe not in the same frequency as Apapa and Tin Can) with some of the largest container ships to ever sail Nigerian waters, berthing there.
If it’s not being patronized regularly like Apapa or Tin Can, I don’t see how that’s Lagos’ fault especially when it’s not like the Ports in Lagos have lower or cheaper port fees than Onne.
Funny enough, since inception, of the 27 GMs/MDs of NPA since inception, only two people of Yoruba origins have headed the place in substantive capacity; the rest are mostly northerners, few Southsoutherners or Southeasterners (I just had to state this regrettably because some people may ignorantly believe Yorubas deliberately gave Lagos Ports undue advantage over other Ports and also because NPA is the constitutionally recognized body solely responsible for giving approvals for Ports establishment, operations and management among others)

Well said. Rivers state also receives 13% oil derivation and generates the 2nd most IGR in Nigeria. I believe Rivers receives more monthly from FG than Lagos does.

I always thought this vdm was someone sensible and intelligent, but he just proved me wrong. This is nothing but a display of ignorance…..I can already see our jealous and covetous neighbours masturbating on the thread. Any news about Lagos Yoruba always make them green with envy yet they won’t let Lagos breathe

Lagos as been far a developed place even before the amalgamation of Nigeria, which were mainly developed by the colonial masters. Lagos was a trade centre and the colonial masters found it geologically suitable and made it their colony. All the development in Lagos took place even before the discovery of oil.

Nigeria slow down the progress of Lagos and by extension western region, which was and still is the most developed and most economically viable part of the country all thanks to free education introduced by the late sage Awolowo.

We never asked for the FCT to be cited in Lagos, and 33yrs after the relocation of the FCT from Lagos, it as made far more progress and the migration from other part of the country increased. Why didn’t they all rush to Abuja since the lay claim to it being the bases for the development of Lagos

When they can’t match your progress, they come up with this weak line so as to defend their failure to measure up. Lagos won’t slow down in it developmental drive because of the failure of other state governors to develop their state and attract investment. No one was force to come and invest in Lagos and you cant tell an investor where to invest his money.

When they create a hostile environment for investor and to even acquire common land is a huge challenge, coupled with insecurity and secessionist tendencies and you expect a sensible investor to come and invest in that hostile environment? even the trend of migration to Lagos and Sw already proves the fact that Lagos and Sw is the investment destination so they can continue hating

See you, how much will Lagos state build its own port?with some always ready private investors port is even small in what Lagos state is doing presently .
I dont think you've been here before.

AfonjaPriest:
I have sqaid it many times in many fora that the reason noisemakers are claiming Lagos to be their birthright is because of the undeserved status Lagos have been bestowed with.
Oya, close the ports in Lagos and see if Lagos nor go dry pass bonga fish.
Accommodators go wake up to discover say population of Lagos don go down.
Tribal landlords nor go fit dey select tribes, as their developer customers wey dey pay dem well well go don vamoose.
Trust me, dem accommodators neva see anything, but by the time they close down the ports, even oshodi-apapa expressway go dey look like wetin they want take do football field.

So, you want Lagos growth to wait for those that imprisoned their people every Monday and prevented them to work after milking them dry in forceful donation contributions that they couldn't account for, right? Wall clock waits for no one, so Lagos waits for no one.

legitnow1:
SHEBI U SAY NA YOUR LAND, Y ARE U FIGHTING WEN WE SAY TAKE IT?



SHOULD DAT ALSO BRING PROBLEMS?

I am a northerner.. Abeg come north and declare any city for north say na no man's land make I check something.

codemaniacs:
A country's economy has different participants or players but the major ones are:
Public sector ( also known as Federal government, state government, local government and other government agencies ).

Private Sector ( the sector where private individuals, private companies and other private agencies are )

Non-governmental organizations ( NGO ) which are organisations not part of the government but can get funding from either public sector or private sector..

A country's economy is also the same thing as a Tribe's economy.

Lagos elites also includes Yoruba elites from other Yoruba states and outside both the Yoruba region and Nigeria.

It is Yoruba elites and Yoruba people that will diversify the economy of the Yoruba region and not the federal government so it is the duty of Tribes to diversify their own Tribes economy either through partnership within themselves or other Tribes or state government or FG or foreigners..

You said it yourself "Two of Nigeria's major non-oil exports cocoa and cashews are mostly grown in the south west" which means Yoruba people have already created an economy that sustains them.
That said, the two major reasons Lagos and the Yoruba region is progressive and gets patronage are:

1. the huge Yoruba population have the finances that other tribes don't have due to Cashew and Cocoa exportation from Yoruba region..
2. the huge Yoruba population outside Nigeria that sends finances back to the Yorubas in Nigeria also helps boosts purchasing power of Yorubas in Lagos state.
e.t.c.It is not Lagos fault that the rest of Nigeria is not developing and Lagos is not holding any state back.... it is those states that don't have the skillset and mindset to boost the finances and wellbeing of their Tribes.

You have explained it very well. Other ethnic groups have to invest their earnings in their regions' economies for them to grow.

oyatz:
This is similar to the usual excuses of failed siblings, blaming their most successful siblings that 'all the money that our parents had were used to educate Broda Yemi/ Aunty Aminat' now, he forgets us.

The real reason why other States witnessed slower growth: collapses of over 300 manufacturing companies scattered accross Nigeria between 1986-2007 and replacement, with culture of massive importation. This led to great rural-urban migration.

Oga accept this is very true.Nigeria has port issues bt refused to build another in other regions.lagos gets special treatment all d time

Nigeria can not develop until we decentralize it. It can never ever develop, even other south west states are suffering it. Once u remove lagos, the rest of south west is like ghost lands

PulaPower:
Mtchewwww..

Like say other states for naija no dey receive allocations..

There are some state governors that you’ll barely hear them doing anything, yet they receive monthly allocations..

. like bayelsa, delta state, akwa ibom ,rivers state receive huge federal allocation and 13% derivation funds but nothing much to show in those states and their rural areas

Lifestone:
who stopped them, nobody. But come to see, who will into Enugu with UGM and other violent crimes. Same thing happened in the Northern part of Nigeria at the height of insurgency

Ok who stopped abiola from becoming president of Nigeria? Who moved capital to Abuja? Who killed kudirat abiola? Who is the emir of Ilorin ? Let's play by your game,central bank was moved to Abuja Tinubu brought back the to Lagos another Northerner will move it back to abuja ,

oyatz:
This is similar to the usual excuses of failed siblings, blaming their most successful siblings that 'all the money that our parents had were used to educate Broda Yemi/ Aunty Aminat' now, he forgets us.

The real reason why other States witnessed slower growth: collapses of over 300 manufacturing companies scattered accross Nigeria between 1986-2007 and replacement, with culture of massive importation. This led to great rural-urban migration.

I pity you and your likes

Afonja007:
Ok who stopped abiola from becoming president of Nigeria? Who moved capital to Abuja? Who killed kudirat abiola? Who is the emir of Ilorin ? Let's play by your game,central bank was moved to Abuja Tinubu brought back the to Lagos another Northerner will move it back to abuja ,

So CBN HQ is now in Lagos?

Lifestone:
So CBN HQ is now in Lagos?

Am telling you what people in power is doing in Nigeria you said unknown gunmen, good luck Jonathan gave Turkish air line permission for Enugu route as soon as buhari came in he cancelled it till today,we know why warrri and ph wharf are idol today ,if you wake up every morning after you finished thanking god for good health thank God also that northern Nigeria is not connected to Atlantic ocean even countries close to them are also land lock countries,

koolib:
He should go and ask the leaders of states like Bayelsa with massive allocations but nothing to show

The most useless state with unserious citizens

Just 8 local government, less than the size of Ibadan city , collects allocation, 13% derivation,benefit from NDDC
Yet owe Salaries and Pension?

ricson11:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYZlxMtHaHI?si=ciHJ1tWKrVXuSpuy

Social commentator Verydarkman criticized the concentration of opportunities and development in Lagos, arguing that it is stifling growth in other parts of Nigeria.

He questioned why nearly everything must be centered in Lagos while the rest of the country struggles

Please say it louder!
I said this some weeks ago and some idi*ts were asking if they arrest me what will I say. Arrest your faadaaaa!

Oya make una go arrest VDM!

Shimbo96:
I like VDM but I know this nah cruise... with all the Allocations in Delta, the State is still under develop. Even Delta indigene would prefer to have business in Lagos than Delta. At least Akpabio was the one the gave us STADIUM, IBOM AIR etc. just imagine if other States in that region channel their energy into something different too but they won't and the Allocations is there for them to use , even if they have to borrow too let us see the project but their citizens won't see this because Tinubu is their problem.

God forbid!
All my partners has their businesses domiciled in Delta.
Myself I traveled back to Delta to register my business and eventually left Lagos and took it to Port Harcourt.

God forbid I take my business to Lagos.
That smelling place?
You enter bus and everyone is smelling.

sboga:
d yoots no get sense
see dis mumu..i tot he was intelligent before

of course it the truth. Stop acting as if you don't know

Princedapace:
Nigeria can not develop until we decentralize it. It can never ever develop, even other south west states are suffering it. Once u remove lagos, the rest of south west is like ghost lands

indeed, the rest of Sw is ghost town and Ogun state is the most industrialised state in Nigeria boasting of economic activities while oyo state just the size of your unproductive region is far more developed and more economically viable than your 5plot of Potopoto land. Go to Ibadan and see the number of your migrate blodas and clear your ignorance…..continue deceiving yourself 😂😂😂

SonOfDSoil01:
indeed, the rest of Sw is ghost town and Ogun state is the most industrialised state in Nigeria boasting of economic activities while oyo state just the size of your unproductive region is far more developed and more economically viable than your 5plot of Potopoto land. Go to Ibadan and see the number of your migrate blodas and clear your ignorance…..continue deceiving yourself 😂😂😂

Abeg, oga leave these rubbish numbers. We are talking about real factors that affect humans.
Any state has 24/7 electricity?
How about emergency service system?
How about clean water if not rubbish borehole?
How about proper health care service?
How is the poverty level? how cordinated are the cities? How cordinated are the markets? What are functioning sporting events there? Make una leave this.
This is not Igbo vs Yoruba bullshit. Nigeria is wacky and all states amd all regions are same. Travel go working countries, u go spit on these statistics u provide here. I drive in these regions, I have been to all the regions in Nigeria, they are in similar mess.

Princedapace:
Abeg, oga leave these rubbish numbers. We are talking about real factors that affect humans.
Any state has 24/7 electricity?
How about emergency service system?
How about clean water if not rubbish borehole?
How about proper health care service?
How is the poverty level? how cordinated are the cities? How cordinated are the markets? What are functioning sporting events there? Make una leave this.
This is not Igbo vs Yoruba bullshit. Nigeria is wacky and all states amd all regions are same. Travel go working countries, u go spit on these statistics u provide here. I drive in these regions, I have been to all the regions in Nigeria, they are in similar mess.

how does your response correlate with the rubbish you stated in your mention? You said aside from Lagos the rest of Yoruba state is a ghost town and now I just cured your ignorance and explained to you that aside from Lagos l, Ogun is a thriving state with economic activities taking place and dangote is also about to open a sea port in Ogun and also oyo is a commercial state with economic activities taking place and I proved that with a stats that clearly shows how the economic activities is reflected on the growth of the state making it more viable than your unproductive region. But in Una usual manner you have deflected and talking about poverty and other irrelevant things.

So is there no poverty in Lagos and other developed climes? Just like I stated, aside from Lagos, the rest of Yoruba state are doing far better than your region and that’s evident in the trend of migration from east and other part of Nigeria to Lagos and other part of yorubaland and if you are in doubt, take a trip to Ibadan and see the loads of your migrants blodas, if it was ghost town like you stated then why are you economic migrants migrating to the place?

You lot just come online and make a blanket statement without facts and when you are being hit with fact you deflect and start with your incoherent gibberish

SonOfDSoil01:
how does your response correlate with the rubbish you stated in your mention? You said aside from Lagos the rest of Yoruba state is a ghost town and now I just cured your ignorance and explained to you that aside from Lagos l, Ogun is a thriving state with economic activities taking place and dangote is also about to open a sea port in Ogun and also oyo is a commercial state with economic activities taking place and I proved that with a stats that clearly shows how the economic activities is reflected on the growth of the state making it more viable than your unproductive region. But in Una usual manner you have deflected and talking about poverty and other irrelevant things.

So is there no poverty in Lagos and other developed climes? Just like I stated, aside from Lagos, the rest of Yoruba state are doing far better than your region and that’s evident in the trend of migration from east and other part of Nigeria to Lagos and other part of yorubaland and if you are in doubt, take a trip to Ibadan and see the loads of your migrants blodas, if it was ghost town like you stated then why are you economic migrants migrating to the place?

You lot just come online and make a blanket statement without facts and when you are being hit with fact you deflect and start with your incoherent gibberish

Every dam state in Nigeria has economic activities. Are u ready for a call? Make I school u. I can see u are coming from the state of tribalism whgich is very common in this local forum. No wonder it has failed to go global enough.
I said what I said because the way Nigeria is structured, the entire regions are not growing. Which mumu activitioes are u talking about? Compared to the population of these regions in Nigeria, the so called activities cant even be felt, no wonder hunger is so high and nothing looks like working.
I dont know why some of u think everyone here is a local champion. Oga,, No region In nigeria is working. From A to Z. The country is poorly structured.

grandstar:
Lagos isn't stifling development. It is encouraging it.

The problem is that Nigeria isn't growing fast enough.

Growth from Lagos has spilt over into Ogun state. Many factories are setting up in Ogun state because land in Lagos has become too expensive.

Agbara, Otta and Lagos Ibadan expressway are axis are benefiting big time from it. From the way industries are springing up along Lagos- Ibadan expressway, it will soon enter Oyo state.

Nigeria needs to grow faster for Lagos and all states to really benefit.

The growth started in Egba land, before anything Lagos! Ogun state been having industries even before Lagos came into existence..

What many of you don’t understand is that most part of Lagos state nah Egba land! Awori were the first settler in Eko and their progenitor, the first settler, Ogunmenufun or something was from Ile-Ife! .... This is another story that I’ll write about later on..

What Lagos is today, it was Egba land that was like that back in the days! Egba land used to be westerners trade center back in the days - it’s the major reason why majority of industries in Nigeria today are located in Ogun state. It has always been like that before anything nigeria! ... And if you check, most Yoruba billionaires are from Ogun state, even till date.

Lagos state has been appealing to Ogun Government to concede Mowe/Ibafo to them but Ogun state is yet to grant it! What’s my point exactly?:

My point is that it was Lagos that benefited & inherited from Ogun, not the other way round!

Felimax:
God forbid!
All my partners has their businesses domiciled in Delta.
Myself I traveled back to Delta to register my business and eventually left Lagos and took it to Port Harcourt.

God forbid I take my business to Lagos.
That smelling place?
You enter bus and everyone is smelling.

lol but Lagos State is 100 times better than Delta and Rivers State combined. If Lagos State is smelling, why are you calling it no man's land.

Princedapace:
Every dam state in Nigeria has economic activities. Are u ready for a call? Make I school u. I can see u are coming from the state of tribalism whgich is very common in this local forum. No wonder it has failed to go global enough.
I said what I said because the way Nigeria is structured, the entire regions are not growing. Which mumu activitioes are u talking about? Compared to the population of these regions in Nigeria, the so called activities cant even be felt, no wonder hunger is so high and nothing looks like working.
I dont know why some of u think everyone here is a local champion. Oga,, No region In nigeria is working. From A to Z. The country is poorly structured.

typical eboe hypocrisy….your comment was not laced with tribalism yet you singled out Sw and made a derogatory statement by saying aside Lagos the rest of Sw is a ghost town continue deceiving yourself. Even your argument is neither here nor there, just repeating the same incoherent gibberish. Yes every place as economic activities taking place but at what scale compared to the Ogun and oyo state? I just posted the concern of senators gbenga Daniel about the migration of economic migrants from other part of the country to Sw, if indeed your region and other places boast of such economic activities, would they leave their region for Lagos and Sw?

You can continue deceiving yourself and play the ostrich but it’s a known fact that Sw is the economic powerhouse of Nigeria, and still the most industrialised region. Can you mention the viable industries you have in SE? Just recently the list of states that attracted FDI was released and 3 from Sw and non from SE, so what does that tell you?

You referred to SW aside from Lagos as a ghost town but I just educated you and cured your ignorance but instead of you to counter with more superior argument, you here deflecting and talking about poverty and other non relevant issues. We already know you are pained that Sw is making more progress than the rest of other region and that’s fact which the trend of migration from east to west have already proven so whatever gibberish you are still spilling is your business.

We know we are not yet there but we are better than the rest of the other region and if indeed there are economic activities taking place in your region there won’t be need for you economic migrants to desert your region for Sw and please mention the industries and FDI your region have attracted? And my stats was just to illustrate the fact that SW is not ghost towns as erroneously stated by you and you can keep deceiving yourself by comparing oranges with apples