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Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by buceta: 5:17pm On May 30, 2018
I'm visiting Nigeria from the U.S, and Lagos is the most ridiculous place I have ever seen. Why are the people in this city so disorganized? Does this have something to do with the Yoruba culture?

You have chickens playing around in sewage, kids playing in mountains of garbage. Donkeys walking on the sidewalk, people walking in the road. Goats shitting in the street. No maintenance of buildings, no drainage, shitty food, shitty internet, shitty everything. Aren't you people ashamed to have foreigners come to a place like Lagos?

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Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by gurnam: 5:19pm On May 30, 2018
You registered this account just this afternoon to write ?

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Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by buceta: 5:20pm On May 30, 2018
gurnam:
You registered this account just this afternoon to write ?
Yes. I'm genuinely curious about how a city could degenerate to such levels.

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Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by gurnam: 5:21pm On May 30, 2018
buceta:
Yes. I'm genuinely curious about how a city could degenerate to such levels.

Good luck in your quest

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Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by Zdoh(m): 6:02pm On May 30, 2018
buceta:
Yes. I'm genuinely curious about how a city could degenerate to such levels.
Like you are dissapointed? That is how and where we find our nation Lagos is even better than some states. The more you look the less you see ma/sir.

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Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by buceta: 6:07pm On May 30, 2018
gurnam:


Good luck in your quest
What is this supposed to mean?
Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by SalamRushdie: 6:20pm On May 30, 2018
We don't call it world's largest glorified slum for nothing

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Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by front3line: 6:54pm On May 30, 2018
buceta:
I'm visiting Nigeria from the U.S, and Lagos is the most ridiculous place I have ever seen. Why are the people in this city so disorganized? Does this have something to do with the Yoruba culture?

You have chickens playing around in sewage, kids playing in mountains of garbage. Donkeys walking on the sidewalk, people walking in the road. Goats shitting in the street. No maintenance of buildings, no drainage, shitty food, shitty internet, shitty everything. Aren't you people ashamed to have foreigners come to a place like Lagos?

Where is your picture from the USA n where is your picture in Lagos ?

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Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by PresidentAde(m): 8:01pm On May 30, 2018
buceta:
I'm visiting Nigeria from the U.S, and Lagos is the most ridiculous place I have ever seen. Why are the people in this city so disorganized? Does this have something to do with the Yoruba culture?

You have chickens playing around in sewage, kids playing in mountains of garbage. Donkeys walking on the sidewalk, people walking in the road. Goats shitting in the street. No maintenance of buildings, no drainage, shitty food, shitty internet, shitty everything. Aren't you people ashamed to have foreigners come to a place like Lagos?

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Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by buceta: 8:43pm On May 30, 2018
Zdoh:
Like you are dissapointed? That is how and where we find our nation Lagos is even better than some states. The more you look the less you see ma/sir.
I was extremely disappointed. Lagos makes it look like all the terrible things they say about Africa/Africans in the Western media is true. The city was an absolute disaster. If you want to know the truth, after three days in Lagos I had given up on Africa.

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Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by trapQ: 9:37pm On May 30, 2018
Lmao... Lagos is a giant shithole. You should've just gone to Abuja
buceta:
I was extremely disappointed. Lagos makes it look like all the terrible things they say about Africa/Africans in the Western media is true. The city was an absolute disaster. If you want to know the truth, after three days in Lagos I had given up on Africa.

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Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by ifyalways(f): 10:21pm On May 30, 2018
Oyibo repete.

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Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by desmond2pk: 10:52pm On May 30, 2018
They yorubas will skin you if this post made ft. They believe Lagos is the best. The shit is normal to them. It will be abnormal if there is no shit.
They will be reelecting ambode soon whose job as a governor is to built bus stops. They shits mean nothing to him.

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Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by Zdoh(m): 8:21am On May 31, 2018
buceta:
I was extremely disappointed. Lagos makes it look like all the terrible things they say about Africa/Africans in the Western media is true. The city was an absolute disaster. If you want to know the truth, after three days in Lagos I had given up on Africa.
Lo..that is just the way people have programmed themselves here and always feels bad about it. Are you still in Lagos or left back to the state.
Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by TheKingIsHere: 9:45am On May 31, 2018
I have a relative that came back from US some days ago.

He was really pissed off with what he saw in Lagos.

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Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by izombie(m): 9:51am On May 31, 2018
Nigerians have no shame. Driving from MMA anytime i visit nigeria i just feel ashamed of my country. Lagos is a sh1thole period.

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Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by ayorinde217(m): 10:10am On May 31, 2018
You should have walked to ambode's office abi buhari and express your dissatisfaction on the state of the nation or lagos city, ranting here won't make any difference

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Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by DabuIIIT: 10:23am On May 31, 2018
Op,its in their blood,very dirty ppl.
If lagos,their only london,is a pack of mess like this,you can only imagine how it is in ogbomosho,oshogbo,ibadan,....coneheads are used to garbage.
grin

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Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by GuyWise(m): 11:41am On May 31, 2018
Can't stop laughing
Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by perez100: 12:05pm On May 31, 2018
Lagos and ...
Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by babyfaceafrica: 12:10pm On May 31, 2018
So we should boil water?
Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by buceta: 12:43pm On May 31, 2018
trapQ:
Lmao... Lagos is a giant shithole. You should've just gone to Abuja
I'm in Abuja now. Abuja is so beautiful and organized that it looks like a different country compared to Lagos. I'm so happy to see people with brains and self respect in Nigeria because what I saw in Lagos scared me. Someone who can live in a dumpster like that without feeling shame is not normal. I don't think you guys realize the impression a city like that makes on visitors.

Even I was losing respect for the people there, so you can just imagine what a real foreigner will think. They will see you as subhuman, and who can blame them? Even termites are more organized than lagosians.

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Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by buceta: 12:48pm On May 31, 2018
DabuIIIT:
Op,its in their blood,very dirty ppl.
If lagos,their only london,is a pack of mess like this,you can only imagine how it is in ogbomosho,oshogbo,ibadan,....coneheads are used to garbage.
grin
So this is a Yoruba cultural trait? Because I'm beginning to suspect them as being the common denominator is this kind of dysfunction.
Maybe the Yoruba tribe is where all the crazy ghetto African Americans & Jamaicans came from.

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Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by dealslip(f): 12:51pm On May 31, 2018
Every state in Nigeria is well represented in Lagos and Lagos reflects the state of mind of everyone in Nigeria. Lagos is a giant shithole because Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba all come here to make a living and they come with their mindset. Guess what this is the typical look of every state in Nigeria including FCT. When I visited Kuje in FCT I thought I was in Idi Araba in Lagos but getting to the CBD it was all different . When I passed Idemili in Anambra for a wedding it was a mountain of refuse and filth but by the time we got to Ozobulu, the roads were so beautiful and calm. If you had visited the Ikoyi/VI/Lekki axis, you would have thought Lagos was better.
BTW I don't even believe you came from the US, but to educate others who may believe what you wrote. We know you are an Igbo man so quit the pretence about Yoruba people. Don't forget according to Igbo bureau of statistics, Lagos is a no man's land and it has a 51% population of Igbo people and the reason why it should even have an Igbo Governor. If you do the maths, you will know it is the Igbo people that made Lagos a shithole. Thanks

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Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by buceta: 1:04pm On May 31, 2018
dealslip:
Every state in Nigeria is well represented in Lagos and Lagos reflects the state of everyone in Nigeria. Guess what this is the typical look of every state in Nigeria including FCT. If you had visited the Ikoyi/VI/Lekki axis, you would have thought Lagos was better.
So far Abuja has been wonderful, it looks like a first world city. I could actually live here and be just as comfortable as in the United States. However in Lagos everything was shit. Trust me, I drove all over the city looking for something decent to film but everything was terrible (except the Eko Atlantic site). Even the University of Lagos looked like it hasn't been maintained in decades.

I'm going to go to Warri and maybe Uyo next... we will see if it compares to Lagos. I hope not.

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Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by buceta: 1:10pm On May 31, 2018
dealslip:
Every state in Nigeria is well represented in Lagos and Lagos reflects the state of mind of everyone in Nigeria. Lagos is a giant shithole because Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba all come here to make a living and they come with their mindset. Guess what this is the typical look of every state in Nigeria including FCT. When I visited Kuje in FCT I thought I was in Idi Araba in Lagos but getting to the CBD it was all different . When I passed Idemili in Anambra for a wedding it was a mountain of refuse and filth but by the time we got to Ozobulu, the roads were so beautiful and calm. If you had visited the Ikoyi/VI/Lekki axis, you would have thought Lagos was better.
BTW I don't even believe you came from the US, but to educate others who may believe what you wrote.

I'm a Nigerian American. I live in the U.S, and after seeing Lagos I was ready to disown Nigeria. If you live in that nightmare city, you need to open your eyes.

I wouldn't expect such a disorganized city in Somalia, Liberia or the Congo....

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Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by dealslip(f): 1:13pm On May 31, 2018
buceta:


I'm a Nigerian American. I live in the U.S, and after seeing Lagos I was ready to disown Nigeria. If you live in that nightmare city, you need to open your eyes.

I wouldn't expect such a disorganized city in Somalia, Liberia or the Congo....
Take a tour to Kuje and let me know what you think about FCT after the tour

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Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by buceta: 1:16pm On May 31, 2018
dealslip:

Take a tour to Kuje and let me know what you think about FCT after the tour
Ok, I'll check it out.
Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by T9ksy(m): 1:20pm On May 31, 2018
dealslip:



BTW I don't even believe you came from the US, but to educate others who may believe what you wrote.


Of course, he/she is not from the states but rather from some slum in abia state. By their rhetorics, you shall know them.

The Op is just another mischevious flatinoes out to do what they love to do most- yoruba bashing but hey we wouldn't tag them "yorubaphobic" o. Notice how the Op was quick to agree and propagate another idio.tic flatinoes' comment that it must be a yoruba culture. Meanwhile, they are the same mo.ro.ns who always claim ther are more of their kith and kins in lagos than the actual locals

Bunch of hate-filled, myopic ingrates.

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Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by buceta: 1:38pm On May 31, 2018
T9ksy:



Of course, he/she is not from the states but rather from some slum in abia state. By their rhetorics, you shall know them.

The Op is just another mischevious flatinoes out to do what they love to do most- yoruba bashing but hey we wouldn't tag them "yorubaphobic" o. Notice how the Op was quick to agree and propagate another idio.tic flatinoes' comment that it must be a yoruba culture. Meanwhile, they are the same mo.ro.ns who always claim ther are more of their kith and kins in lagos than the actual locals

Bunch of hate-filled, myopic ingrates.
Oh shut up. This is an honest thread, I'm not trying to bash Yoruba people. Everyone knows Igbo people have problems too (international crime, scams, etc.) and Hausa people have problems (fanaticism, boko Haram) and fulani people have problems (mass murder, herdsmen)...

I just want to know the origin of this excessive disorganization in Lagos because it looks like a cultural issue.

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Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by OkutaNla: 1:39pm On May 31, 2018
T9ksy:



Of course, he/she is not from the states but rather from some slum in abia state. By their rhetorics, you shall know them.

The Op is just another mischevious flatinoes out to do what they love to do most- yoruba bashing but hey we wouldn't tag them "yorubaphobic" o. Notice how the Op was quick to agree and propagate another idio.tic flatinoes' comment that it must be a yoruba culture. Meanwhile, they are the same mo.ro.ns who always claim ther are more of their kith and kins in lagos than the actual locals

Bunch of hate-filled, myopic ingrates.

Bro, you sabi those children of hate wella. grin But really who cares what they think about Lagos?? No be today dem begin hate Lagos while the state continues to grow in leaps and bounds, yet in spite of their hatred they refuse to move back to their eldorado enclave. Na bitterness go kee dem. Nna eh, we Yorubas will continue to develop our 'mess', they too should go and build a state that is of similar stature in their region where others can flock to the way they are doing to Lagos. Awon omo irankiran.

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Re: Why Is Lagos Such A Mess? by OkutaNla: 1:40pm On May 31, 2018
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