₦airaland Forum

ebukal67x:
The Mall and Eko Atlantic itself is a private sector initiative. What exactly is the role of government in all this?

Alway looking for opportunities to blame the government, even when it’s not necessary. When your prick no hard you go blame government

tfelicityk:
Hmmmm...m
This is another way of getting the place populated and quick development of the region...

Wake up - this was a project that started a decade or more ago, and this is about time to bring "quick development to the region"? So the last 8 years was for what exactly? Is it to slow down the development or ? I am trying to understand what the poster in quote is saying

In a sane / working society - it is the municipal or city's duty to create accessible standard road network. A well planned road network. If that is done, then watch as the so called "developments" will speed up. The beauty of it is that the city will stand to gain / generate income from just creating accessible road network within and around their locality. If it takes borrowing or taking out loan - it is a guaranteed return - why? A good road network will command a very high purchase price for a single plot. And the city pockets the return and continue to service the loan or whatever.
The point is that the place was planned (agreed) - and for whatever reason, it took 10 years for them to get to where they are presently. Which is a shame on the Governments along the "chain" i.e., Local, LCDA, commissioners (Land, housing, works), etc. This was an avenue to have generated a lot of return to whoever this place jurisdiction is under.
To now add salt on injury - the whole Governor went there shamelessly to cut the ribbon for A MALL
Same thing goes for cutting ribbon for road c'mon people, these things they are cutting ribbon for are basic things any microcosm of a larger city or society should have anyways. They are supposed to be basic human and community rights.

Why is the development of this Eko Atlantic city taking time to finish? Unlike Dubai and UAE, one hand, sharp sharp dem finish building their cities, ours is taking time to finish. Investors abeg make una come

Elvis2kay:
When a region is peaceful investors will move in.. South west is the heart of Nigeria.

Learn to use punctuations..
After peaceful there should have been a coma

Portage1:
Just wondering what a whole Governor is doing cutting ribbon for a Mall located in the State he governs? what exactly is his business being there at all? there are other pressing issues he needs to address nahhh. Afterall, the Mall is located in a local municipality or government or LCDA whatever they call it. These departments or extension of governments should be the one cutting this ribbon if at all any government official need to be present anyways. I mean, the ideal situation is a city bringing in investors by offering business related incentives (Tax free to the city or whatever), it is supposed to be a sort of concession by the city to an investor!
Anyways, what is the Governors business in the sort of inauguration? Absolutely none. Because of a Mall - and so what Mall? of all things? There are other pressing social issues battling the State.
Just wondering - why have retinue of commissioners, special advisers (on public fund payroll) - yet you as the Governor still created time for such irrelevant venture by just "a business entity" - all dressed up - disrupt transportation system for few minutes to cut a ribbon for something you do not have a business with in the first place A WHOLE STATE Elected GOVERNOR

don't be beaten about this, this is even more dignifying compare to when they go commission culvert, traffic light, streets gate, an existing road etc.

those are our kind of leaders the more reason we aren't moving forward. we are being led by people that thinks backward or chose stagnancy for a life.

anonimi:
Any idea what Tinubu’s placeholder is doing with the trillions of revenue squeezed out of 20 million Lagosians yearly if private investors are the ones making the state great?

Do you think that the money is just being stolen to buy votes and remain in power forever, to the detriment of deprived citizens



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5v-F81hNTs

Note how he's surrounded by the Lebanese criminals

Truths9ja:
Really private investors really makes Lagos State to be great State in Africa. No doubt, Lagos is now dubai of Africa.

From someone who hasn't traveled out of his village.

Google about Three Rivers Mall in Nairobi Kenya. And stop fooling around here

Ikaeniyan0:
The mall is massive. All those small stores in VI selling overpriced goods will surely lose a lot of customers.

hkw u take know say massive. mall wey u Neva enter

Truths9ja:
Really private investors really makes Lagos State to be great State in Africa. No doubt, Lagos is now dubai of Africa.

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Did you say Dubai of Africa?

Have you stepped out the shores of Nigeria to educate/inform yourself about what's happening out there?

Have you been to South Africa, Rwanda, Cairo, Casablanca and Kenya to see things with ya eyes 👀?

Guy, don't overestimate the importance of Naija in Africa abeg.

Nonsense and Buhari. 😒

Sirleo05:
Why is the development of this Eko Atlantic city taking time to finish? Unlike Dubai and UAE, one hand, sharp sharp dem finish building their cities, ours is taking time to finish. Investors abeg make una come

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Black man lacks vision and purpose.

Elvis2kay:
When a region is peaceful investors will move in.. South west is the heart of Nigeria.

South West or abi Lagos? Why are we not seeing same level of development in other sw states?
The delusion is insane

Nice one.. Hightime I visited there soonest

For many of us, projects like the Orca Mall in Eko Atlantic represent a painful disconnect. They stand as glittering symbols of a city and a nation that prioritizes luxury for a few over the basic dignity of the many.

You speak of attracting investment and creating opportunities, but the only role Nigeria seems to have for the average citizen is as a consumer a place to spend the little money we can scrape together. The fundamental promise of governance to lift the common person out of poverty feels utterly abandoned.

I cannot help but imagine the staggering cost of this mall and juxtapose it with the reality where millions of Lagosians lack access to clean drinking water in their own communities, a crisis that seems to receive a fraction of the urgency and funding. Talk less of the pervasive insecurity that makes daily life a gamble.

How can we celebrate a new mall when the common man cannot secure the most basic necessities clean water, safety, and a chance at a life free from grinding poverty? This is not the shared vision we all aspire to it feels like a vision for a select few, built while ignoring the suffering of the many.

Dey whine yourself. Noor be Government give them the land no Abi representatives of the Government Noor be stakeholders.
For the foreseeable future, every governor of Lagos get free plot there plus Tinubu that started this is a business partner of the Chagourys

ebukal67x:
The Mall and Eko Atlantic itself is a private sector initiative. What exactly is the role of government in all this?

Eko Atlantic will be the African Dubai

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ebukal67x:
The Mall and Eko Atlantic itself is a private sector initiative. What exactly is the role of government in all this?

creating enabling environment for the business to strive. They in turn invited him to come lunch and bless the business venture.
No monday sit at home, no ipob, no herdsmen wahala, . This indirectly has created employment for the people of Lagos be it yoruba,Igbo and Hausa, Quick access and servuces for the people, it will bring more wealth to the organization,income for emplyee and more revenue to the Lagos state government . Win win win.
Invest in Lagos today .

ebukal67x:
The Mall and Eko Atlantic itself is a private sector initiative. What exactly is the role of government in all this?

..the role of government is to provide a conducive environment for the business, companies, industries to thrive and to also attract private sector, investors, entrepreneurs to come and establish businesses, companies, industries in their states..the role of government is to provide constant electricity light supply, construct good roads, provide security, appreciate and strengthen the naira, rural, villages , communities development , make price of fuel diesel to be cheap, reduce the cost of living..all this will attract private sector to your state to come and invest set up businesses, companies, industries, malls, supermarket and other businesses.. they normally say government has no business in business

You are always mourning about everything

ebukal67x:
The Mall and Eko Atlantic itself is a private sector initiative. What exactly is the role of government in all this?

UrPapa:
hkw u take know say massive. mall wey u Neva enter

May God grant you common sense

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ariesbull:
Eko Atlantic city is a private investor and the city will be the future and it is not about I am yoruba or Igbo ...if you have the money go and buy land there and there will be nothing like

Owo da mentality
Omonile mentality
Ile baba me attitude
Lagos is yoruba land attitude...it's a private sector
Living there is strictly for those that have the balls and not tribe

Capitalism is awesome ... Just like living in banana island !

Go make money and stop shouting LAGOS IS A YORUBA LAND

Eko Atlantic City is Yoruba Land

Westchester:
South West or abi Lagos? Why are we not seeing same level of development in other sw states?
The delusion is insane

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South west is Lagos. LAGOS is South west.. not every state in America is like New-york.. look very well SW. is moving

SmartPolician:
This mall is so beautiful but isolated. Being in Eko Atlantic, only God knows how much they will be selling their things. I'll visit it and check it soon.

Make Lagos bandit no bundle you

Elvis2kay:
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South west is Lagos. LAGOS is South west.. not every state in America is like New-york.. look very well SW. is moving

You're only deceiving yourself. We all know why Lagos just like Abuja are the most developed in Nigeria. Lagos State wasn't even among SW region during those days. Like i said, if it's about SW, why are other states like Ogun Oyo Ekiti osun aren't developing like Lagos?

bigpicture001:
Learn to use punctuations..
After peaceful there should have been a coma

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Werey people's are talking about making money & having a good life you're here correcting english error for a Language that is not mine.. your mind is still in the shackles of slavery. I will appreciate if u could correct my indigenous African Language... napụta onwe gị n'ohu uche..Mugun

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Elvis2kay:
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Werey people's are talking about making money & having a good life you're here correcting english error for a Language that is not mine.. your mind is still in the shackles of slavery. I will appreciate if u could correct my indigenous African Language... napụta onwe gị n'ohu uche..Mugun

After the word "werey" there should b a coma, u didn't use any.

Again in the word "naputa" the last Igbo alphabet "a" should be accompanied by an upward stroke on top of the "a" so as to make the sound get it's meaning effectively.

Sirleo05:
Why is the development of this Eko Atlantic city taking time to finish? Unlike Dubai and UAE, one hand, sharp sharp dem finish building their cities, ours is taking time to finish. Investors abeg make una come

What is Dubai and UAE? Which one is one hand, sharp sharp Dem finish building their Cities? Firstly, Dubai is one of the Emirates in United Arab Emirates. Secondly, it is the Sheikh of Dubai that started the planning and design long time ago as a Prince when he went to US with his father and saw development, he told his father that he wanted to develop Dubai to a beautiful city. They have the wealth, they are the traditional owner of the land and the ruler. They developed their city without any hindrance or legislation from another Emirate - Abu Dhabi which is the Capital of UAE.

You asked a question " Why is our own taking time"? Which one is your own? ABUJA is your own. It is for the fastest development of ABUJA that no SOUTHERNER was appointed as FCT Minister since 1979. Tinubu brought WIKE and gave him everything he needed financially to accelerate development. Since AWOLOWO openly criticized ABUJA as a Capital some decades ago and Niger Delta youths after the 2 million march in Abuja under ABACHA returned to form militant groups, It has been very suspicious to put a Southerner in çharge of his development.

When Lagos Island and Port of Lagos was Nigeria's FCT, Musa Yaradua and Muhammad Ribadu were Minister of Lagos Affairs at different times. Lagos has no Masterplan and Developmental plan. The Colonial master earlier made LAGOS a British Colony. Lagos was Economically exploited.

After the overthrow of Gowon. No any major development in Lagos apart from 3rd mainland bridge.

Atlantic City is not your own City. Atlantic City is what the enemy of Lagos thought would swallow up Lagos but Which God through Courage and Resilience turned to Victory. Atlantic City is a hard Battle Won by God through Courage and Resilience of Tinubu. It takes time to build under such condition. There are many things to recover because enemies don't give up totally. 90% of the battles against Lagos Calabar Coastal Highway project is because of Atlantic City. Lagos State and the Private Partners developing the City have no control over many things.

Westchester:
You're only deceiving yourself. We all know why Lagos just like Abuja are the most developed in Nigeria. Lagos State wasn't even among SW region during those days. Like i said, if it's about SW, why are other states like Ogun Oyo Ekiti osun aren't developing like Lagos?

what an ignorant bunch…I wonder why you economic migrants feel you know so much about Lagos yorubaland more than the aborigines themselves. Lagos as the former FCT Had just three local govt namely, Lagos island, yaba and apapa, while the rest of what is Lagos today was under the western region govt of Awolowo and he developed most of the infrastructure eg ikeja and ilupeju industrial estate, using cocoa money. And btw which of your 5plot of unproductive potopoto land is as developed and economically viable as oyo state?😏

what's special or different about the mall.

They will celebrate the opening of businesses of the Chinese, the Lebanese and the Indians with all sorts of fanfare.. It's a welcome development..

But if it is an igbo business opening ceremony, Sanwo Olu and his bulldozer gang will be worried it is a sign that some people believe that Lagos is a No Mans land..

And we are "One Nigeria"..

SonOfDSoil01:
what an ignorant bunch…I wonder why you economic migrants feel you know so much about Lagos yorubaland more than the aborigines themselves. Lagos as the former FCT Had just three local govt namely, Lagos island, yaba and apapa, while the rest of what is Lagos today was under the western region govt of Awolowo and he developed most of the infrastructure eg ikeja and ilupeju industrial estate, using cocoa money. And btw which of your 5plot of unproductive potopoto land is as developed and economically viable as oyo state?😏

Do you think you are talking to a bunch of toddlers?
Who are you trying to educate about Lagos state? Someone that was born maybe the same time your parents were born? They will hand you a laptop and a talking point and you will come online like a bingo and be barking waaa waaa waaa...

Is there any difference between the Lagos of 1999 and the Lagos of today? All the mainland bridges, all the flyovers and sea ports and airports and customs infrastructures at the ports and roads and all that, who built them? Do you know that the military did more infrastructure works in Lagos than the present APC government?

Ask your parents and uncles about the infrastructure works of the Gowon government in Lagos. Money needed for reconstruction elsewhere were all ploughed into building Lagos and later some apostles of a drug addict are trying to rewrite history before our very eyes!?
Goan rest ahbegi..