Afam4eva:

I hope you're aware that there's an Anambra thread. You can go over there to mastur.bate.

You already know that guy isnt from Anambra. He has been using several monikers to respond to himself.

All his posts here has been to derail this thread.

BIKO IGNORE HIM.

Dremca:
The investment in Nnewi alone, surpass that of the entire Enugu state.e

Nonsowow is not Igbo, he sowed a seed to clash the two states and you fell for his trap.

ChimaAdeoye:


You already know that guy isnt from Anambra. He has been using several monikers to respond to himself.

All his posts here has been to derail this thread.

BIKO IGNORE HIM.

Many of them are haters, sowing hate everywhere they go.

NonsoWow:
[s]Without Anambra indigenes input, Enugwu state would have collapsed long ago. Asha80 was complaining about lack of businesses in Enugwu, what she failed to realize is that most Anambra indigenes are now re-directing their investments they would have situated in Enugwu and other Igbo states, back home to Anambra state in anticipation of our new Anambra International Airport that wawa people loathe so much. See the boom taking place in Awka, the enormous real estate developments in our capital is the biggest anywhere in the south east. Even Genesis cinemas is joining the craze by closing down their Enugwu operation and relocating to Awka with their new state-of-the-art cinemas opp Ekwueme square. In all these, Governor Willie Obiano's good governance is a crucial factor that has been spurring the Anambra boom. [/s]

Rubbish

Afam, I don't understand your own, why do you have to bring Akwa Ibom matter into this thread?

There is nothing in Akwa Ibom for Enugu to aspire for, Enugu is already on a different pedestal, we are looking forward, not sideways.
Please, for the sanity of this thread, die that your Akwa Ibom matter.

Gentlemen and ladies, No state in Nigeria is really better or more advanced than the other for the following reasons.

1. No state can lay any claim of having or in the process of developing a basic industry
. :.... Iron and steel
:.......aluminum
:........silicon water foundry
:.......polymers
:........petroleum refinery complex ( what I mean is examplified along the st. Charles -Beaumont-Texas cty-lake Jackson axis)

2. No state has a home grown medical complex with branches all over the state that can treat 90% of diseases in the state.

3. No state can boast of food processing industries ...beyond buying and selling.
4. No state can boast of making any pharma API.
5. No state can boast of any design center or cluster for industrial products.
5. No state can boast of any machining industry
6. No state can boast of providing clean water to all their citizens.
7 No state provides free quality education for their indigenes.

Providing pancakes to cover the uglines does not solve the problem..

What to do..

1. Examine everything you have in your state and leverage upon it.

In the case of Enugu

Coal
Clay
Iron ore.
Limestone.

If you have a smart government that can leverage on just 2 of the above mentioned minerals..Enugu your state will be the Pittsburgh or chengdu of Nigeria.

8

InyinyaAgbaOku:


You people should stop comparing uyo or calabar to enugu.
Enugu is far more advanced in sports than Uyo can ever be. Her stadium once hosted a world cup tournament, not saying the stadium can't be improved but u get my point.
Carnival and publicize it? Well you guys can but I am not a fan of that carnival of a thing - I had said prefer investments in exceptional healthcare, education and ICT, since the environment supports it

past glory

BankeSmalls:


Nonsowow is not Igbo, he sowed a seed to clash the two states and you fell for his trap.

He is not...he attacks Enugu, Ebonyi, Abia and Imo state.

This easily picks up the coward imposter...

Afam4eva:

I hope you're aware that there's an Anambra thread. You can go over there to mastur.bate.

Aku luo uno

kmariko:
Gentlemen and ladies, No state in Nigeria is really better or more advanced than the other for the following reasons.

1. No state can lay any claim of having or in the process of developing a basic industry
. :.... Iron and steel
:.......aluminum
:........silicon water foundry
:.......polymers
:........petroleum refinery complex ( what I mean is examplified along the st. Charles -Beaumont-Texas cty-lake Jackson axis)

2. No state has a home grown medical complex with branches all over the state that can treat 90% of diseases in the state.

3. No state can boast of food processing industries ...beyond buying and selling.
4. No state can boast of making any pharma API.
5. No state can boast of any design center or cluster for industrial products.
5. No state can boast of any machining industry
6. No state can boast of providing clean water to all their citizens.
7 No state provides free quality education for their indigenes.

Providing pancakes to cover the uglines does not solve the problem..

What to do..

1. Examine everything you have in your state and leverage upon it.

In the case of Enugu

Coal
Clay
Iron ore.
Limestone.

If you have a smart government that can leverage on just 2 of the above mentioned minerals..Enugu your state will be the Pittsburgh or chengdu of Nigeria.

8

You are the ONLY Nigerian that does not know the 1999 constitution BANS state government or anyone to develop natural resources?
It is the exclusive prerogative of the Federal Government and they can play any politics they like with it. At the detriment of the Nigerian economy. Why do you think folks are seriously asking for restructuring of the country? Why do you think everyone wants the evil 1999 military constitution dropped and we return to our 1960 or 1963 republican constitution agreed upon as the basis for our independence? So that each state or region can develop whatever resources they have and use it to develop themselves rather than waiting forever for FG to do it and they will NEVER do it due to political bigotry of the type of leaders Nigeria produces.

InyinyaAgbaOku:
Enugu has got a bit of everything though we need a global recognition in one or two aspect.
Enugu has many industries in Emene as well as 9th Mile.
It also has its axe to grind in hospitality and entertainment.

Anybody saying Enugu has got no purpose is a liar.

On the issue of land and it's affordability, I think you guys are only talking of high brow areas. There is no part of the world where such areas don't exist.
The areas around Awkwunanaw, Emene and Enugu suburbs have very cheap lands, you can't be expecting those lands at GRA, independence layout, etc to be 1million a plot. Lands at one day area are at #5-6 million. Those buying the lands at highbrow areas are big Bizmen residing in thr east and then our politicians.
Our brothers in the diaspora aren't left out.

In conclusion, given the good environment, Enugu will do well in service industries bothering on health, information technology, music and nollywood, and Education. I will like a Harvard in Enugu

To say the truth, the region isn't known for anything. It's the people that are known for something. Enugu or Imo is not solving Africa's problem, it's just another African city who depends chiefly on the centre for almost everything.

The African continent is faced with a lot of loopholes that if we get it right and be the biggest servicers and providers of such things, we get the international recognition and the world body will use us to service Africa.

Like Onitsha market which used to be the biggest market in West Africa have now turned to a local standard market. We could have built on reputation and create bigger structures that can serve the whole continent plus as a tourist site.

We are not getting it right in the east from a collective point. We are getting it right from personal point. Like we hustle hard, try to make money and do things but for the future, we have not built for tomorrow. No system that can sustain us in the next couple of years.

We are not looking at it but we keep moving in circles.

Cooly100:


Now with this wide expanse of roads, can the government encourage developers to start building high rise close to the roads....?

...then mark the roads and plant trees...

Enugu could be like Kigali...

When can we get another Sullivan Chime...as governor?

Very true.

I am moved to create a thread on this but I feel we will have more outsiders commenting on it than we discussing on these issues.

There seems to be no problem and there seems to be nothing happening. It is very good that the east is presently peaceful by recording the least violent deaths this year. We can applaud ourselves by embracing real hustles and shove violence at the way side.

The truth still lingers, what is the direction we igbos are moving. Are we trying to become Africa biggest manufacturers of consumer goods or we are moving the automotive industry forward. Are we trying to solve to the health issues destroying lives in Africa or we are offering the biggest IT solutions to the world now.

There is a need to live a purpose driven life. This makes us important and not taken as persona nongrata in this emerging world. We are in the century where the thing you offer, the things you produce, the service you render or the solution you generate makes you stand out than what you have under the soil. Singapore, India, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, etc are becoming emerging nations today because they have a mission. They know where they want to go.

The continuous chest beating about being the best in WAEC or JAMB shouldn't be what we should be chanting at this stage of our lives. The question we should ask ourselves, what is the use of this present educational system to we igbos? To me, it's nonsensical and not necessary for the igboland we need to build. Education should be used to solve problems and not to look for jobs. We should generate an educational template that when a person graduate from any discipline, he will see himself as someone who is ready to solve a problem. Education shouldn't be wasted on first class or second class, it should be used to change the status quo of our people. We need to think about changing the style of our education.

The east have one the worst government infrastructures. Seriously, there are structures that are not needed and some offices in the government House can still offer this same service as those structures. If we want to build structures and infrastructures, let us build economic infrastructures. Turn Onitsha market to something much more like Onitsha mall city. Whereby, it will serve as the Dubai of Africa. We can achieve these feat within 30years. We don't have any place in the east that has the outlook of a business district like the wall street. It is the way you dress, that's the way you will be addressed. Let us package ourselves to be able to draw bigger investors to us and we can do bigger businesses.

We just need 10 big infrastructures and we will have a different story.

1. Onitsha Mall City
2. Nnewi Automotive Industry
3. Enugu Medical City
4. Art and Entertainment city, Owerri.
5. ABA Industrial Hub.
6. Ebonyi FCMG hub
7. Enugu ICT city
8. Re-organized Educational programs with stronger polytechnics and more robust practical courses.
9. Redesigning Housing estates to cater for subsistent businesses and provide immediate needs.
10. Very smart transport system that can open at least 4 cluster points in every state.

I am open for correction and additions

Thank you.

kmariko:
Gentlemen and ladies, No state in Nigeria is really better or more advanced than the other for the following reasons.

1. No state can lay any claim of having or in the process of developing a basic industry
. :.... Iron and steel
:.......aluminum
:........silicon water foundry
:.......polymers
:........petroleum refinery complex ( what I mean is examplified along the st. Charles -Beaumont-Texas cty-lake Jackson axis)

2. No state has a home grown medical complex with branches all over the state that can treat 90% of diseases in the state.

3. No state can boast of food processing industries ...beyond buying and selling.
4. No state can boast of making any pharma API.
5. No state can boast of any design center or cluster for industrial products.
5. No state can boast of any machining industry
6. No state can boast of providing clean water to all their citizens.
7 No state provides free quality education for their indigenes.

Providing pancakes to cover the uglines does not solve the problem..

What to do..

1. Examine everything you have in your state and leverage upon it.

In the case of Enugu

Coal
Clay
Iron ore.
Limestone.

If you have a smart government that can leverage on just 2 of the above mentioned minerals..Enugu your state will be the Pittsburgh or chengdu of Nigeria.

8

The truth is, we live in a lazy continent and we just do one thing right, we will have reduced unemployment rate by 95% and generate billions of dollars in revenue. But what do we have, people who just want to repair roads and pay salaries.

Afam4eva:

Now we're talking. As much as i think that Nigeria has stunted our progress as a people, i still think we hold our destiny in our hands. Uyo or Calabar may not be anywhere close to Lagos or Abuja but they have carved a niche for themselves. How about we start from there. How about we have governors who would maybe build something in the mold of Tinapa, Obudu or Ibom tropicana. That's what i meant when i said that there's nothing we have that others don't. We even get to the ridiculous level where we celebrate shoprite in Enugu.

If it's tourism, we want to focus on, let;s build the biggest theme park in Nigeria. If it's sports, let's beat the Uyo International stadium by building something better. How about we build big film studios like Donal Duke did in Tinapa. How about we start a carnival and publicize it like the Calabar festival. How about we build a model university that will compete with the best in Africa. Let's just do something, anything.

Man we think alike.

Get 15 projects that's out of this world. Share it within the 5 states. Don't any other thing for us than that, we will take it up from there.

ChimaAdeoye:



You are the ONLY Nigerian that does not know the 1999 constitution BANS state government or anyone to develop natural resources?
It is the exclusive prerogative of the Federal Government and they can play any politics they like with it. At the detriment of the Nigerian economy. Why do you think folks are seriously asking for restructuring of the country? Why do you think everyone wants the evil 1999 military constitution dropped and we return to our 1960 or 1963 republican constitution agreed upon as the basis for our independence? So that each state or region can develop whatever resources they have and use it to develop themselves rather than waiting forever for FG to do it and they will NEVER do it due to political bigotry of the type of leaders Nigeria produces.

..

That may be true as regards the Constitution. ( Rather the words in the Constitution), but it does not belie the fact that some states are actually exploiting the resources within their domain without waiting for the federal government approval...in fact the current government could care less..as long as it brings in revenue....The federal government does not stop any state government from creating a mines ministry as enugu will benefit from such....again as I understand it..states can start their own power corporation...if your state goes into that it will have no choice but to use the abundant coal in it's domain...A Constitution no matter how flawed does not stop a smart person from accomplishing what they set out to do....that's the point of being smart.

Afam4eva is a very smart person. Seriously, this is one guy that is speaking a very great amount of sense here.

We have government that only pays salary and repair roads. Nothing daring or smart coming from them. Nothing to look uo to. Lagos is building eko Atlantic, Kano is building Kano economic city, etc. The east is just known to complete the Nigeria state to be 36. We don't offer anything and we are not known for anything.

Who greenery help? Who fine house help? We should tell ourselves the truth. We should choose projects that will make further investments enter the region. We should design our economic template to have meaning.

Seriously, nobody in the east has gotten anything right. Just playing ball in circles.

Purehuman:
Afam4eva is a very smart person. Seriously, this is one guy that is speaking a very great amount of sense here.

We have government that only pays salary and repair roads. Nothing daring or smart coming from them. Nothing to look uo to. Lagos is building eko Atlantic, Kano is building Kano economic city, etc. The east is just known to complete the Nigeria state to be 36. We don't offer anything and we are not known for anything.

Who greenery help? Who fine house help? We should tell ourselves the truth. We should choose projects that will make further investments enter the region. We should design our economic template to have meaning.

Seriously, nobody in the east has gotten anything right. Just playing ball in circles.

kano economic city is a scam..ask those in the know..

please never underestimate the importance of greenery in an environment..ask those living in some concrete jungle parts of cities in this country

Purehuman:
Afam4eva is a very smart person. Seriously, this is one guy that is speaking a very great amount of sense here.

We have government that only pays salary and repair roads. Nothing daring or smart coming from them. Nothing to look uo to. Lagos is building eko Atlantic, Kano is building Kano economic city, etc. The east is just known to complete the Nigeria state to be 36. We don't offer anything and we are not known for anything.

Who greenery help? Who fine house help? We should tell ourselves the truth. We should choose projects that will make further investments enter the region. We should design our economic template to have meaning.

Seriously, nobody in the east has gotten anything right. Just playing ball in circles.

A least the easterners are the most educated people in Nigeria. What we need is a prospective blueprint.

Please, don't you guys ever compare any city in Nigeria with Lagos again. Lagos was the capital city of Nigeria for nearly 100 years before it was moved to Abuja. That made it the cynosure of all infrastructural, economic and social investments taking place in the country in those years. It is the foundation that was laid by the colonial leaders and the governments of the early post-colonial governments that Lagos State is currently building on. Enugu never had such massive economic mobilization. It was a mere regional capital. And when you compare it with other former regional capitals like Ibadan, Kaduna and Benin City, it is doing very very well for itself. We are not there yet, but we will get there someday. For now stop comparing Enugu to Lagos. It is like comparing Lagos to London or even Johannesburg. It is good to be optimistic, but to be optimistic, you have to be realistic first.

So, please, never you compare Lagos with Enugu again. It is like comparing two cars that are traveling from Lagos to Onitsha. One of them left by 6 am and the other one left by 10 am and you are expecting them to get to Agbor at the same time! It's not possible! We are not there yet, but we will get there someday. Let us be realistic for once and not always try to sound smart or learned or well-traveled or exposed!

Purehuman which one is Onitsha Mall City again? The days of Anambra settling for less are gone. Have you forgotten that in the good old days before the civil war, Onitsha was the literary/media hub of the entire country? Is it hate or low self esteem that made you suggest mall city for Onitsha as if the city is only about trading? Hope you have not forgotten that the only existing private television station in the south east is located in the Onitsha metropolis.

Purehuman:
Afam4eva is a very smart person. Seriously, this is one guy that is speaking a very great amount of sense here.

We have government that only pays salary and repair roads. Nothing daring or smart coming from them. Nothing to look uo to. Lagos is building eko Atlantic, Kano is building Kano economic city, etc. The east is just known to complete the Nigeria state to be 36. We don't offer anything and we are not known for anything.

Who greenery help? Who fine house help? We should tell ourselves the truth. We should choose projects that will make further investments enter the region. We should design our economic template to have meaning.

Seriously, nobody in the east has gotten anything right. Just playing ball in circles.

Please don't underestimate greenery. I love it!! I appreciate images from the East that doesn' look like a total eyesore unlike alot areas in Nigeria

asha80:
kano economic city is a scam..ask those in the know..

please never underestimate the importance of greenery in an environment..ask those living in some concrete jungle parts of cities in this country

I am not saying the greenery isn't good. But we need a daring economic push. Something that will make us have a working economy.

Moreover, Kano economic city have started their construction in February. It is not a scam. I was there earlier this month. It's a gigantic project, don't say that please.

Dremca:
A least the easterners are the most educated people in Nigeria. What we need is a prospective blueprint.

What have we done with being the most educated when we are not using the educated to expand our economy? Just yesterday, igbo doctors from the USA came to Anambra to offer free surgery for those who can't pay for surgery. These doctors if we build a robust system can be used to create a big medical system that will serve Nigeria and Africa.

The problem with these governors is that, they want to have everything in their state not knowing that the east can be richer than Nigeria if each state in the east specializes on 3-4 industries. Just do those things well and let's watch the economy expand.

We are too blinded by the shortcomings of our country that it has made us to stop thinking. With increase in population, different state government will soon start introducing policies that will only cater for their own people and relegating us to the background. They have started, you will soon see it.

We need to act fast, igboland have over 50million people market strong. Bigger than what Lagos can offer within a short time but we keep complaining. The only thing we have better than other people is smartness, let us be smarter than them please.

cjrane:
If you noticed, every house in the picture now has it's own water supply overhead tanks.

Just as the issue of portable water in homes have been solved by the revolution of digging your own boreholes and using water pumps to pump into over head tanks.


Use of Inverters (Household batteries) + Roof-top solar panels = 24 hours constant electricity without buying fuel for generator!


Nigerians must look into making your own power through abundant solar energy we are blessed with, instead of buying generators.
The issue of constant electricity for homes must be solved by revolution of Roof-top solar panels.

Everybody with a private home such as these houses in the picture should strive to invest in roof-top solar panel than buying noisy generators and going through the headache of fueling them every night or staying in darkness because of EEDC palava.

Enugu state government should partner with companies interested in building local solar panel manufacturing factories in Enugu to supply the entire region. These are the types of cutting edge investment the state can help such investors set up smoothly in Enugu to create very good paying jobs.

Solar panels will be the next goldmine for people that are smart enough to find ways to make them very cheap and easily installed on rooftops on buildings.

You see people who are thinking? You see cjrane is also thinking! I don't believe we cannot do anything in this country. I just don't believe the crap.

If you like put all of us in serious debts but build 4 sectors of the economy with the money.

There are simple things that we can make money from but we keep looking for nothing. Always waiting for one white man to come invest. Seriously, we have lazy people in government.

fanficgirl:

Please don't underestimate greenery. I love it!! I appreciate images from the East that doesn' look like a total eyesore unlike alot areas in Nigeria

Have you been to other areas?

How many people have good paying jobs?

Which sector is working in the state?

We should understand that it's only when things are working that the state can provide indirect jobs and bless a normal hustler.

New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Norway, etc are looking for skilled workers, why can't we even delve into this opportunity and develop a bilateral agreement with them that we are going to supply them 500 plumbers yearly, 500 electrical engineers, ,500 nurses, 500 automotive engineers, etc.

We don't seek out opportunities. We just sit at home looking for who to help us.

NonsoWow:
Purehuman which one is Onitsha Mall City again? The days of Anambra settling for less are gone. Have you forgotten that in the good old days before the civil war, Onitsha was the literary/media hub of the entire country? Is it hate or low self esteem that made you suggest mall city for Onitsha as if the city is only about trading? Hope you have not forgotten that the only existing private television station in the south east is located in the Onitsha metropolis.

We are not here to look for eastern best or any of the sort. We are looking for the smartest ways to generate income.

Onitsha market isn't the future bro if we are going to leverage on our comparative advantage. For Pete's sake we are the biggest players in this sector, let us act like one. Let us finally subdue any competitor in this sector. Let us bring everybody to us. With a mall city, everybody will come to Onitsha. Every major event, household materials, gold, diamond, necklaces, consumer goods, electrical and mechanical machines will be solved there. In fact, we will deliver anything you have in mind to you. We can then partner with Alibaba, the Amazon, and other E-market and E-stores to cater for wider needs.

There are too many opportunities we can create if we develop this, I swear to God. I have developed the business plan and it will provide more 2million self paid jobs and create more millionaires in the region. We need to just do it right.

DucatiKNG:
Please, don't you guys ever compare any city in Nigeria with Lagos again. Lagos was the capital city of Nigeria for nearly 100 years before it was moved to Abuja. That made it the cynosure of all infrastructural, economic and social investments taking place in the country in those years. It is the foundation that was laid by the colonial leaders and the governments of the early post-colonial governments that Lagos State is currently building on. Enugu never had such massive economic mobilization. It was a mere regional capital. And when you compare it with other former regional capitals like Ibadan, Kaduna and Benin City, it is doing very very well for itself. We are not there yet, but we will get there someday. For now stop comparing Enugu to Lagos. It is like comparing Lagos to London or even Johannesburg. It is good to be optimistic, but to be optimistic, you have to be realistic first.

So, please, never you compare Lagos with Enugu again. It is like comparing two cars that are traveling from Lagos to Onitsha. One of them left by 6 am and the other one left by 10 am and you are expecting them to get to Agbor at the same time! It's not possible! We are not there yet, but we will get there someday. Let us be realistic for once and not always try to sound smart or learned or well-traveled or exposed!

Dubai that started 30years ago, can you compare Lagos to Dubai with Nigeria being a bigger oil producer than them?

I am not comparing but I am only saying we should take a decision today and say we are heading this way in 2018 and beyond and this what we are going to achieve. We don't have any pursuits, we don't have any aspiration. We are just living by the day. Don't u get it?

Cooly100:


Aside Sullivan all Enugu state governors are just able to pay salaries. Dubai was nothing before but it took an aggressive emir to turn it into one of the best destinations on earth.

All it takes is to employ some experts to develop a deliberate infrastructure master plan in the city. I know they have low IGR...but they can get loans. Dubai has huge debts too.

We need people with excellent ideas and not people who are just able to pay salaries..even my grand mother can that.

Totally agree with you,Sullivan really tried for Enugu state i f not for time I believe he would done more.

Purehuman:


What have we done with being the most educated when we are not using the educated to expand our economy? Just yesterday, igbo doctors from the USA came to Anambra to offer free surgery for those who can't pay for surgery. These doctors if we build a robust system can be used to create a big medical system that will serve Nigeria and Africa.

The problem with these governors is that, they want to have everything in their state not knowing that the east can be richer than Nigeria if each state in the east specializes on 3-4 industries. Just do those things well and let's watch the economy expand.

We are too blinded by the shortcomings of our country that it has made us to stop thinking. With increase in population, different state government will soon start introducing policies that will only cater for their own people and relegating us to the background. They have started, you will soon see it.

We need to act fast, igboland have over 50million people market strong. Bigger than what Lagos can offer within a short time but we keep complaining. The only thing we have better than other people is smartness, let us be smarter than them please.

Our politicians are the major problem bedeviling the east.no clear cut vision or policy to move the region forward.

Purehuman:


I am not saying the greenery isn't good. But we need a daring economic push. Something that will make us have a working economy.

Moreover, Kano economic city have started their construction in February. It is not a scam. I was there earlier this month. It's a gigantic project, don't say that please.

only February? do you know how many govts since 2003 in the state that has been signing mous on that project?like I said ask those in the know..