Abeg who don see Aso Rock before, atleast we dey see White house and the rest.

femi4:
you will not understand the reason why it was moved under ibb

He quickened it....for obvious reasons;but it was already promulgated long before he became C-in-C.

If he didn't do it, someone else will.

NORSIYK:
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.

I swear e tire me o. Before u know u start hearing Igbo domination

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

the reason the nation capital was move from Calabar to Lagos is because Calabar people are dog eaters and we don't want people around the world thinks that the whole people in the country are dogs eaters..dog is widely known as a domestic animals and people around the world don't eat dogs.. So dey have to move it to Lagos State... Where we have civilised people

They may have been ulterior motives by the people who moved the capital to Abuja, but as an economist, urban planner and a former security personnel; the move was expedient. It was a must!

kennieG:
To be honest and sentiment aside ,Abuja still remains the best strategic point to have the seat of power in Nigeria

I disagree, Kogi is better, north, East and west are close to Kogi unlike Abuja that is inclined to the North only.

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

Why was it moved from Zungeru in Niger State to Calabar?

NORSIYK:
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.

If they don't mentally masturbate on anything Igbo, how else would they reach orgasm.

Alexiseffect:
Abeg who don see Aso Rock before, atleast we dey see White house and the rest.

Abi o, I don reason am e don tire me. Pls who don see Aso Rock before. Give me the address.

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.

This is debatable

Everything depends on planning and having the right people in government

fergie001:

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

They're referred to as Aguda Panel

Born2Breed:


If they don't mentally masturbate on anything Igbo, how else would they reach orgasm.

lool

Exc2000:




the imbecilee writer said ibos now own most land in abuja.... what an ignorant assertion,


..

have you checked the fact? Go to AGIS in Abuja and check.

B

fergie001:

He quickened it....for obvious reasons;but it was already promulgated long before he became C-in-C.

If he didn't do it, someone else will.

you still don't get it. He made the move for ulterior motive.

Kapilta:
Because economic refugees from yeast and south invaded our fatherland all in the name of One Nigeria.

We are still begging them today to please return home and leave our fatherland. The destruction they've caused fathersland is enough. To hell with One Nigeria. Invaders and intruders please come and be going.

You know what? As long as Nigeria remains one against the wish of the Igbos, the Igbos will continue to buy your father's land, build on it and turn you into their tenants.

North is more or less Nigeria because they are the majority and Abuja is in the North!

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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.

Bros! apart from being filled with tribalism, they soaked their life in so called BBN, d show dat have a sound morality question! God help us!!!

To beat coup d'etat! That's all.

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

Carry your 1 dimensional thinking out of my mention , If you meet me face to face I swear I will enslave you forever because your mind is too shallow

femi4:
you still don't get it. He made the move for ulterior motive.

Fill me in.

Because lagos is too small to be a capital city
QED

Grupo:


You know what? As long as Nigeria remains one against the wish of the Igbos, the Igbos will continue to buy your father's land, build on it and turn you into their tenants.

Have you eaten today?

Your region is very tiny so I understand this your urges of bragging about Land

You are screaming Biafra or death but at the same time bragging of acquiring Land outside your region.

Don't you think you are confuse and doing yourselves?

So what if Igbo bought all the Land in Abuja does that mean Abuja would be the capital of Biafra?


Or Igbo would have more rights than other Nigerians in Abuja?

Grupo:


You know what? As long as Nigeria remains one against the wish of the Igbos, the Igbos will continue to buy your father's land, build on it and turn you into their tenants.

NORSIYK:
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.

Usual chestbeatingism, the OP presented no data whatsoever to support which tribe has the largest land holders in Abuja.
One would have expected the claim is backed by data from ministry of the FCT or Federal housing authority (FHA)

davodyguy:

They're referred to as Aguda Panel

Ya
Seven wise men....well done Sir.
How is Auckland, that is if you are still there?
I won't be surprised if you tell me you are in Antarctica

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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KingOdart:


Have you eaten today?

Your region is very tiny so I understand this your urges of bragging about Land

You are screaming Biafra or death but at the same time bragging of acquiring Land outside your region.

Don't you think you are confuse and doing yourselves?

So what if Igbo bought all the Land in Abuja does that mean Abuja would be the capital of Biafra?

Dunno mate
Maybe he's secure in the fact that biafra is secure
Again dunno

Grupo:


You know what? As long as Nigeria remains one against the wish of the Igbos, the Igbos will continue to buy your father's land, build on it and turn you into their tenants.

keep buying and keep making me a tenant. All that concerns me is that invaders must leave our lands alone. Wether Igbos or not, i give no f about any One Nigeria. Go away from our lands your intruders. That's all we ask

fergie001:

Ya
Seven wise men....well done Sir.
How is Auckland, that is if you are still there?
I won't be surprised if you tell me you are in Antarctica

Lol.

I'm back oo.

My next stop is Malaysia and Singapore, but we are praying that God should bless us more so we can be able to afford it.

The 'street is not smiling oo'

femi4:
IBB was afraid of being assassinated

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

IBB did not move the capital to Abuja, the capital was in existence before him he only fastracked the relocation of the seat of government.