₦airaland Forum

Dreamflyin:
I'll be addressing two issues here.
- Why lots of people are relocating to Asaba and,
- The ridiculous amount of money investnow is throwing around.

My dad bought a few plots back in the days in Asaba, before govt policies took them all back. Overspilling of relocations to Asaba, less the business is just that Onitsha man instinct to invest in low prices real estate. That was how Nkpor, Obosi, Akpaka GRA, and so many suburbans were all developed. Here, the best money value holder is real estate. Any Onitsha bizman biggest dream is to someday buy a cheap land and develop for rainy days.
Onitsha businesses are not relocating to Asaba, rather Onitsha bizman are buying up cheap land in Asaba to live in, because Asaba is close to Onitsha and motorable.
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Now to the issue of sanitation, I pays around N500-N600 per flat per month for sanitation. On APLUC, I paid N45k to state govt, while on Income tax, I paid N38k. This was all on a 3storey, two flats a floor apartment block. How much do I make from it annually?
Less than N600k. Mind you that we laid these amounts after much negotiation between Isiowulu landlords association and APLUC.
They initially billed N100k plus.
On the one we got in Onitsha, we paid N222k!!!!.
Dude, tell your governor, that any amount which landlords pay, will be transfered to tenants.
There's a liquidity crunch in Onitsha. Don't let those uprises deceive you. We works real hard and saves real hard to make something.
If Obiano increases the tax burden on people, he'll have himself to blame.

Dreamflyin:
I'll be addressing two issues here.
- Why lots of people are relocating to Asaba and,
- The ridiculous amount of money investnow is throwing around.

My dad bought a few plots back in the days in Asaba, before govt policies took them all back. Overspilling of relocations to Asaba, less the business is just that Onitsha man instinct to invest in low prices real estate. That was how Nkpor, Obosi, Akpaka GRA, and so many suburbans were all developed. Here, the best money value holder is real estate. Any Onitsha bizman biggest dream is to someday buy a cheap land and develop for rainy days.
Onitsha businesses are not relocating to Asaba, rather Onitsha bizman are buying up cheap land in Asaba to live in, because Asaba is close to Onitsha and motorable.
......
Now to the issue of sanitation, I pays around N500-N600 per flat per month for sanitation. On APLUC, I paid N45k to state govt, while on Income tax, I paid N38k. This was all on a 3storey, two flats a floor apartment block. How much do I make from it annually?
Less than N600k. Mind you that we laid these amounts after much negotiation between Isiowulu landlords association and APLUC.
They initially billed N100k plus.
On the one we got in Onitsha, we paid N222k!!!!.
Dude, tell your governor, that any amount which landlords pay, will be transfered to tenants.
There's a liquidity crunch in Onitsha. Don't let those uprises deceive you. We works real hard and saves real hard to make something.
If Obiano increases the tax burden on people, he'll have himself to blame.

Dreamflyin:
Hello Mister, going by your billions, that means that there are not less than 500k apartment block of 8 fkat each in Obosi. Dude, do you know what's 500,000 apartment block?
That's 4million flats!
Redo your maths bro.

Dreamflyin:
From what I know, all our neighbors that left to Asaba, didn't relocate with their businesses. They still comes to work/market here in Onitsha.

lygn19:
I am not from Anambra and I don't know much abt d place, der is a land in d middle of d river Niger just a few meters from d bridge, please I wud like to know if it is owned by Anambra state or Delta state?
Anybody who uses d 2nd Niger bridge or lives in Onitsha must hv seen it.

AnambraDota:
^^^

One thing you need to understand is that land is very cheap and easier to acquire in asaba than Onitsha.

Go to No 7 Moore street tomorrow, the land was sold for N140m with the old one storey building, the old building have been demolished completely and new foundation was started there on monday.

Don't ask me how I know the cost of the land because everything about the property I know it.

Where in Asaba can you see, Obi tried by opening Business Parks in Onitsha, there are more corporate offices in Onitsha than Asaba but due to nearness to government and low property cost Asaba is always the preferred destination.

Anambra should put end to market development and work more on real estate, offices and tourism.
Enough of market, even Young Shall Grow Plaza inside Main Market are mostly empty but people are blocking all the streets in Onitsha selling wares.

Market should stop let those empty shops be occupied first.

AnambraDota:
I have been there with Canoe, most of the people there are Aguleri and Anam people predominantly farmers.
The Island belongs to Anambra but its disputable shaa because its coast stretches down to Delta.
Though most overflood during raing season but its a very nice spot for leisure resort because of its sandy beaches.

The island is fast eroding because of thE activities of sand dredger. We call it Ufesi or Agwe.

passion007:
This argument has come up before, and from what I remember, Deltans emphasised that Asaba is growing in its own right as the capital city of Delta State. I don't dispute that Asaba could be feeding off of Onitsha's commercial boom, but consider also, on the other hand, that Onitsha's boom might have subsumed Asaba's commercial future forever. Hence, Asaba has chosen to leverage on their comparative advantage: accommodation, hospitality, and the siting of an airport few kilometres from Onitsha might only be a happy accident.
In addition, previous posters have all assumed that Asaba's economic boom will take something away from Onitsha's. May be not. May be an even more resilient regional powerhouse will emerge to rival Lagos.

In all, these are two Igbo cities with shared heritage. Other than being separated by a body of water, there isn't much difference between both.
State creation appears to have divided us much more than we care to admit.

passion007:
This argument has come up before, and from what I remember, Deltans emphasised that Asaba is growing in its own right as the capital city of Delta State. I don't dispute that Asaba could be feeding off of Onitsha's commercial boom, but consider also, on the other hand, that Onitsha's boom might have subsumed Asaba's commercial future forever. Hence, Asaba has chosen to leverage on their comparative advantage: accommodation, hospitality, and the siting of an airport few kilometres from Onitsha might only be a happy accident.
In addition, previous posters have all assumed that Asaba's economic boom will take something away from Onitsha's. May be not. May be an even more resilient regional powerhouse will emerge to rival Lagos.

In all, these are two Igbo cities with shared heritage. Other than being separated by a body of water, there isn't much difference between both.
State creation appears to have divided us much more than we care to admit.

passion007:
This argument has come up before, and from what I remember, Deltans emphasised that Asaba is growing in its own right as the capital city of Delta State. I don't dispute that Asaba could be feeding off of Onitsha's commercial boom, but consider also, on the other hand, that Onitsha's boom might have subsumed Asaba's commercial future forever. Hence, Asaba has chosen to leverage on their comparative advantage: accommodation, hospitality, and the siting of an airport few kilometres from Onitsha might only be a happy accident.
In addition, previous posters have all assumed that Asaba's economic boom will take something away from Onitsha's. May be not. May be an even more resilient regional powerhouse will emerge to rival Lagos.

In all, these are two Igbo cities with shared heritage. Other than being separated by a body of water, there isn't much difference between both.
State creation appears to have divided us much more than we care to admit.

uduokirika1:
Anambra biggest challenge is foresighted government in areas of real Estate.

Why are there no roads linking atani rd to owerri rd. Do u know that newly constructed fly over at obosi junction along owerri road can be extended westwards to link up with atani road just this simple link up will trigger dev alon that axis.

But just like Anambra we'll wait until individuals goes into the area with trheir unplanned mode of buildings and when govt are ready to construct the roads the lacuna called narrow roads will then stare them in d face!

Govt ment should be proactive enough to read developmental trend and act quickly enough to retain the spending society within her boundry

. For those saying that a large percentagge living in Asaba still have their businesses here in onitsha, in as much as I will agree with the postulation but to be candid with u Onitsha is loosing a lot of revenue to asaba, viz; most corporate firms that ve onitsha as market target ends up establishing their coys in Asaba 'cos of the friendly environment, Onitsha has reduced itself to just a market city aside banks u will hardly find any corporate firm in onitsha. A good example is my younger sister who works with an insurance firm in onitsha now the firm was in verge of expanding but the biulding already occupied is d normal onitsha block of flats housing system and no tenant nor the Landlord was willing for a remodelling of the building, the short is dat the company still exists in onitsha but currently has its regional headquaters in Asaba, have we bothered to find why MTN, AIRTEL and other telecommunication companies ve their regional offices serving onitsha in Asaba?
The other day I highlighted that Asaba airport passenger traffic is made up over 70% Anambra destined and we see nothing wrong in that, while Asaba allocates its river banks for Hotels and recreations (grand hotel, Tourist garden e.t.c) Anambra reciprocates by allotting thiers for markets (even under d bridge entry point)

Had it been we don't ve a private Rojenny stadium approved who knows tommorrow an Anambra clubside might be forced to head to Asaba and someone will say after all the clubs are doing business in Anambra but just go to Asaba to play!

Imagine for sometime now we ve been clamouring for a link bridge at Uga and MCC junction! But it seems that is not our priority yet may until next 20yrs
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Though Obiano is doing his best to reposition Anambra state but we should try to be proactive enough to predict developmental trends, an Anam city bridge if constructed will lure a great percentage of Onitsha elites to migrate there and security wise that area is easily and naturally secured.

Let me stop here for now

cjrane:
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What you have said is true. The biggest problem with Onitsha nay Anambra is lack of planning using satellite imagery. Onitsha and Nlpor layout is like a right angle triangle where the center is choked up and congested while the outside part is sparsely populated. If atani road were linked to Onitsha - Owerri road at the Obosi flyover, it will open up another ample stretch of land that will take decades to develop. But nobody even knows not thinks about that because they have never viewed the map of Anbra state from the satellite of google earth.

AyakaDunukofia:
Made so much sense. We'll likely witness a New-York/New Jersey scenario in the not too distant future. Many of us from the Omambala region are quite aware of Asaba people's uniqueness in their insistence on that shared heritage.

cjrane:
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What you have said is true. The biggest problem with Onitsha nay Anambra is lack of planning using satellite imagery. Onitsha and Nlpor layout is like a right angle triangle where the center is choked up and congested while the outside part is sparsely populated. If atani road were linked to Onitsha - Owerri road at the Obosi flyover, it will open up another ample stretch of land that will take decades to develop. But nobody even knows not thinks about that because they have never viewed the map of Anbra state from the satellite of google earth.

cjrane:
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What you have said is true. The biggest problem with Onitsha nay Anambra is lack of planning using satellite imagery. Onitsha and Nlpor layout is like a right angle triangle where the center is choked up and congested while the outside part is sparsely populated. If atani road were linked to Onitsha - Owerri road at the Obosi flyover, it will open up another ample stretch of land that will take decades to develop. But nobody even knows not thinks about that because they have never viewed the map of Anbra state from the satellite of google earth.