₦airaland Forum

Armaggedon:
he says oyo generates more wealth for GDP which is false if you understand what GDP means. Both Anambra and Imo have bigger GDP than Oyo. Imo has a bigger GDP than all other south west state apart from Lagos, the no man's land.

Generating wealth for GDP is a meaningless economic expression meant to deceive his followers.

tunjijones:
Mention one state in the east that has internally generated funds more than oyo and ogun state.

Also mention one city in the south east that is more developed than Ibadan.

I dey wait for your response.

Meanwhile take this evidence and run with it...

Ballmer:
Someone cited Oyo state in comparison to the 5 Eastern state this one is shouting Lagos.

Armaggedon:
he says oyo generates more wealth for GDP which is false if you understand what GDP means. Both Anambra and Imo have bigger GDP than Oyo. Imo has a bigger GDP than all other south west state apart from Lagos, the no man's land.

Generating wealth for GDP is a meaningless economic expression meant to deceive his followers.

Baxilexi:
@Reno, it’s not just about ports, but you can put this to the test. Request the FG to close Lagos port for 6 months redirecting cargo, MMIA for 6 months redirecting flights to regional airports, mandate all embassies(which were only situated in Lagos for a longtime) to have regional offices, mandate all banks to have regional headquarters, create law schools in every state. Basically make an equitable spread of all national institutions and then let’s talk about IGR.

Truth is that’s not feasible or profitable, so why I stated the above is to show you the fault in your thought process, there would always be bigger cities, China has about 6 big cities and it is for all.

It is only commonsensical that any conglomerate would situate its company in Ogun state or Oyo state due to its proximity to the biggest port/International airport for cargo purposes. So I find this argument baseless. Dangote chose to situate his refinery/factories in a state that has assess to water for his cargo and not because of leadership.
British tobacco is in Oyo, all the factories at agbara Ogun state, same reason.

It’s a shame that in 2025, we are still having this discussion about tribal ownership to a state that all Nigerians should be working together to develop. At what point in our existence are we supposed to align with our national identity and not tribal identity.

Racoon:
Reno Omokri the goat as usual always directing his baseless & senseless arguments to pleasurize his gullible followers of former acclaimed world despicable man but now turned Messiah.

Reno Omokri now have retrograde amnesia because he wants to eat political crumbs from his masters table. Lagos as formers administrative capital of Nigeria had developed ports because of its political relevance, strategic location as headquarters of commerce, industrial revolution and other sundry reasons.

He cunningly avoided the solemn fact that the current NBS figures put the same Oyo state he is over hyping among the states with the most people living in abject poverty despite its spurious IGRs telling you that it is not a reliable index of assessing economic prosperity or development.

Now why have successful generation of govts in Nigeria been morbidly afraid of developing other ports across the nation apart from the Lagos and PH ports? The Onitsha and Nsukka (Gelegele) Ports ought to have been dredged a long time ago for further economic development but they were avoided due to political reasons. Even the other international airports only became upgraded because of increasing cry for even pace of development which constitutionally ought not to have been an issue.

Sadly, Nigeria has been a rotten entity whose skewed and defective foundation has been a problem from antiquity. However, it is annoying when political charlatans choose to insult the sensibility of vexed citizens by openly trying to arm twist the solemn truth just to please their political slave masters.

Baxilexi:
@Reno, it’s not just about ports, but you can put this to the test. Request the FG to close Lagos port for 6 months redirecting cargo, MMIA for 6 months redirecting flights to regional airports, mandate all embassies(which were only situated in Lagos for a longtime) to have regional offices, mandate all banks to have regional headquarters, create law schools in every state. Basically make an equitable spread of all national institutions and then let’s talk about IGR.

Truth is that’s not feasible or profitable, so why I stated the above is to show you the fault in your thought process, there would always be bigger cities, China has about 6 big cities and it is for all.

It is only commonsensical that any conglomerate would situate its company in Ogun state or Oyo state due to its proximity to the biggest port/International airport for cargo purposes. So I find this argument baseless. Dangote chose to situate his refinery/factories in a state that has assess to water for his cargo and not because of leadership.
British tobacco is in Oyo, all the factories at agbara Ogun state, same reason.

It’s a shame that in 2025, we are still having this discussion about tribal ownership to a state that all Nigerians should be working together to develop. At what point in our existence are we supposed to align with our national identity and not tribal identity.

nedu666:
So why is oyo paying same minimum wage as the south east. Why are oyo indigenes fleeing the state for greener pastures, how many jobs are there in oyo apart from civil service

nedu666:
You will continue to wail while we share your tax. If you want to keep all your taxes, separate from Nigeria. At times I wonder why a region thar claims to be most successful are sacred of being on their own

lawani:
Oyo state is very large. It has numerous farm settlements and an industrial base and etc. It has the most hotels after Lagos. [b]However Onitsha, Owerri, Enugu Aba are now bigger than any SW city apart from Ibadan and Lagos going by the number of bank branch[/b]es

madridguy:
No one is holding you back, tell your governors, reps and senators to raise the motion.

tunjijones:
Your region is barren. Accept this and start planning of how to make your region more prosperous instead of competing with someone that is more than you.

No wonder almost a quarter of your population is everywhere in the south west.

Funny thing is that you people are the unity bergers and you call others unity bergers. South east is the region that benefits from one Nigeria the most that was why nnamdi Azikiwe and ironsi did what they did thinking Igbos will be at the helms of Nigeria affairs forever.

Not knowing that 50 years along the lines Igbos will be slaves and trapped in Nigeria.

Ttalk:
What do you mean by the bolded, any data to support this?

lawani:
You did not bold anything. However you can get the number of hotels bank branches and etc of any major city online. You can even get the names of those institutions and etc. Of all capitals in the west apart from Ibadan Akure has the most bank branches at 107. Onitsha has 137 and Aba has 146.

Abdul05:
It makes no sense to use civil war as an excuse at this time.

The point is , our igbo brothers don't stay at home. Wake waka full their leg..

Another thing I know , their governors in the southeast states don't s spend Public money on big economic projects like southwest governors.. But investing public money on family business is the order of the day..

Thirdly,this biafra of a thing contributes to the major problem in southest..

Poor industrial base ,Although southeasterners have that strong human capital , Entrepreneurial culture in Nnewi,Aba etc.those are strengths that they need to leverage more.

Ttalk:
I will be here to burst your lies. Below is 2024 numbers of banks in different states of Nigeria.

There are more banks in Oyo state than in Anambra.

Another lie bursted

Ttalk:
I will be here to burst your lies. Below is 2024 numbers of banks in different states of Nigeria.

There are more banks in Oyo state than in Anambra.

Another lie bursted

AMINDA:
Just to indulge you, I decided to have grok A.I help out. This is the latest figures showing that Enugu has overtaken Oyo in IGR. Continue to play the tribalism card and latch on to Lagos while other States overtake you.

P.S: If you have a contrary source that is more up-to-date, post it here.

Ttalk:
I will be here to burst your lies. Below is 2024 numbers of banks in different states of Nigeria.

There are more banks in Oyo state than in Anambra.

Another lie bursted

Lifestone:
To me these are excuses of a lazy mind. They always have reason why someone is more successful than them rather than figuring out how to plan out their own successes
According to news, Dangote Refinery was pitched to Rivers, Ondo, Ogun, and Lagos States while other State's Governors were demanding a share in the company, Lagos State saw the bigger picture, today they say is history.
Lagos has waged wars to make sure it is peaceful while other states permitted anarchy, unknown gun men, sit at home (all self inflicted) and yet crying why Lagos is successful.
Before independence, Ibadan was the largest city in Nigeria, highly successful business men trading in cocoa and industrial activities.
Its important for each state to build on their strengths and strike to be self reliant.

alanto:
Of course there'll be poverty in Oyo because of One Nigeria. One Nigeria collected over 200b Oyo VAT money and gave back 100b. Meanwhile One Nigeria collected 100b from all 5 SE states and gave them back 341b. But Oyo is not crying of marginalisation.

Spandau:
Thank you for the offer. We don't need all Nigeria to work together to develop one state. Go to your own state and develop it. Nigeria is a federation with different spaces, politics, people and culture. We do us, you do you. What is hard in that? Go and tell the Scotts to lose their identity for the English or Welsh because tribal ownership in 2025 is bad. Very disingenuous people everywhere.

aribisala0:
Anambra can do better all these excuses are a waste
Specifically the number one source of VAT in Oyo is Agriculture
Next Manufacturing
Next
ICT

STOP excuses

Abia state to be precise has comparative advantage in cashew production. The south east has advantages in cocoa too. Where is the output

Is it not a shame that poultries in the SE still go to Oyo state to buy day old chick's for their poultry business

helinues:
Would that stop some people from continuing giving excuses?