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Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by Ugosample(m): 11:44am On Aug 03, 2019
KingOdart:

Move out of Lagos to a better place
It is not by force to live in Lagos
I actually don't live in Lagos atm But I was born and raised in Lagos and I consider Lagos as home
The govt has to do better

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Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by Ugosample(m): 11:45am On Aug 03, 2019
cenaman:
there was a day i track from costain to cms hoping to board a bus there to lekki, ladies and gentlemen i boarded a bus going to lekki on reaching bonny cantonment traffic jam, we spend 2hrs from bonny cantonment to law school bus stop. na so i kuku come down from the bus and use my legegi benz reach lekki phase 1.

jeez man

its a pity
Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by KingOdart(m): 11:46am On Aug 03, 2019
Ugosample:


I actually don't live in Lagos atm
But I was born and raised in Lagos and I consider Lagos as home

The govt has to do better

Lagos population is too much many Nigerians need to be deport from Lagos by force

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Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by Pato5(m): 11:47am On Aug 03, 2019
[quote author=KingOdart post=80895924]


Even if all these are done

It will never get better because Lagos Population would also skyrocket

The best solution it to develop other state
[/quote
I agree with u but developing other states takes determination and commitment from those states so till that happens let Lagos stakeholders work to make Lagos better.
Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by alezzy13: 11:57am On Aug 03, 2019
SIRKAY98:
i was about to write a post about the inccessant treatment the OKADA riders we are relying on from Iyana ipaja to Oshodi are facing from the hands of this killer Task Force police. over 150 bikers was clampled down in my face yesteday... yet you want us to sleep inside a snail polluted traffic. Lagos Governor sir please do something.
The people that voted you sir .dont need your money but..Good Road,Water and Steady Light.. focus on this sir .this is what we need as citizens. Eko Oni Baje OOO.

I agree that the okada riders might help combat the traffic issue, but the problem is most of them are implicated vices such as robbery

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Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by alezzy13: 11:59am On Aug 03, 2019
But honestly lagosians dey try. Few times I've been there have been hellish for me. The traffic is u bearable
Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by Livefreeordieha(m): 12:03pm On Aug 03, 2019
pocohantas:


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Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by abbatoir(m): 12:07pm On Aug 03, 2019
Nawaa
Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by poweredcom(m): 12:09pm On Aug 03, 2019
Come to mile2 and to apapa and to olodi apapa ajegunle apapa de suffer too much to Coconut you go vex for life see containers don block everywhere

Orile to surulere all the same

All these are too making life stressful for commuters I don Taya abeg

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Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by Nobody: 12:11pm On Aug 03, 2019
pocohantas:


Lmao. I hope that picture isn't real o. shocked

On a serious note, a colleague once said;

The distance between point A and B (in Lagos) is traffic. grin

Picture is real from Zimbabwe football. Believe it or not, the kicker is also a woman. She is kicking the referee because of what she considers a bad call.

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Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by SIRKAY98(m): 12:14pm On Aug 03, 2019
alezzy13:


I agree that the okada riders might help combat the traffic issue, but the problem is most of them are implicated vices such as robbery

I disagree bro! not all of them are bad folks that may hide gun under their Okada and results to stealing at night...if they have total freedom to do their okada transporting they are ready to work and earn enough from that without resulting to night Stealing. what of the GO RIDE, GO MAX, GO KADA COMPANY what is the motive behinde that?

iF OKADA can have there own road or way.lagos will move fast. or we should rather have a working rail systems that can accomodate us all and Lagos can learn from Dubai.

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Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by selfmadeOLX(m): 12:19pm On Aug 03, 2019
I leave home 10am and make sure I'm on my way back before 4pm. I understand how Lagos works.
Since I run my business as an industrial person, I can't be following employees drag the road mornings and evenings.

Lol.

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Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by Nobody: 12:19pm On Aug 03, 2019
Esco2:
I think they wanted everything in Lagos
While climbing on other States...?

Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by ringi82(m): 12:20pm On Aug 03, 2019
Lagos should be granted a special status by the federal government.. It's long overdue and its obvious thousands of people are trooping in from different parts of the country on a daily basis. We may have a catastrophe in our hands in the next 10 yrs if nothing is done to effectively ease transportation.
Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by CoolVoice(m): 12:22pm On Aug 03, 2019
LMAO.. So Lagos traffic is the worst in the world? You must be joking.. all this oyinbo sha want to use Africa to sell market.. because they know the citizen sef don't know their worth.. they easily accept bad report and in many cases find it hard to believe the good report.. because they can't see the good in themselves. Every country have it peculiar problems all they do is called Packaging (Branding in the name of "Patriotism" ).. So that the rest of the world's can think they have it good.

How about the traffic in India?

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Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by SIRKAY98(m): 12:28pm On Aug 03, 2019
alezzy13:


I agree that the okada riders might help combat the traffic issue, but the problem is most of them are implicated vices such as robbery

I think if something is going to help at Large one should Maximise the good in it to broad day light.

It depends on what we use modern day technology to achieve

Okada helping people to beat traffic and get to thier various destinations is not bad but that when its use for such intention.

Phones,Internet of things ,Laptops,CCTV,Power Bikes,Super Cars,Private Jets,Passenger Planes,Naira,Dollar,Pounds Etc are all vices to give us better lives only when properly used....
But it can become World War III if used wrongly.

What of the GOKADA,OPAY RIDER,GO MAX OKADA moving freely without been impounded.


Brother robery can exist even if there is no Okada..... so let the Okada do their hussling pemding when We have better structued transport in Lagos.

Remenber Badagry road, Apapa gridlock! Yet no solutions yet!

Life is short.
Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by Nobody: 12:33pm On Aug 03, 2019
Lagos does not have up to 5 million vehicles. So the ratio of car owners to the people is 5:8? What about the leggedes people? Or the buses taking at least 14 persons? Lagos does not have even up to 1 million vehicles.
Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by KamalMarx: 12:38pm On Aug 03, 2019
Funny how, Lagos doesn't have the worst hold-up in the world.

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Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by drmikeadams(m): 12:39pm On Aug 03, 2019
SIRKAY98:
i was about to write a post about the inccessant treatment the OKADA riders we are relying on from Iyana ipaja to Oshodi are facing from the hands of this killer Task Force police. over 150 bikers was clampled down in my face yesteday... yet you want us to sleep inside a snail polluted traffic. Lagos Governor sir please do something.
The people that voted you sir .dont need your money but..Good Road,Water and Steady Light.. focus on this sir .this is what we need as citizens. Eko Oni Baje OOO.
grin grin grin. People dey struggle to survive,govt go find way frustrate them
Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by Nobody: 12:43pm On Aug 03, 2019
So long as the Onne, Warri, Calabar and other sea and river Ports are not fully functional, Murtala Mohammed international Airport remains the primary hub for airlines coming into Nigeria, the railway isn't fully functional, this overcrowding and traffic congestion issue will remain perpetual.

Lagos has been structured to retain almost all the economic headquarters in the country and this is one of the consequences, others include;

Perpetual Pollution issues
High Accommodation costs
Man made disasters etc

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Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by meobizy(f): 12:50pm On Aug 03, 2019
Yes, this is world’s worst continuous traffic. The worst however happens once every year in one of the most populous countries in the world: China.
Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by djon78(m): 12:54pm On Aug 03, 2019
Ishilove:
You get to work in the morning and lay your head on your desk for at least 5 minutes. You're not praying; you're exhausted.

It's killing. Lagos is killing.

Thank God I ran away from that city.
The Best decision I ever made.
The stress was terrible.
Seriously enjoying my life in Abj city.


And seriously
That kind of stress is never good for ones health.
Just be very careful though

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Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by Nobody: 12:57pm On Aug 03, 2019
uuzba:

And these guys continue rushing into Lagos to hustle and die.
They are even causing the traffic jam

na them sabi shaa

my own is that life is not all about making all the money,

is about peace of mind and good health
Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by Madaraa1(m): 12:57pm On Aug 03, 2019
a country were driving car is a sussess everyone don't need to own a car if the city is that crowdy


pave way for water transport and also subway like 3 train way that run the whole of Lagos back to back 3 should turn the whole Lagos like less than every three hours



everybody should have their boundary only in Nigeria market women dey drag road with cars why obey rules keep the market clean for trekkers to walk without causing commotion



ban hawkers there just too much some hawkers have upgrade used wheel barrow to block road all in the name of I don't know


orderliness one of the character we failed as a whole country



some of you have a car and you see a lot of traffic trek out of the traffic and take one when neeeded legedis leg pay pass stuck in bus

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Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by santafe(m): 1:07pm On Aug 03, 2019
Thank God say I don escape from this madness. I remember Apapa hold up I'm those days. Chai.

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Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by djon78(m): 1:10pm On Aug 03, 2019
Aurielfinizu:


na them sabi shaa

my own is that life is not all about making all the money,

is about peace of mind and good health


Many don't understand that.
Peace of mind, gives good health and even cool brain to think, money will still come

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Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by Rajiokazaki(m): 1:13pm On Aug 03, 2019
Ishilove:
We keep making headlines. Even CNN has noticed.


https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/traffic-stress-lagos-nigeria/index.html
....one of the best pieces I have read on niaraland...... but am quite skeptical about the population of Lagos in relation to New York's , as quoted in this piece
Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by pocohantas(f): 1:15pm On Aug 03, 2019
ornicus:


Picture is real from Zimbabwe football. Believe it or not, the kicker is also a woman. She is kicking the referee because of what she considers a bad call.

Ah! That woman no resemble woman o.
The picture made me shudder grin
Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by maekkyrain(m): 1:21pm On Aug 03, 2019
As lag tire me I comot, if u feel tired Oga go ur village so u go fit complete 90yrs......#90yrs gang



Pls I need as much as possible empty printer ink cateriage....money is involved
Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by Nobody: 1:22pm On Aug 03, 2019
djon78:



Many don't understand that.
Peace of mind, gives good health and even cool brain to think, money will still come

when there is life... there is hope..

most of my uncles that lived in lagos old so fast, anyone that managed to retired will come village

but some uncles still retired in abuja and still live more 30yrs gallantly
Re: Lagos Traffic- Life Inside The World's Worst Traffic Jam by djon78(m): 1:39pm On Aug 03, 2019
Aurielfinizu:


when there is life... there is hope..

most of my uncles that lived in lagos old so fast, anyone that managed to retired will come village

but some uncles still retired in abuja and still live more 30yrs gallantly


Why won't they old quickly


Nothing destroys the human body more than stress. In fact stress opens the body up to killer diseases.
Someone will not rest well
Always busy
Untop of that they don't even eat healthy
Which is double wahala


Peace of mind is very good
You will even enjoy life more
Get the fun and sweetness out of life
Time to work, one works extremely hard
Time to rest and relax. You do that very well
That's the balance life should be about

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