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| If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by gidgiddy: 8:29am On May 15 |
I have noticed this trend where people attribute the land mass, or size of their state, to greatness. Let me remind these people that USA has 50 states, and Nigeria is just about the size of the State of Texas. Lagos is the smallest State in Nigeria by far, but Lagos is the most populous with over 20 million people, and the most important State. Congo DRC is almost 3 times the size of Nigeria but is amongst the top 5 poorest countries of the world, Switzerland is not even the size of Ogun State but is the 13th richest, with a bigger GDP than Nigeria So for those who equate land size to greatness, stop living in fools paradise 6 Likes |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by ruggedtimi(m): 8:35am On May 15 |
gidgiddy:what about small israel ....and big iran 3 Likes |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by helinues: 8:41am On May 15 |
The simple question is what's stopping other Nigeria states to have economy prowess like Lagos state? 14 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by Bendeco2020: 8:47am On May 15 |
helinues:Stop the delusion alaye. Was other states once the capital of Nigeria? The only place you can be comparing to lagos is Abuja 7 Likes |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by helinues: 8:49am On May 15 |
Bendeco2020: Calabar used to be one, Port Harcourt partially, both Oyel states, please tell us the wonders happening there 16 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by Bendeco2020: 8:51am On May 15 |
helinues:Is a lie. Stop deceiving yourself. Calabar was never the capital of Nigeria. Put your statement well and stop deveiving the illitrates from your side After the chiefs of Duke Town accepted British protection in 1884, the town, which was called Old Calabar until 1904, served as capital of the Oil Rivers Protectorate (1885–93), the Niger Coast Protectorate (1893–1900), and Southern Nigeria (1900–06) until the British administrative headquarters were moved to Lagos. 7 Likes |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by helinues: 8:52am On May 15 |
Bendeco2020: Emeritus, can you now rest 13 Likes 3 Shares
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| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by Bendeco2020: 8:53am On May 15 |
helinues: So, what did you understand by the above post? When was Nigeria formed? 3 Likes |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by helinues: 8:55am On May 15 |
Bendeco2020: I am the illiterate here remember, use your knowledge as an Emeritus to explain what you could comprehend from the screenshot 13 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by Bendeco2020: 8:56am On May 15 |
helinues: Mumu How would calabar be Capital of Nigeria before the nation was created? Which year did they found Nigeria? 7 Likes |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by DMerciful(m): 8:57am On May 15 |
Calabar was never the capital of Nigeria helinues: 5 Likes |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by helinues: 8:58am On May 15 |
Bendeco2020: Emeritus, British administrative was clearly written in the screenshot and also in addition, the location was moved from Calabar to Lagos which later became the capital after the independent. Had the British administrative not relocated to Lagos before the independent, Calabar would have been the first capital. Emeritus shouldn't be allowing his students to be teaching him basic comprehending things now 13 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by helinues: 8:59am On May 15 |
DMerciful: Used to be, you saw that. British administrative settled down there which they over saw the southern region entirely 13 Likes 2 Shares
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| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by DMerciful(m): 9:03am On May 15 |
Nigeria as a country came to be 1914 and Lagos was its capital at amalgamation. Calabar was administrative capital of a small part and for a short period. Its also at thr beginning where many resources weren't discovered helinues: 5 Likes |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by Bendeco2020: 9:04am On May 15 |
helinues:Please dont quote me again. We have seen how brilliant you guys from that region are  You guys IQ is very low No need to argue with you again 8 Likes |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by gidgiddy: 9:05am On May 15 |
helinues: No other State was capital of Nigeria for 75 years and enjoyed all the massive national and international investment Lagos enjoyed in all that time. Some States had not even been created when the capital was moved to Abuja 6 Likes |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by Bendeco2020: 9:05am On May 15 |
gidgiddy:Leave that mugu 2 Likes |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by helinues: 9:31am On May 15 |
Bendeco2020: Hahaha, my guy don dey angry.. Next time, no your colleagues to dey engage with , you started the quoting..  Facts Akpako dey here always 12 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by SoNature(m): 10:17am On May 15 |
helinues: The answer to this question is the same thing I told you earlier. The public service isn't designed to attract the best brains. To create wealth, you have to innovative. For instance, why is it that the governors are not borrowing money like Geometric Energy to build power stations and sell power to industries and estates? Why are governors not building cocoa plantation, palm plantation or rice farms to sell and generate revenue for their states? Why are governors not building houses and reselling to interested buyers? Why are governors not buying cattle from the north, building massive ranches in the south, growing them and selling to markets across their states without destroying people's farms? I can go on and on.... 3 Likes |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by Elusive001: 11:07am On May 15 |
Bendeco2020: Bros use your head nah. If the god of a person attended a school before the bush on the school site was even cleared. That's before the blue prints of the school were rolled out ooooo. What do expect of the worshipper. 1 Like |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by Elusive001: 11:15am On May 15 |
Bendeco2020: Torr. Shebi you don see am. Na you dey engage such despicable im-p-s. Please note that IQ is for those with existing brain (whether functional or not), no matter how small and how bad their brains are. Not every is qualified to be associated with IQ. 1 Like |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by Sccarrr: 11:15am On May 15 |
Stat back home and develop..it's very simple 😹 |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by Paraman: 11:22am On May 15 |
gidgiddy:Lagos is not landlock 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by Putinofrussia: 12:02pm On May 15 |
gidgiddy: True. The exceptions are large landmass and large infrastructures. USA is larger in landmass and more developed infrastructurally than Switzerland.. Republic of Niger is bigger in landmass than Nigeria but poorer and very much less infrastructurally developed than Nigeria. As for gdp,it rises and falls for each state or nation depending on the seriousness and saviness of the government. In Nigeria,Ibadan has a bigger landmass than any SE state and it it more developed infrastructurally than the entire Igboland. 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by AcadaWriter: 12:16pm On May 15 |
Stat back home and develop..it's very simple 😹 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by gidgiddy: 12:32pm On May 15 |
Putinofrussia: That same Ibadan is the only city in the South West. I don't want to talk about Lagos that was federal capital of Nigeria for 75 years. Ibadan was capital of the Western for decades and is now capital of Oyo But SE did not wait for places such as Onitsha, Nnewi or Aba to be capital before developing them So forget about grabbing capital territories of Ibadan and Lagos as reference points of development. Mention one place in your area that you developed without waiting for it to be made capital, everything is not about waiting for government money. Onitsha, Aba and Nnewi were never capital of anywhere and never waited for government money 1 Like |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by Putinofrussia: 1:26pm On May 15 |
gidgiddy: Onitsha was developed by Bini cum descendants of Yoruba and Igala people. Enugu was the capital of the former South Eastern region. Why is Enugu backward compared to Ibadan and even Kaduna? |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by Putinofrussia: 1:28pm On May 15 |
Putinofrussia:Ibadan Is more developed than the entire 5 SE states combined. 1 Like |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by DMerciful(m): 1:48pm On May 15 |
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| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by Goodvibes007: 1:51pm On May 15 |
Obsession with the SW by the OP who is of the SE extraction. 4 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by 9japride(m): 2:15pm On May 15 |
Bendeco2020:[color=#006600][/color] It's that kind of IQ that makes them to support funny characters as president. 1 Like |
| Re: If Size Of Land Was Important, Lagos Would Not Be Important by 9japride(m): 2:16pm On May 15 |
Paraman:[color=#006600][/color] There are a lot of landlocked countries doing better than Nigeria. 1 Like |
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