okay let me give a different view from Kennedy’s cabal theory.

Lagos was congested and due to the nature of the terrain, it was difficult to expand and have the kind of infrastructure that was envisaged. Abuja in the center of the country has virtually limitless land for expansion. World class infrastructure has been built but has fallen into disrepair due to poor maintenance and planning culture.

Security was also a nightmare due to the congestion. There had been 2 assassinations of the President already and 4 changes of government in violent ways. It was believed that there was a need to have a better position for the seats of government. The seat of government in Abuja is in a wide expanse of land where movement around the whole city can be monitored. There has never been violent transfer of power since the capital moved in 1993.

Lagos was deeply entrenched in the heartland of one of the main ethnic groups in Nigeria and there was no chance it was going to loosen up. Contrary to the widely held belief in the South of Nigeria, Abuja is not Hausa land but the minority Gwari tribe. Igbo people from South of Nigeria are now the largest land holders in Abuja.

The 70s was a time of Black/African renaissance and the belief that the black man had a great manifest destiny was still alive. Abuja was therefore conceived of as a City that will be a showpiece and pride of the Black race.

If the cabal was all about regionalism and tribalism, Kaduna would have been the choice of the new Capital not Abuja.


Source: https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Nigeria-move-its-capital-from-Lagos-to-Abuja

THERE IS LESS POPULATION IN ABUJA

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Because a Northerner was the Head of State.

why was the capital moved from calabar to lagos and why was it moved from lokoja to calabar

The points in the original article are valid.

thesicilian:
Because a Northerner was the Head of State.

It was a strategic move that proved wise, but I don't expect tribalist like you to see it any other way.

baralatie:
why was the capital moved from calabar to lagos and why was it moved from lokoja to calabar

Chaiii, you beat me to this question

dustmalik:

It was a strategic move that proved wise, but I don't expect tribalist like you to see it any other way.

bros.....so many olodos on the forum? the youths; future of our country doesn't know d reason, chaiii?

they won't know....just as u've said, they're filled with tribalism.

BizLifeE:
okay let me give a different view from Kennedy’s cabal theory.

Lagos was congested and due to the nature of the terrain, it was difficult to expand and have the kind of infrastructure that was envisaged. Abuja in the center of the country has virtually limitless land for expansion. World class infrastructure has been built but has fallen into disrepair due to poor maintenance and planning culture.

Security was also a nightmare due to the congestion. There had been 2 assassinations of the President already and 4 changes of government in violent ways. It was believed that there was a need to have a better position for the seats of government. The seat of government in Abuja is in a wide expanse of land where movement around the whole city can be monitored. There has never been violent transfer of power since the capital moved in 1993.

Lagos was deeply entrenched in the heartland of one of the main ethnic groups in Nigeria and there was no chance it was going to loosen up. Contrary to the widely held belief in the South of Nigeria, Abuja is not Hausa land but the minority Gwari tribe. Igbo people from South of Nigeria are now the largest land holders in Abuja.

The 70s was a time of Black/African renaissance and the belief that the black man had a great manifest destiny was still alive. Abuja was therefore conceived of as a City that will be a showpiece and pride of the Black race.

If the cabal was all about regionalism and tribalism, Kaduna would have been the choice of the new Capital not Abuja.


Source: https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Nigeria-move-its-capital-from-Lagos-to-Abuja

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Abuja has NOT "fallen into disrepair". If anything it has been wonderfully maintained considering the dire predictions by naysayers of yesteryear, that the city would turn a slum. That hasn't happened, but it hasn't stopped your type from inventing stories of "disrepair".

No city can look "brand new" forever, so long as you have millions of people in it.

Rossikki:


Abuja has NOT "fallen into disrepair". If anything it has been wonderfully maintained considering the dire predictions by naysayers of yesteryear, that the city would turn a slum. That hasn't happened, but it hasn't stopped your type from inventing stories of "disrepair".

No city can look "brand new" forever, so long as you have millions of people in It .

True!

thesicilian:
Because a Northerner was the Head of State.

The OP's submissions are valid and it was a decision that bore all semblance of correctness.
Coastal (easy to be subject to attack),
Infrastructural expansion deficit, and
Dominance of a particular major ethnic group, having just come out from a civil war.
The exact reasons why Brazil moved from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia.

Moreover, they wanted a central rallying point for the country, hence Abuja.

The man who headed the panel that decided it was Abuja wasn't a Northerner...he is Yoruba, Justice Akinola Aguda.

The panel concluded its work and submitted to the then Head of State, Gen. Murtala Muhammed who announced it 7 days before his assassination.

PS:
The capital moved to Abuja from Lagos on the 12th of December 1991 and not in 1993.


PANEL COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO DECIDED IT WAS ABUJA
Hon. Justice T. Akinola Aguda, Chairman
Dr. Tai Solarin, Member
Col. Monsignor Pedro Martins, Member
Alhaji Muhammad Musa Isma, Member
Chief Owen Feibai, Member
Dr. Ajato Gandonu, Member
Professor, O. K. Ogan, Member

The north wanted the seat of govt out of the south !!!!! It had nothing to do with over population of Lagos

The poster above have said it. In addition, they displaced ethnic nationalities of Abuja to build a capital there. The first ever building erected in the capital was the NATIONAL MOSQUE �

Very simple. Lagos is south, Abuja is north. Even the Bible say “Fear Not North”

Unless we hear from those who moved it, Na speculations we go dey read here

no wonder

Security was also a nightmare due to the congestion. There had been 2 assassinations of the President already and 4 changes of government in violent ways. It was believed that there was a need to have a better position for the seats of government. The seat of government in Abuja is in a wide expanse of land where movement around the whole city can be monitored. There has never been violent transfer of power since the capital moved in 1993.

Good thread.
Good and reasonable reason.

God bless Nigeria

Hmmm

The center of unity...hopefully

Nothing sensible in the reason the Op gave

It was full of tribal tantrums and rumours

There was no facts and objectives

Why bringing Igbos into the matter?

Just look at how he termed it Igbo people from South of Nigeria are now the largest land holders in Abuja.

Greed

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In 1975, with good intentions, Gen. Murtala Mohammed appointed a 7 man committee led by justice Akinola Aguda (Tai Solarin was a member ) to examine the dual role of Lagos as a federal and state capital and recommend a suitable alternative for a federal capital which will belong to every Nigerian and won't be cited within one of the three major ethnic groups and it's name won't be affiliated with any ethnic group.

After Murtala was killed, the names suggested by the committee was abandoned and it was named "Abuja" - A name in an existing Northern emirate capital.

The whole concept of a new FCT as a symbol of our unity and nationhood was completely assassinated and buried.

Dey bliv Abuja is the center/heart of Nigeria

FarahAideed:
The north wanted the seat of govt out of the south !!!!! It had nothing to do with over population of Lagos

dumb..ask yourself why Brazil moved it's capital to Brasilia and why Indonesia is do u ng the same

Cos it is closer to the north where they dictate power, most of the rich men from the north reside there

IBB was afraid of being assassinated

The IBB must go crew were powerful and organized riots from time to time in Lagos

ArmaniUhuru:
Northern agenda. Even the Bible say “Fear Not North”

which chapter and verse is this written?