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Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by tayo4ng(m): 10:58pm On Nov 03, 2019 |
Niger state, Abuja is part of suleja before it became FCT 3 Likes |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by Elfather12: 10:59pm On Nov 03, 2019 |
IMO state and abia if na lie ask buba |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by rtdCivilservant: 11:04pm On Nov 03, 2019 |
gloriaunobi:Hi. U are beautiful. |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by salusworth(m): 11:05pm On Nov 03, 2019 |
Kaduna 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by noisy45(m): 11:05pm On Nov 03, 2019 |
Enugu, abia IMO state stupid question |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by tck2000(m): 11:06pm On Nov 03, 2019 |
Informative |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by Sterope(f): 11:10pm On Nov 03, 2019 |
No, it shows the kind if selfish shortsighted being you are JonDon12: 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by Nobody: 11:12pm On Nov 03, 2019 |
Nasarawa |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by PDPGuy: 11:12pm On Nov 03, 2019 |
Abuja was part of present day Niger and Nasarawa states 2 Likes |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by dominique(f): 11:14pm On Nov 03, 2019 |
JonDon12: What kind of nonsense talk is this? Should the capital have remained in Lagos, the smallest state in the country? A state as at the 70s was already getting congested. Building a new city from scratch in a central area is one of the wisest decisions our leaders have ever made for this country. Besides, who sold the south south to the west when the capital was moved from Calabar to Lagos or you think Lagos has been the capital all along? 27 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by ndukwechinasa: 11:18pm On Nov 03, 2019 |
JonDon12:You are so funny. Even his defense mechanism worsened the issue. But u dy find dis people trouble. 2 Likes |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by lordatkinson07(m): 11:20pm On Nov 03, 2019 |
THE FCT WAS CAVED OUT FROM NIGER STATE 2 Likes |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by Nobody: 11:27pm On Nov 03, 2019 |
The gods threw it there |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by Nobody: 11:27pm On Nov 03, 2019 |
SouthSouth1914: And yet nasarawa is still as it is...irony 1 Like |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by JonDon12: 11:30pm On Nov 03, 2019 |
dominique: Do you know how much building that whole city cost. Most of the best cities in the world come about organically. Berlin is not the centre of Germany. Neither is Paris or London. London has always, always been congested. Do you see the brits arbitrarily throwing money down the thames trying to build another city. Go to Abuja and see how different it is from Regular cities like Akure, Aba or Lafia. Instead of developing what we have , we threw money down the drain based on tribalism. Do you think the North for any reason will let the south have the capital city. Hell no. They are not even going to give back the presidency. 5 Likes |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by HajiMT: 11:44pm On Nov 03, 2019 |
Please note that the old Kwara State donated Abaji part of the FCT. Kwara is not among...before some part of kwara will make up Abuja , all Niger state must have been abuja[/quote] 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by Paiko1801: 11:44pm On Nov 03, 2019 |
Niger state 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by Kayharry(m): 11:52pm On Nov 03, 2019 |
How Abuja Was Chosen as Nigeria’s Capital The problems associated with the capital being in Lagos, such as population pressures, political and ethnic divisions, led to the search for a new capital in 1976. Abuja was selected from among 33 possible sites. Physically located in the centre of the country and viewed as neutral both ethnically and religiously, it is where culture and religion meet. The criteria used for selection included: centrality, healthy, climate, land availability and use, water supply, multi-access possibilities, security, existence of resources, drainage, good soil, physical planning convenience and ethic accord. The Emir of Abuja at the time, Alhaji Suleiman Barau, was asked to meet with his Emirate Council to approve contributing four of the five districts to Abuja to become the new capital. The council was divided as some districts considered it too much of a sacrifice; but at the end, they approved the request from the Federal Government. Thus, the Abuja in Niger State contributed 80% of the land of the territory, Plateau State (now Nassarawa State) contributed 16% of the South east territory and Kwara State (Now Kogi State) contributed about 4% of the south-west territory. 20 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by Passionate888: 11:52pm On Nov 03, 2019 |
Sterope:I remember watching his interview with Charley Boy on tv (zoom time), he said he is from Gwari or Gbagi 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by Kayharry(m): 12:05am On Nov 04, 2019 |
JonDon12:Gongola State is a former administrative division of Nigeria. It was created on 3 February 1976 from Adamawa and Sardauna Provinces of North State, together with the Wukari Division of the then Benue-Plateau State; it existed until 27 August 1991, when it was divided into two states - Adamawa and Taraba. The city of Yola was the capital of Gongola State. 1 Like |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by oglalasioux(m): 12:11am On Nov 04, 2019 |
hisgrace090: Murtala Mohammed, not IBB. By the time IBB became Head of State, Shagari and Ekwueme had built a good part of the capital city. Then Vice president Alex Ekwueme drew the Abuja master plan. |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by Honor10: 12:37am On Nov 04, 2019 |
JonDon12: How does this relate to the topic? Tribalism has damaged ur brain. It is a pity. 3 Likes |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by placeofallure(f): 12:38am On Nov 04, 2019 |
JonDon12: Which Enugu? Myopic reasoning. That's why your region is the way it is. First go and pray for Deliverance from your own eastern leaders who hate their people so much. I have done research work in Enugu for an international NGO, we traveled the nook and cranny with our GPRS device. What I saw Ehn! I felt pity and prayed for the state cos the people seemed good. 9 Likes |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by Nobody: 12:50am On Nov 04, 2019 |
JonDon12: Yeah IBB is effectively Yoruba through his paternal grandparents whose roots are in Ogbomosho. Abuja was never part of the southwest in any form though 1 Like |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by joshuanwankwo(m): 12:59am On Nov 04, 2019 |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by joshuanwankwo(m): 1:05am On Nov 04, 2019 |
abuja was a land donated 80% by niger state, 16% by nasarawa (then plateau state) and 4% by kogi (then kwara state) 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by hisgrace090: 1:14am On Nov 04, 2019 |
oglalasioux: Ibb is the builder not mutala Muhammed. |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by hisgrace090: 1:15am On Nov 04, 2019 |
pfadom: And ibb the builder. |
Re: In Which State Was Abuja Before It Was Made The Nation's Capital? by hisgrace090: 1:16am On Nov 04, 2019 |
Bleiz: And ibb saw opportunity and developed the said capital approved by mutala. |
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