₦airaland Forum

Oasisblue:
Exactly. You can smell the derision and unwilligness to accept any superior arguments or facts across the keyboard. Lagos became wealthy because of geography, trade, and political decisions, not because of natural resources. This is actually a common pattern among many of the world's great port cities.

But I dont expect this information to resonate. You can only wake someone truly sleeping, you cant wake one pretending to be asleep.

lawani:
Go and check urban agglomeration for that era for an answer to your question. What is the use of an economy whose government is without revenue? Yes there was economy in Nigeria but no organization to turn it into government revenue. How far away is 1950 from 1960?. In 1960, the western region had a budget of 55 million pounds, the North had seven million pounds and the East had twelve million. That is all you need to know about who financed Nigeria in the 1950s

mikeapollo:
Moving on to another Board at Seplat!

Board things!

mikeapollo:
Please cure some of this ignrance.
Lagos was not even part of SW.
Learn this and hold your peace.

1kinggy:
His investment there now makes more sense.

mikeapollo:
And was the Lagos landscape with infrastructure like roads, railway, bridges etc. built and developed with money from the so-called ''port' (canoe-port) of pre-independence era?

Because any serious seaport must have been built by a central govt with national funds

We need to educate ourselves.
Ignorance and arrogance in ignorance are some of the reasons we fail in the things we do, and also make loud noises.
It is not to win, but to educate or learn.

lawani:
How old is the person responding to me and calling me ignorant?
If Lagos was not part of the west, it worsens your position because it would mean the 55 million pounds was not gotten from Lagos. However over 95 percent of the present Lagos was part of the region from where the 55 million pounds revenue was gotten while the remainder was the FCT. Lagos state today can be said to be western region by over 95 percent along with the whole of today's Delta and Edo states.

lawani:
How old is the person responding to me and calling me ignorant?
If Lagos was not part of the west, it worsens your position because it would mean the 55 million pounds was not gotten from Lagos. However over 95 percent of the present Lagos was part of the region from where the 55 million pounds revenue was gotten while the remainder was the FCT. Lagos state today can be said to be western region by over 95 percent along with the whole of today's Delta and Edo states.

mikeapollo:
The guy knew what was coming, and made the move to Seplat. I guess he still wants to be in the limelight calling the shots

HesInMe:
I'm not even sure what you're trying to achieve. The case against BAT is clear: He's the incumbent at a time of deep economic pain shared by most people resulting from his policies, and he hasn't fixed structural problems like electricity and corruption to ease the burden.

If you're an Obi supporter, focusing on banal ethnic rivalry just detracts from the case he should be prosecuting is unhelpful.

Valthegreat:
He was never talking about Obi and Atiku before the guy started argument about why South West should get all the appointments at the federal level because of higher population meanwhile the argument is flawed because North West has the highest population by region and as such such get perhaps 50% of the appointments which is never the case here. Can there ever be any reason reason enough to justify nepotism when the outcome affects all citizens?
The way we reason as citizens is why I don't see Nigeria moving anywhere forward but it is very unfortunate for those of us that don't believe in Japa because I fear for my children everyday. If Tinubu that claims to be educted must reciprocate the nepotistic tendencies of Buhari who we know to be an illiterate, then where's the hope for Nigeria?

mikeapollo:
Lagos was not part of Western Nigeria.
Western Nigeria at the time included Delta and Edo (old Bendel), Ekiti, Oando, Osun, Oyo. So resources from these places (Cocoa, Palm fruits,, etc) SE, North etc. were contributed to the Central Govt. part of which was used to finance the development of Lagos.

Same way Abuja is being developed today

It just baffles me how one could use budget of 55m pounds in a single year as basis for this kind of discussion or topic

ositadima1:
The problem is that the SW and SE are geographical regions, not ethnic groups. A census measures people living in a geographic location, not their ethnicity. Therefore, if the figure of 55 million is correct, it includes Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, and people from other ethnic groups living in that region. If a census were conducted based on ethnicity rather than place of residence, it is possible that the Igbo population could outnumber the Yoruba population.

Valthegreat:
He was never talking about Obi, Tinubu or Atiku before the guy started argument about why South West should get all the appointments at the federal level because of higher population meanwhile the argument is flawed because North West has the highest population by region and as such such get perhaps 50% of the appointments which is never the case here. Can there ever be any reason reason enough to justify nepotism when the outcome affects all citizens?
The way we reason as citizens is why I don't see Nigeria moving anywhere forward but it is very unfortunate for those of us that don't believe in Japa because I fear for my children everyday. If Tinubu that claims to be educted must reciprocate the nepotistic tendencies of Buhari who we know to be an illiterate, then where's the hope for Nigeria?

mikeapollo:
Lagos was not part of Western Nigeria.
Western Nigeria at the time included Delta and Edo (old Bendel), Ekiti, Oando, Osun, Oyo. So resources from these places (Cocoa, Palm fruits,, etc) SE, North etc. were contributed to the Central Govt. part of which was used to finance the development of Lagos.

Same way Abuja is being developed today

It just baffles me how one could use budget of 55m pounds in a single year as basis for this kind of discussion or topic

HesInMe:
I'm not even sure what you're trying to achieve. The case against BAT is clear: He's the incumbent at a time of deep economic pain shared by most people resulting from his policies, and he hasn't fixed structural problems like electricity and corruption to ease the burden.

If you're an Obi supporter, focusing on banal ethnic rivalry just detracts from the case he should be prosecuting is unhelpful.

mikeapollo:
Lagos was not part of Western Nigeria.
Western Nigeria at the time included Delta and Edo (old Bendel), Ekiti, Oando, Osun, Oyo. So resources from these places (Cocoa, Palm fruits,, etc) SE, North etc. were contributed to the Central Govt. part of which was used to finance the development of Lagos.

Same way Abuja is being developed today

It just baffles me how one could use budget of 55m pounds in a single year as basis for this kind of discussion or topic

lawani:
Lagos island was not part of the west is what is correct. Lagos state was never the capital of Nigeria, Lagos island was and Lagos island is less than five percent of Lagos state. Lagos State was created in 1967 by merging Lagos island with a chunk of western Nigeria. I hope you get it now.

If I did not show you with evidence that western Nigeria was far ahead of the rest of Nigeria fiscally as early as1960, you wouldn't stop saying it is the money of Nigeria that saved Lagos and by extension western Nigeria.

yMcy56:
Street, abeg leave that Oga, he's doing great work here.
His posts are always stock related, valuable and always useful to some of us and enlightening.
No vex if whatever he says annoys you, let it go abeg.

ololufemi:
My Chief, majority of the present Lagos State was under the governance of the Western Region. Places like Ikeja especially the industrial area, Agege, Ilupeju and its Industrial Industrial area, Oshodi and its Industrial area, Badagry and part of the Ijebu Province consisting of Epe, Ikorodu and Ibeju Lekki.

These areas were ceded from the Western Region to allow them merge with the Federal Capital Territory area of Surulere, Yaba, some parts of Apapa, Lagos Island, Ikoyi, and Victoria Island to create the present Lagos State.

This is one of the reasons why many of the personel in Lagos State are usually Ijebus. Even the present governor is an Ijebu man and his predecessor was acclaimed to be from Epe.

Jaakay:
From politricks to geography, in a stock market forum. I just tire.

mikeapollo:
Stop confusing the topic. It is not about Western Nigeria or South West!
It is about Lagos! Period!

Ginalex:
But who has heard from Pa Emma recently? Hope all is well with him. His last seen is June 23. We miss him here

lawani:
Empathy is important in any endeavor. If Ijaw and Igbo were in one country, would you agree that they get the same number of appointments in any government ? If you won't, why will you support that the SW get less than three times of the appointments given to the SE by any government? Check voters registration, NIN registration, active sims, number of Profs, number of lawyers, number of globally ranked universities, scholars of world acclaim, Nigerians resident abroad. Check anything. Why would you support injustice?

Agbalowomeri:
He is on vacation in Cape Verde

Agbalowomeri:
He is on vacation in Cape Verde

debeey87:
Gina, Seems your bet in NAHCO will pay off eventually