SoNature:


You don carry your hate for Owerri enter Enugu thread, abi?

Respect yourself!

Ofodirinwa:
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Imo is famous for impregnating your mother.

horsepower101:


More Chinese people have left china within the last decade than previous decades even though china is rapidly developing. Don't make the mistake of thinking that a developed east with stop igbos from traveling out to go settle and do business in other places.

Please check the colonial records and you will realize that igbos started going to all corners of Nigeria even before independence.

In fact the east was the Fastest developing region at that time as confirmed by international bodies. Yet it didn't stop igbos from going to other parts of the country.

Purehuman:


What we need in the east is economic expansion. If more people have reasons invest in the region, there will be lesser people leaving. Even with the increase in economic activities in the east, we need a bigger fdi to make the east have bigger market.

spyder880:


While I agree with your post 100%, I still don't think we have done too badly, especially when you look back to where we are coming from. I think we have more industries now than in the past 15-20 years ago. We have companies now making some household items, food processing, potable water, I think we can do well in building materials to compliment the building boom. While the few companies is a far cry from where we are supposed to be, we have made some progress. I will want the government to provide an enabling environment for production to thrive. Protect the existing companies while encouraging more to establish new production outfits. Build and maintain roads in industrial estates.

The endless wait for foreign investors to start producing while our brothers are running away to other states and countries is annoying. Why not identify Enugu state indigenes who has money and those who has brains, set them up with lands and protect the companies. We will be rewarded with jobs, and taxes when the companies are strong and profitable.

Cooly100:


That's correct.

The question has been..what do people who patronise those hotels built everywhere and those who live in those expensive houses springing up everywhere do for a living? Aligbo needs big investments to support those who make their living, there. I give kudos to Nnewi, Onitsha and Aba axis of things...but more needs to be done. Though governments have signed many MOUs but the progress has been extremely, extremely slow.

For instant this is Onasis luxury Apartment Enugu, which you could have for a bargin of about 70K (£139) per night...with four bedrooms, a mini gym...etc, etc... What is the average income of people living and working in the city?

cjrane:


Truth is that some people are just always filled with envy and bitter feelings towards anyone they perceive are doing better than them. I love that many diaspora Igbos now see investing in Igboland as something worth doing unlike in the past when they ran away like there were evil spirits in Igboland chasing them away from investing in whatever way. If it's houses some like to build, let them build! I prefer people coming to invest in power generation (Captive power) used for just one city or one industrial complex. Build solar panel factories so that houses and businesses can generate power independent of the grid. But for now the people coming in want to build houses to address the housing crisis.

Our people are gradually seeing the need to have something in their home state than having 200% of their investment outside and not even 1% of their investment at home. Therefore, it is good that some are building at home now. At the minimum, it creates jobs for the youths that will sell the cement, the rods, those that will be brick-layers, carpenters, plumbers etc.

With time, those of them with factories will begin to relocate too. The big disadvantage the SE contends with is lack of power allocated on the national grid to SE. It won't even sustain just the factories in Emene, not to mention Onitsha, Aba and other areas. Therefore, there is need to build industrial clusters with mini-power generating outfits to serve them. This is where the various state governments need to be proactive to get licences for these companies and just ask the private companies to build the infrastructure and manage the selling of electricity to industrial complexes in the zones to help them manufacture competitively.

cjrane:


Truth is that some people are just always filled with envy and bitter feelings towards anyone they perceive are doing better than them. I love that many diaspora Igbos now see investing in Igboland as something worth doing unlike in the past when they ran away like there were evil spirits in Igboland chasing them away from investing in whatever way. If it's houses some like to build, let them build! I prefer people coming to invest in power generation (Captive power) used for just one city or one industrial complex. Build solar panel factories so that houses and businesses can generate power independent of the grid. But for now the people coming in want to build houses to address the housing crisis.

Our people are gradually seeing the need to have something in their home state than having 200% of their investment outside and not even 1% of their investment at home. Therefore, it is good that some are building at home now. At the minimum, it creates jobs for the youths that will sell the cement, the rods, those that will be brick-layers, carpenters, plumbers etc.

With time, those of them with factories will begin to relocate too. The big disadvantage the SE contends with is lack of power allocated on the national grid to SE. It won't even sustain just the factories in Emene, not to mention Onitsha, Aba and other areas. Therefore, there is need to build industrial clusters with mini-power generating outfits to serve them. This is where the various state governments need to be proactive to get licences for these companies and just ask the private companies to build the infrastructure and manage the selling of electricity to industrial complexes in the zones to help them manufacture competitively.

Purehuman:


Excellent thought. I see many people saying that Lagos is the reason why Agbara, Ogun state have higher FDI than every other state. It's partly true but the main reason been shrouded in secrecy is the location of Egbin power station. Since they know Egbin will be fully loaded with industries within the cluster, they built another power station in Osun state that will provide power for Osun, Ondo and Ekiti states.

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Purehuman:


Excellent thought. I see many people saying that Lagos is the reason why Agbara, Ogun state have higher FDI than every other state. It's partly true but the main reason been shrouded in secrecy is the location of Egbin power station. Since they know Egbin will be fully loaded with industries within the cluster, they built another power station in Osun state that will provide power for Osun, Ondo and Ekiti states.

So, where am I driving at, the eastern governors have not thought of creating another power station in Imo state where they have a big pipeline carrying gas to the south south and other power stations in the country.

That is why our manufacturers are complaining bitterly that they can only pay salaries. We need better efforts from these governors and they should push for this.

Cooly100:


That's correct.

The question has been..what do people who patronise those hotels built everywhere and those who live in those expensive houses springing up everywhere do for a living? Aligbo needs big investments to support those who make their living, there. I give kudos to Nnewi, Onitsha and Aba axis of things...but more needs to be done. Though governments have signed many MOUs but the progress has been extremely, extremely slow.

For instant this is Onasis luxury Apartment Enugu, which you could have for a bargin of about 70K (£139) per night...with four bedrooms, a mini gym...etc, etc... What is the average income of people living and working in the city?

horsepower101:
Do you know that estimates show that Nigeria has a shortage of 17 million housing unit. There is a massive need for housing and real estate. Stop condemning those investing in real estate in the East. They are actually helping out a lot with the housing deficit while providing jobs and helping the economy.

Just building of one house provides many direct and indirect jobs.

The builder of the house will have to buy building materials.

The renter or owner of the house will have to buy household goods.

The workers will spend their payment of their family needs. .

I am sure spyder880 can break down the economic multiplier effect of real estate investment.

Purehuman:


Excellent thought. I see many people saying that Lagos is the reason why Agbara, Ogun state have higher FDI than every other state. It's partly true but the main reason been shrouded in secrecy is the location of Egbin power station. Since they know Egbin will be fully loaded with industries within the cluster, they built another power station in Osun state that will provide power for Osun, Ondo and Ekiti states.

So, where am I driving at, the eastern governors have not thought of creating another power station in Imo state where they have a big pipeline carrying gas to the south south and other power stations in the country.

That is why our manufacturers are complaining bitterly that they can only pay salaries. We need better efforts from these governors and they should push for this.

cjrane:





GBAM!


I'm inclined to believe some of those comments are made in bad faith. Especially with the shortsightedness of some people with village mentality that must condemn developments in another state because they think Enugu, Anamabra,Imo or Ebonyi should be first in something.

The Federal Government continues to build federal housing estates in northern state capitals and NONE in Southeast states. Yet, when our people rally their little resources to build housing estates in the SE, you hear faceless people condemning them. So how will the so called new graduate that wants to base in the SE and find a job or start a business live in a decent 2 bedroom flat at an affordable price if people didn't build it?
Or will they be able to use their first salary to suddenly buy land and build house within one month of working? So, if you read a little through their comments you find it does not make any sense and perhaps the only sense in it is the jealousy of seeing people building their own dream homes while they couldn't build their own. So it's a question of if "I" don't own it, nobody else should.

I get the need to get industries in the SE. But the big part of solving that misery is CAPTIVE POWER. Many Igbo industrialists go to Ogun state because Obasanjo made sure gas pipeline and other sources of power for an industrialist were installed there. We must have industrial cluster and get people to lay gas pipelines or provide dedicated power to the area before meaningful industrial takeoff can be achieved. The FG will not do this for the SE and infact will create numerous obstacles for those trying to do it. It is the State governments that must partner with these companies and use the apparatus of government to get the necessary approvals for the companies to solve the power puzzle.

Enugu Electricity Development Company has been a thorough failure. So using the existing grid to power these new industrial clusters cannot even be contemplated. Therefore, these companies will have to lay their own underground cables from the power stations to the industrial clusters or layouts they want to power.

Finally, since it has been proven that houses can run 100% on renewable rooftop solar power, we should begin to encourage that revolution as the boreholes revolution solved the issue of waiting for ever for government to provide portable water. Ways to manufacture the roof-top solar panels and inverter batteries locally should be massively encouraged by government. Luckily IBETO already has battery manufacturing technology that can be expanded to make bigger home install-able inverters and INNOSON and other industrialists should be encouraged to go into high quality roof-top solar panel manufacturing to solve home and small businesses electricity problems.


Hopefully in the very near future, we can have every house in our cities and villages with these 4-6 solar panels on roof top to supply 100% of their electricity needs than buying fuel guzzling generators. Banks can help finance these for small businesses and they will use money to pay for fuel generators to payback the bank loans. That will be a game changer in helping small businesses..

horsepower101:
Do you know that estimates show that Nigeria has a shortage of 17 million housing unit. There is a massive need for housing and real estate. Stop condemning those investing in real estate in the East. They are actually helping out a lot with the housing deficit while providing jobs and helping the economy.

Just building of one house provides many direct and indirect jobs.

The builder of the house will have to buy building materials.

The renter or owner of the house will have to buy household goods.

The workers will spend their payment of their family needs.

I am sure spyder880 can break down the economic multiplier effect of real estate investment.

NonsoWow:
Spyder880 The only reservation that I have with your comment is insinuating that Anambra and Enugu have something binding us. I completely disagree. You are not in rhythm with reality in that aspect. Anambra and Enugu have nothing in common. We are as far apart as THE NORTH POLE is from the SOUTH POLE. In terms of language(dialect), behaviour, economic status, Igboness, achievements, etc. Anambra indigenes are light years ahead of our neighbours in any positive area you can think of.

ChimaAdeoye:


Although many of our people are still fixated on developing other parts of Nigeria especially Lagos, Abuja than their own states or communities. For the first time since i came to America, i have heard Igbo people talk about owning something in their own states or key urban centers at Enugu, Onitsha,Owerri, Aba. Even cities as Awka, Asaba, Abakaliki, Umuahia, Okigwe,Nsukka,Nnewi,Orlu etc have been coming up in conversation where people want to invest.

This new attitude has shocked me because the average Igboman a few years ago will boast about being born in Maiduguri and has 20 buildings there and married his first daughter to a Kanuri chief.

I think finally, the scales are falling off our eyes to see Nigeria as it is, not what we wish it should be, so that we can reason properly.