₦airaland Forum

Vanhooijdonk:
Windhoek is still a developing city and they do have slums. Not everyone got caught up in the prosperity and it is also an expensive city to live. The poor with little education and chance of getting good paying jobs find it hard to afford the accommodation in the more developed parts of the city and are only able to afford to live in the slums in the outskirts.

However, the good outweighs the bad. The poor will always exist and setup illegal structures to put a roof over their head.
I hope long-term the government will try to find a way to carry them along.

Ishilove:
I think it would be a great idea to juxtapose the wealth with the scum so we are reminded of balance and the need for it.

Ishilove:
Looks like a more spacious version of UNILAG

Ishilove:
Surely they must have the slummy side of life?

Asquare84:
Let put development of Nigerian into the hand of God, see with God all the years that locust and cankarworm have eaten Nigerian will regain and over take this nation in a bleep of eye

sgtponzihater1:
Every were has slums, even America. But were almost everywhere is unplanned, and chaotic that becomes the problem. I went to a street Market in Essex, UK 2 years ago, and with the same quality of commerce or even more than what we have back home, it wasn't a dreadful experience.

When I came back I visited computer village, Lagos market, and one of the markets in Ebute-metta, and I couldn't see one of our street market that was at least half as organized. Lagos market was terrible for me because there were no maps, no real parking spaces, and no way to know authentic people, only droves of people sandwiching each other and street urchins trailing you with calls to take you to the best shops.

Most of the times we ask questions like "don't they have homeless people" to give ourselves a sort of unfounded hope. I ask these questions too. But being to very few countries outside Nigeria have made me realize our comfort in mediocrity, and our high tolerance for little or no leadership.

Vanhooijdonk:
Parliament Building.It is open to the general public on certain days, unlike in Nigeria. And some members of the public choose to have picnics there on days when it is opened.

sgtponzihater1:
Every were has slums, even America. But were almost everywhere is unplanned, and chaotic that becomes the problem. I went to a street Market in Essex, UK 2 years ago, and with the same quality of commerce or even more than what we have back home, it wasn't a dreadful experience.

When I came back I visited computer village, Lagos market, and one of the markets in Ebute-metta, and I couldn't see one of our street market that was at least half as organized. Lagos market was terrible for me because there were no maps, no real parking spaces, and no way to know authentic people, only droves of people sandwiching each other and street urchins trailing you with calls to take you to the best shops.

Most of the times we ask questions like "don't they have homeless people" to give ourselves a sort of unfounded hope. I ask these questions too. But being to very few countries outside Nigeria have made me realize our comfort in mediocrity, and our high tolerance for little or no leadership.

safarigirl:
Lagos is not the capital of Nigeria.

Lagos has poor planning for the most part, I think Abuja is the only city in Nigeria that actually had a plan and the administrations bother to follow up with the plan

Vanhooijdonk:
Graduated from a North American university.

Focusmind:
One thing I have noticed among all these cities is the aesthetics appeal of the buildings, environment and landscaping. These are all lacking in Nigeria.

Our architects and builders are not creative at all. The same building designs without consideration for aesthetics.

Secondly, the chaotic, crude and overcrowded nature of Nigeria towns makes our environment unappealing for tourists.

We are too disorganised in this country with absolute indiscipline in all spheres of life.

I guess you had no time to visit Swakopmund west of Windhoek. I heard it is even more beautiful and looks like any town in Germany.

Nigeria is unfortunately a failed state, with terrible and heartless leaders. I feels bad when you see other Africans nations advancing and we keep retrogressing.

Asquare84:
Let put development of Nigerian into the hand of God, see with God all the years that locust and cankarworm have eaten Nigerian will regain and over take this nation in a bleep of eye

svich:
Anybody else dreaming of visiting Namibia �
I don fall for the architecture of windhoek

Windhoek has a population of 325,000 people about the same as oil rich Warri in Delta state. However, is miles ahead in terms of development and infrastructure.

This is the difference between good governance and fantastical corruption.

Focusmind:
One thing I have noticed among all these cities is the aesthetics appeal of the buildings, environment and landscaping. These are all lacking in Nigeria.

Our architects and builders are not creative at all. The same building designs without consideration for aesthetics.

Secondly, the chaotic, crude and overcrowded nature of Nigeria towns makes our environment unappealing for tourists.

We are too disorganised in this country with absolute indiscipline in all spheres of life.

JustEdward:
Please do we have Nigerians in Namibia, please update us in this partial lockdown, lets not make this thread go cool. Let's keep it alive thanks