₦airaland Forum

It was a nauseating sight for me to behold this morning . Somthing shifted in me , but it was of immense curiosity borne out of : why can’t we get it right for once in this country .

For context : Lagos is the smallest state in Nigeria in terms of landmass and yet the richest state in west Africa. It’s a multibillion naira independent economy . Yet , what you find around is eye sore of garbage and soul crushing dirts like a pillar in the middle of the metropolis. This is suruelre , shitta roundabout .

If Lagos can’t get it right , then forget it . Nigeria can’t get it right . Cos Lagos is meant to be a prototype for other states .

The whole money in trillions made in this state is used to service one man’s greed —- no obvious development , nothing .

If you bring somone to Lagos for the first time , this is what they will see
The blacks indeed can’t govern . They lack the capacity . I d prefer if we still being colonized

Stop complaining, get out of your car and start to sweep, you will be surprised at how many people will join you.
It is called leadership by example.

You go cry taya. So so cry, no impact

ElSudani:
Stop complaining, get out of your car and start to sweep, you will be surprised at how many people will join you.
It is called leadership by example.

So when you park it what happens the next day
When you park today
Who parks tommorow
How many times do you need to park
You seee this stupid mentality of letting govt abdicate its responsibility after paying all taxes in this world is a problematic way of thinking

Why not hold them accountable . What your taxes for ? To come done of your car to roll up your sleeves in your way to work to park garbage. Bro you are not very normal ..

This is how they sent ambode away I have video I drove from igando to ikotun and the heep of waste on the middle of the road was just terrible

Yamayama state that can't get the basics right despite huge revenues thereby denying the citizens proper governance and turning them into shameless beggars of a 21 year old visiting American

Tinubu built Lagos. That's the legacy he left behind. Fashola remains the only forward thinking governor Lagos has ever had. The rest are just snake oil merchants doing the barest minimum with record-breaking revenue amassed via taxation.

ElSudani:
Stop complaining, get out of your car and start to sweep, you will be surprised at how many people will join you.
It is called leadership by example.

I hail those related with una ooooo. The way una dey reason is truly not easy oooo

Elusive001:
I hail those related with una ooooo. The way una dey reason is truly not easy oooo

don’t mind the mumu. I should leave my work that is paying my bills , that am using to pay them tax to start packing dirts …. People with such smelling mentality are the reasons they don’t take us serious … imagine how a human is thinking

Nifemy4:
don’t mind the mumu. I should leave my work that is paying my bills , that am using to pay them tax to start packing dirts …. People with such smelling mentality are the reasons they don’t take us serious … imagine how a human is thinking

Their lives hard ooooo. Living like these guys is truly not easy at all.

Nifemy4:
It was a nauseating sight for me to behold this morning . Somthing shifted in me , but it was of immense curiosity borne out of : why can’t we get it right for once in this country .

For context : Lagos is the smallest state in Nigeria in terms of landmass and yet the richest state in west Africa. It’s a multibillion naira independent economy . Yet , what you find around is eye sore of garbage and soul crushing dirts like a pillar in the middle of the metropolis. This is suruelre , shitta roundabout .

If Lagos can’t get it right , then forget it . Nigeria can’t get it right . Cos Lagos is meant to be a prototype for other states .

The whole money in trillions made in this state is used to service one man’s greed —- no obvious development , nothing .

If you bring somone to Lagos for the first time , this is what they will see
The blacks indeed can’t govern . They lack the capacity . I d prefer if we still being colonized

Below is a huge pile of rubbish in Whitechapel London. I see so many like that across London with my own eyes and not "dem say dem say".

Ditto many Western megacities of the world like New York etal where waste disposal is an eternal challenge often the fault of unruly folks littering irresponsibly and dumping their refuse everywhere.

Yet your own instant and default conclusions is that "blacks indeed can't govern".

Whereas the Government of Lagos, despite huge challenges it faces because of over-rapid population explosion that will test the infrastructure of any city globally, continues to innovate to accolades from many West African nations coming to understudy what Lagos is doing well.

If you often settle upon the worst reason for judging yourself a failure, that is self-hatred and a tendency to look down on yourself or your kind since you have not considered anything else and went for what makes you seem inferior in comparison to others.

Applied to this scenario, a large part of the issue is to do with how filthy, thoughtless, irresponsible and lawless Nigerians are and not the failings of Lagos leaders.

The genocide against christians in Nigeria didn’t move Agbadorians to tears talk less of trash.

Nifemy4:
don’t mind the mumu. I should leave my work that is paying my bills , that am using to pay them tax to start packing dirts …. People with such smelling mentality are the reasons they don’t take us serious … imagine how a human is thinking

Things are the way they are because you and the people who throw thrash everywhere are basically the same. It is always other people's problem.
Your work that is paying your bills out of which you probably pay zero tax. Because that also is other people's problem.
You will suffer until you get sense.

ElSudani:
Stop complaining, get out of your car and start to sweep, you will be surprised at how many people will join you.
It is called leadership by example.

Sweep it to where?

Nifemy4:
So when you park it what happens the next day
When you park today
Who parks tommorow
How many times do you need to park
You seee this stupid mentality of letting govt abdicate its responsibility after paying all taxes in this world is a problematic way of thinking

Why not hold them accountable . What your taxes for ? To come done of your car to roll up your sleeves in your way to work to park garbage. Bro you are not very normal ..

Citizens have no responsibilities they abdicate also? Do you know how many Lagosians do not pay LAWMA dues and simply dump thrash everywhere even in decent estates?

Paying "all the taxes in the world" my foot. Some of you are just shameless liars ready to say anything to shame Government you have been brainwashed to hate and blame for everything.

There was a thread the other day showing African nations paying the most taxes. South Africa and Morocco were top and some smart Nairalanders immediately drew similarities to why the two nations are efficiently run with good infrastructure.

Whereas Nigeria that has one of the lowest and most negligible rates of tax remittances in Africa is full of people like you lying about Nigerians, the biggest tax Dodgers in Africa, "paying all taxes in this world".

You can't even be factually honest and you wish to portray yourself a good governance advocate. You are a mischief-maker bro.

Do you know what tax to GDP ratio is and how it impacts provision of infrastructure and services such as waste disposal etal?

Nigeria has one of the lowest in Africa yet Mr.Good Government advocate is claiming up and down a majority tax-dodging people now "pay all the taxes in the world".

You are one of the problem of Nigeria and never part of the solution in so far as you cannot discern the big picture and continue to trot out the claim the Government is at fault always for every problem ailing our nation.

There was a time I bought satch water and drank but I couldn't bring myself to drop it for road I put it in my bag until I reach home before discarding it but someone saw me and was laughing at me about how I brought waste home

Probably if some of us complaining about Lagos moved out of Lagos, the pressure on public service will reduced. The OP said Lagos is the smallest state in size . It is however, the biggest in population in a country where majority don't pay and don't want to pay taxes.

Lagos state population is about 24 million according to the state government. It's annual budget is about #4.44 Trillion. Budget per capita is about #185, 000 per year. ($115 - $125 per person per year). When you compare to other major cities in Africa:

City Population (Est.) Annual Budget (USD) Budget Per Person
Johannesburg, South Africa ~6 Million ~$5.8 Billion ~$966
Cairo, Egypt ~10.5 Million* ~$3.8 Billion (Regional Est.) ~$360
Lagos, Nigeria ~24 Million ~$2.8 Billion (₦4.44T) ~$116
Nairobi, Kenya ~5.5 Million ~$310 Million (County) ~$56

Key Insights
1. The "South African" Exception
Johannesburg’s spending power is nearly 8x higher per person than Lagos. This is largely due to South Africa's highly formalized economy and effective municipal tax collection systems (property rates, electricity surcharges, and water billing), which provide a massive pool of internal revenue compared to the Nigerian model.

2. Lagos vs. Cairo: The Megacity Paradox
Lagos and Cairo are the two largest city-economies on the continent. While Cairo has a higher per capita spend, it is also a highly centralized "National Capital" where the federal Egyptian government handles most major infrastructure. Lagos, as a state within a federation, carries a heavier burden of providing its own healthcare, education, and transport without as much central support

3. The "Scale" Challenge
Lagos suffers from its own success. Because its population is so high (nearly 4x that of Johannesburg), even a "record-breaking" budget of ₦4.44 Trillion ($2.8 Billion) gets diluted quickly. For Lagos to match Johannesburg's per capita spending, its budget would need to exceed ₦35 Trillion.

4. Purchasing Power Considerations
While the USD figure for Lagos looks low, the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)—what that money can actually buy locally—is slightly better. However, because Lagos imports most of its construction materials and technology for projects like the Blue Line Rail, the "Global USD" value remains the most accurate measure of its infrastructure-building power.

I believe Lagos state can do better but the histerial of Lagos state revenue going to one man's pocket should stop. It is intellectually lazy. Lagos state government has annual budget, call out line items in the budget that is not been properly executed instead of nonsensical allegation that helps not one and move neither the state nor the country forward.

Seunpapa65:
There was a time I bought satch water and drank but I couldn't bring myself to drop it for road I put it in my bag until I reach home before discarding it but someone saw me and was laughing at me about how I brought waste home

I'm just like you. Dropping things on the road is always a big NO for me. How I wish all Nigerians should imbibe this? We need some serious orientation in this country, serious one!

ElSudani:
Things are the way they are because you and the people who throw thrash everywhere are basically the same. It is always other people's problem.
Your work that is paying your bills out of which you probably pay zero tax. Because that also is other people's problem.
You will suffer until you get sense.

Bless you Baba. What taxes do Nigerian pay when, factually, they are some of the biggest tax dodgers in the world who glorify in avoiding paying tax with the mentality that they are being smart and "street" by deliberately avoiding taxes while still happily gaslighting the government over failing to wipe their azzes for them?

What of the effort of the tax reform laws to collect taxes more efficiently from those who can afford to pay it but have avoided paying taxes as a culture of civic irresponsibility that has plaques Nigeria for decades?

Majority of Nigerians all condemned the new tax laws by default ignorantly and without inspecting issue intelligently and factually to note most ordinary folks are better under a new tax regime that is actually kinder and fairer to majority of employed Nigerians.

Nigerians are the worst globally for glorifying in wrong-going while pretending to be innocent victim who tout all problems as being 100% the fault of Government.

And when someone says Lagos smells, he'll is let loose by the sophisticated people

WizardOfNG:
Bless you Baba. What taxes do Nigerian pay when, factually, they are some of the biggest tax dodgers in the world who glorify in avoiding paying tax with the mentality that they are being smart and "street" by deliberately avoiding taxes while still happily gaslighting the government over failing to wipe their azzes for them?

What of the effort of the tax reform laws to collect taxes more efficiently from those who can afford to pay it but have avoided paying taxes as a culture of civic irresponsibility that has plaques Nigeria for decades?

Majority of Nigerians all condemned the new tax laws by default ignorantly and without inspecting issue intelligently and factually to note most ordinary folks are better under a new tax regime that is actually kinder and fairer to majority of employed Nigerians.

Nigerians are the worst globally for glorifying in wrong-going while pretending to be innocent victim who tout all problems as being 100% the fault of Government.

Don't mind these people, they believe they have zero responsibility as citizens.

This is very critical, some may see it as a joke. A black man can't rule. It is what it is!

ElSudani:
Stop complaining, get out of your car and start to sweep, you will be surprised at how many people will join you.
It is called leadership by example.

You should have just ignored her than this poo you put out here.

richiemcgold:
I'm just like you. Dropping things on the road is always a big NO for me. How I wish all Nigerians should imbibe this? We need some serious orientation in this country, serious one!

After gathering it at home, what next? Where will it be disposed?

Lagos have the resources to keep the city basically clean if they want, but they will pay less attention to that because they can't steal much billions in dollars there.

BeardedMeat:
You should have just ignored her than this poo you put out here.

You are right, I will therefore extend the gesture to you by not responding to your own poo.

ElSudani:
You are right, I will therefore extend the gesture to you by not responding to your own poo.

But you ate this one with relish 🤡

richiemcgold:
I'm just like you. Dropping things on the road is always a big NO for me. How I wish all Nigerians should imbibe this? We need some serious orientation in this country, serious one!

God bless you jare. How I wish. And you know something, when they travel out of Nigeria you will never see them litter the streets overseas. I don't get it.

The government isn't entirely the problem, the people are. most Nigerians are pigs. very dirty.

Where is the builder of Lagos?
He built nonsense in Lagos

In all sincerity, animals are not easy to control and to think that most Nigerians behave like animals. Only behaves normal when abroad.

I hope people don’t blame that eye sore on the government like it’s the government who disposed it there on the road.