₦airaland Forum

joefelin2345:
The panel as brilliant as it was had terms of reference to adhere to. Who know know how meat disappers from the mouth. When they want to do their dirty work, they put southerner as the head of the panel with his hands tight. Same thing is happening now but because majority if us are not children of Isaaca, they do not understand the signs of time. Thank you n good morning.

femi4:
Well said

cc fergie001

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

wirinet:
The main reason the capital was moved from Lagos was mainly security. Security of the government against coups and security of the country against foreign invasion.
The seat of government Dondan Barracks and State house (marina) were security nightmares. It was very prone to coups as it is surrounded by Two major Barracks - Bonny camp and Dodan Barracks. All a soldier has to do to overthrow the government was to take control of the two Barracks in a lightening strike.

Another major disadvantage of Lagos as the seat of government is that it is too close to the sea. An advanced navy could sneak into the marina with a submarine undetected and overthrow the government with special forces, while an aircraft carrier wait off the coast to begin a full invasion. An invasion could be carried out within a few hours. Remember, Saddam Hussain sacked the Kuwaiti seat of government within 12 hours of invasion.

Another problem with Lagos was that it was easy to isolate the seat of government from the rest of the country. Just blow up the bridges that connect the Lagos island from the mainland and the government would be isolated. It would be impossible to bring in troops to repel an attack on the seat of 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

Exc2000:




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


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ejimatic:
. President Gen Murtala Mohammed conceived the idea in 1978 .He wanted a central place for the capital of Nigeria.Abuja is central and nobody s land then. President Babangida implemented it in 1991. Regrettably all federal capital projects were abandoned...National theatre Iganmu. National Stadium Surulere and so on....

Exc2000:
you think records of tribe who owns land is cptured in the C of O.. what a joke

kizzieJR:
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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

thesicilian:
Because a Northerner was the Head of State.

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

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.

Sirwallace:
I thought murtala was assasinated in 1976.
He overthrown Gowon in 1975 and his administration didnt last past a year before OBJ took over.

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.

Exc2000:
you think records of tribe who owns land is cptured in the C of O.. what a joke

southpole:
The way Federal Capital Development Authority deals and document landed properties is different from how it is done in your village. You only know C of O, it is more than that. That is why I advised you contact AGIS. AGIS stands for Abuja Geographical Information Systrm

Exc2000:
why not be straight forward, do the GIS system captures tribe of land owners after applying for red copy survey?

Exc2000:
why not be straight forward, do the GIS system captures tribe of land owners after applying for red copy survey?

southpole:
AGIS has every information

Exc2000:
and you had acces to its toget fact that ibos have the most land in abuja?

Exc2000:
why not be straight forward, do the GIS system captures tribe of land owners after applying for red copy survey?

Exc2000:
and you had acces to its toget fact that ibos have the most land in abuja?