Eye on Lagos - Eko Atlantic City Project

It is a metropolis rising from the Atlantic Ocean. The Eko Atlantic city project is the ambitious plan to build a vibrant 21st century city that will stretch over 7 kilometers and will be built on over 9 square kilometers of land reclaimed from the ocean. This huge reclamation project kicked off in 2008 when the developer, South Energyx, began reclaiming land from the ocean that had gradually disappeared over the years as a result of coastal erosion.

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[packmanliverpool]

alexbaba11 stop writing trash on youtube and try to get your fact right! I hate it when people cant see with their naked eyes and use their big ears to hear what people are saying before writing their stupid comments!

[cingle2004jp]

Hope they work their way up to the big fish!

[TheGuestBook]

@bricemerci112 johannus burg south africa adis abba cario egypt kenya narobi ct some cities in africa =D

[TheGuestBook]

rise africa rise 

[jidebaba1]

Fashola is working .. Jonathan is subsidy

[sexyrose93]

They need to built the whole African continent like Eko Atlantic city.

[bricemerci112]

@str8OuttaNaptown30 I understand. Very good response. But I think to better distribute wealth and have good control of the country, economic investment should be made inside the country otherwise those places are forgotten and never grow.

[str8OuttaNaptown30]

@bricemerci112 You stated something about other countries in Africa, but this is about Nigeria, so why bring up other countries? Nigeria along with Ghana, is a country that is growing rapidly. With the help of their new governor, Babatunde Fashola, Lagos is becoming a very well organized city. That's why this development is able to take place. Just like any other country that was once ran poorly by corrupters, it will take time, but at this pace, they'll be there in a matter of no time.

[str8OuttaNaptown30]

@bricemerci112 WOW! I don't know where to begin. I can read between the lines and peep your angle, but I'm just going to go off of what you wrote. First, a city is defined by how developed or how structured it is. Also, this is Nigeria, where in some parts is badly structured, but is very well structure in a lot of parts. That's why this development is under place. This country is not a military power, so why would they focus their build off of military tactics? Also, this is not the capital.

[bricemerci112]

@str8OuttaNaptown30 These are military powers. These countries are also well decentralised. In African, there is hardly something we can call city. these are big village. Utopic development, unemplyment and bad infrastructure just to keep people sweating their blood for the benefit of few who enjoy their second lives in western countries.

[teewoods]

Yes he says It costs the Government nothing! Complete nonsense! I wonder how much they developers paid in back hand payments to government officials. Saying that I would be looking to invest.

[str8OuttaNaptown30]

@bricemerci112 What are you talking about bro? First of all, this is not the capital city. Abuja is Nigeria's capital city. Also, this isn't ancient times where you had to have defense walls. haha So what do you mean by it's easy for an enemy to attack. And if that was the case, then it would be harder for an enemy to attack if it's on a coast. Also, there are plenty capitals on coasts. Tokyo, Japan and Stockholm, Sweden are both coastal capitals.