Nigeria’s Growth Is Unsustainable. Here’s Why.

Lagos is currently the largest city in Nigeria, and by the end of this century, it could be the largest in the world which would be home to 80 million people. Right now, all eyes are on Lagos because if they manage to achieve this megacity status it could be the start of a new era of urbanization in Africa.
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Executive Producer/Story Editor/Host: Andy Burgess
Story/Research: Anjali Sharma
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Time Stamps:
0:00 - Lagos. City to Megacity.
1:29 - Why are African cities growing so fast?
3:35 - Lagos Africa's Silicon Valley.
4:03 - Lagos can't handle it's growing population.
5:17 - What Nigerians think about life in Lagos.
6:03 - Lagos State's 30-Year Plan to make Lagos a 'model megacity.'
7:38 - The plan needs $3 Trillion. Enter China.
9:21 - But Nigeria is in a lot of debt...
9:55 - Nigeria needs to build on it's own strengths.

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[@fromabove422]

Youre a thief

[@fortunatusfortunatus]

Developed countries cannot even take care of their own homeless and pension problems. How can they help Africa? 🙄

[@bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477]

@@fortunatusfortunatus Developed countries choose austerity rather than prosperity in their own nations and others. Such is America after Reagan, yeah?

[@bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477]

I’d love to see a video on Detroit, Buka Island in Bougainville, or Dili in East Timor

[@footballspiritual9702]

Can you make a video of US poverty when you have almost 40 million people living in poverty in the USA? kzbin.info/www/bejne/pX7VZn2gerStobs

[@Tpoleful]

I'm from Dhaka, Bangladesh and these problems are present here too. In fact, the situation in Dhaka may be worse with inefficient transport system, overpopulation and lack of infrastructure for the poor. Even the middle class lives in really congested gullies. The country has become visibly richer in the past ten years (GDP tripled) but sound, air and water pollution has gotten much worse.

[@Faultlinevideos]

Hi Tahmeed, thanks for the comment. I visited Dhaka in 2019 and was documenting these issues then. Despite that I really loved my time in Bangladesh and I'm sure we will turn our attention here at Faultline to making a piece on this situation in Dhaka in the future.

[@suzygirl1843]

@@Faultlinevideos I can solve this issue easily. Child labour. Human Rights is fucking everything up. Chinese are so skilled and efficient because they start their craft YOUNG. Slaves built better houses and plantation s because they started as soon as they were able bodied.

[@yashagrawal88]

@Zaydan Alfariz Only the elite can get a flat in Pyongyang. It is quite sustainable comparatively, it looks. But of course there are many problems of inequality, lack of nutrition, lack of health-care, etc.. Thimphu is very sustainable.

[@nebhalabir1201]

I like curry

[@pawaratharva6371]

@@nebhalabir1201 wrong country. Bangladesh has good fishes tho.

[@knightandlord]

I'm Lagosian and I've always said that the biggest thing Lagos lacks is competition. States around Lagos: Ogun, Oyo etc aren't even acting like they see the opportunities that abound from Lagos being complacent. The state used to be the former capital of the federation, yet, it can't get basic things right. When other states begin to sit up and Lagos begins to lose a ton of tax revenue beause people would rather live off the city, maybe they'll sit up. For now, a low-hanging fruit is transportation. It'll solve a lot.

[@nobs997]

Agree with you except that the federal government and Lagos state are incompetent, I am no expert in town planning but I know that if move all importation coming into Lagos by rail to any neighboring state, it decongest Lagos and spread out development to the new cargo terminal. The revenue sharing can be planned out

[@ogunniyiolalekan6004]

States around Lagos have poor leadership, for instance Ogun state have produced very poor governors (Why would a governor commission a road when only one lane had been completed? Or make street lights that don't work at night). I don't know for other states but our problem in Nigeria as a whole is LEADERSHIP. I hope we get it right one day (we don't practice DEMOCRACY here tho).

[@SuperMyckie]

I've been saying this for years now.. Ibadan and Ogun really shame me... how they have not been able to exploit the proximity to Lagos is mind blowing and appalling!

[@nobs997]

@@SuperMyckie I think Lagos state is solely focus on losing revenue disregarding every other problem of overpopulation

[@tommykarate9397]

You lack "diversity"! But for some weird reason lack of "diversity" considered to be a problem only in western white Christian countries, and it's absolutely OK to be 100 % black for African country or 100% asian for asian country!

[@garyburke7602]

Nigeria went from 56 million in 1970 to 211 million in 2020. This is unsustainable population growth.

[@radithramadhan8488]

They're too horny

[@on2thenextthing]

And nobody talks about that. In the past 13 years Africa has gone from about a billion to just over 1.4 billion people. There are going to be serious consequences to rapid and irresponsible population growth.

[@keshi5541]

@@on2thenextthing India a country has a larger population compared to the continent of Africa.

[@alexpotts6520]

It's almost like Africa has exactly the opposite demographic problems to the developed world. Africa too young and growing too fast, the West too elderly and beginning to shrink. Migration could help everyone here 😊.

[@avancalledrupert5130]

​@@alexpotts6520no no . We don't want them . We have housing crisis thank you very much.

[@gregoryferraro7379]

This reminds me of the rapid and massive growth of cities like London, Paris, and New York during the industrial revolution. A different era, to be sure, but it also resulted in massive slums with poor infrastructure and exploitation of poverty. Today, those slim neighbourhoods have been renovated into some of the most expensive real estate in the world. Or completely demolished and cut through with boulevards in Paris's case.

[@lontongstroong]

Except that there's no industrial revolution in Nigeria. And their elites refuse to implement effective fertility rate reduction policy (which is supposedly exceedingly easy to do - tons of examples in many current/former LDCs in the last 2-3 decades) to dampen the population bulge, leaving unabated Malthusian disaster in worse scale than in 19th century Europe.

[@loveistheanswer123]

@@lontongstroong education needed.

[@lontongstroong]

@@AIuminum I'm saying *reduction* of fertility, not abolition. Something 2-3 kids during life time, not 6+.

[@ralphmaka1255]

@@lontongstroong While China brings us airports and factories, you o_bsess over how many children we have. So g/et it in your h_ead that we're going to continue to multiply whether you like it or not. It is you who have de*stroyed the planet with your im/perialism. I REPEAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MULTIPLY WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT!!!!

[@istoppedcaring6209]

there is no comparing it though or rather you can compare it in some ways, for instance you have the great stink, the cholera epidemic, the rich upper class and pisspoor underclasses etcetera but London and Paris were even then the capitals of some of the richest countries in the world Nigeria isn't, India is but allmost entirely due to it's massive size and population itsself, ... The point being that these cities are very unlikely to go the way of europe not least considdering that the elite doesn't have to worry about the underclasses and likely never will

[@Chorutowo]

Im half Indonesian, and alot of the problems with Lagos is shared with Jakarta, especially with the water. Even though the water pollution has decreased alot, most rivers are still filthy. Like my moms childhood house was on the Ciliwung river, and its extremely polluted. Even if most trash has been filtered out, its still very unsafe to drink.

[@spooknut8625]

Whats the other half.

[@Chorutowo]

@Zaydan Alfariz Yeah I know, I just wanted to make something regarding the city. For a developing country, its very livable. Like theres alot let trash and pollution than it used to be, and things like electricity or water are generally common

[@Chorutowo]

@@spooknut8625 Italian

[@Chorutowo]

@Zaydan Alfariz Nah, Italian. My mom worked in hotels and met my dad when working abroad

[@marcbuisson2463]

It may take a few more years still for the drinkable water. Or even decent safe water to swim in. We're barely starting to reach this in Paris, for the first time in more than a century. But good luck guys, and it's worth it o/

[@Isiejeme0829]

I only pity those still trooping to an already conjested city when there are many other cities and towns with equally good opportunities to grow in Nigeria. Nigeria isn't only about Lagos, the earlier some people realize this the better their lives will be. Nice outlook on the city of Lagos.

[@auliamate]

I feel this can be said about a ton of notable cities, around the world.

[@uzoghelushedrach4620]

There is awka and enugu also. Awka is very close to onitcha the city that houses the biggest market in west africa.

[@daveo2431]

That is how federal government made it to be, just Lagos and Abuja. If they stop suppressing those in the East, maybe the country's capital and output would diversify.

[@Isiejeme0829]

@@daveo2431 it surely will.

[@babatundetajudeen3453]

@@daveo2431 suppressing how?? How is it only Lagos and Abuja ?? Do not come with your hate speech here uncle

[@singaporenoodles7189]

Omg finally a video about Nigeria huge population growth I'm a demographics nerd and I have been like looking at Nigeria's population at 2050 and 2100 and it's crazy bro 🤯

[@nicht7827]

they won´t get there. It´s either famine or genocide

[@muhammad-bin-american]

"Singapore Noodles" LOL!!! Why?

[@joaopk6263]

Singapore Noodles… brazilian state flag pfp… interested in Nigerian demographics…

[@lontongstroong]

@@joaopk6263 The embodiment of Mr Worldwide

[@davidolujinmi1919]

There are people like us who don’t believe that Nigeria has up to 200 million in population...

[@bayokoebi9351]

Am a Lagosian, Lagos is the smallest state in Nigeria but the highest population in Nigeria

[@jayo3074]

Because it's a sea port city

[@jayo3074]

@@mazwideamahle4091 lol that would not be a good idea. You can't just say build a seaport and everything will improve in Ondo. Firstly there will be environmental impacts and traffic concerns which Lagos is struggling with. Sometimes it even takes 2 weeks just to get shipping containers out of the ports. But more importantly it may not even be economically viable to build a seaport. There needs to be a proven demand for a seaport in Ondo if not then it will just become a failed project and waste of money and resources.

[@richardezeronye3134]

@@jayo3074 That's part of it, but most economic resources for the nation are kinda lagos focused. If the Federal govt actually makes the sea port in the south functional amongs other things to do, Lagos would be decongested. It is congested because it's the only city you can find better things to do esp after graduating. Sadly the govt like things the way they are and all that plan is just for show.... Clueless, mandate stealing individuals..smh

[@kayceecollins6353]

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[@jayo3074]

@@kayceecollins6353 lmao

[@oluwabiyioluwatobi4225]

I lived in Lagos before pursuing higher education, and I hated the transport system. It affected the rich and poor, young and old. I used to wake up as early as 4:30am to beat the traffic and get to work by 8am. A journey that takes about 45 minutes can take up to 2.5 hours.

[@Hession0Drasha]

It will be cool if lagos and sao paolo, become an equivalent transatlantic business connection, to london to new york. Might make it affordable to fly to south america from europe :) The same from mombasa to mumbai.

[@s9ka972]

Dubai already does that

[@embeddedprojects1404]

Mumbai slum are reducing because of re-development plan and because of better access to satellite cities Navi Mumbai and Thane, once dedicated metro lines get completed which should be within 2-3 years and coastal highway things will greatly improve

[@SlapstickGenius23]

That’s hopeful news.

[@geopolitics8709]

Mumbai Slums Dharavi have $1 Billion Dollar Economy . And Govt has given Tender to Adani Groups to redevelop the area and Infrastructure . So in coming years , You'll see lots of Development . Indian Government is currently building more and more Greenfield and brownfield cities . I want you to make a video on Dholera smart City . Navi Mumbai is a Planned City ( You can call it Sister City of Mumbai )

[@exosproudmamabear558]

Megacities are a problem if you do not have enough jobs in other cities or good enough living standards in other cities. The thing is the mosre you try to solve the problems in a city the more you cause problems because solving city's problems means more people coming and causing infrastructure to collapse more. Best way to solve this is building infrastructure so you can widen the scope of companies so other neighboring cities can develop on their own too. Also you can try to establish government subsidied companies in other cities so they could develop too. You dont really need to do many things for a city to develop just make a city planning,infrastructure and have jobs the city develops on its own.

[@chijiokemadubuko9004]

Jesus! Finally found someone whose comment spells it out to a T! I was wondering when people are going to realise why living conditions break down in mega cities. Too much of everything concentrated in one place! From your moniker, I posit that you are an American. And if that is true, and you have never been to Nigeria, you deserve a bonus information about what is really going on. Politically, Nigeria as a country has deliberately marginalized other regions with the same coastlines and capacities that Lagos has to offer because, they don't want tribes in that region to rise economically and politically. That is open for debate, but in Nigeria, people have been praying, asking and protesting for infrastructural development of these other areas. But the ruling elite from the same regions adamantly refused. In other countries, they could be reasons other than political for poor development in other regions, but in Nigeria, a large portion of it is political. I respect you ma'am because you have this hidden lens that sees below the surface which other people don't.

[@tundebakare6887]

Great idea 💡👍

[@lontongstroong]

Or since building infrastructure throughout the city's perimeter takes a long time and extensive resources, it can concentrate in establishing Special Economic Zones along existing key ports or readily accessible areas (thankfully Lagos is a seaside city) to create jobs. It's not ideal because it concentrates the wealth and jobs in only a few places, but at least it needs to start from something so it can start the virtuous cycle. The establishment of one around Dangote's refinery in Lekki (although it's more of a private-driven investment initiative) is a pretty nice step forward for Nigeria's level. It just needs to expand it further.

[@KateeAngel]

Huge cities also need to have good public transport to be really well functioning and limit the car usage. And jobs should be present in every part of the city not only in the centre

[@exosproudmamabear558]

@@KateeAngel I am not talking about building infrastructure to megacities. Build highways to neightboring cities and make their infrastructures on par with your megacity so the megacity can take a breath after that you can start building inside the city infrastructure. This way you can share the crowd with multiple cities.

[@desertbloomke]

This video does well expounding on the problems facing Nigeria, and in the process problems facing most of the developing Africa countries . The governments wants to make African countries better and more competitive and appealing globally but they keep making the same mistakes...the development projects are ALWAYS geared towards the richer population, and they forget that like 98% of the citizens are middle class and lower, low class being the majority!☹️ I guess it's easier to create more development where there's money...but this is like sweeping trash under a rug instead of taking the time to actually clean it up. The low class and middle class need to be involved in the changes happening because they alone understand what kind of problems they face in their communities. I've seen this in my own country, and now Nigeria and Egypt. I really hope our leaders develop bigger hearts for all their people, not just where they see money. Priorities. Kenyan here🇰🇪

[@en6278]

the mistake is they are all corrupt as fuck. the leaderships skim all the profits while keeping the people poor.

[@SS-vs2nz]

Low human capital is the elephant in the room no one wants to address. Africans score low in all human development indices whichever way you slice it.

[@troy5094]

​@@SS-vs2nzbro tries explaining to an African why Africa is bad 🤣

[@SS-vs2nz]

@@troy5094 am not a bro and am african myself

[@j.obrien4990]

One important point is that Nigeria's birthrate is very high even by African standards. Many African nations like Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal, and Ivory Coast have much lower fertility rates.

[@robotnikkkk001]

............TO KEEP THAT BIRTHRATE,THEY'LL NEVER WILL MAKE ACTUAL NICE THINGS FOR POOR PEOPLE.......BECAUSE OF THEY'LL GET RICHER THEN BIRTHRATE WILL PLUMMET AND COUNTRY WILL LOSE IT'S BENEFITS LIKE CHINA DID ............SO,POOR PEOPLE WILL REMAIN POOR FOR LIKE,FOREVER.....IN CURRENT REALITY,AT LEAST.....

[@davidz3879]

The only country in Africa that has a low birthrate is Mauritius.

[@HustleAndBustle396]

How did European infest the entire world? You guys were in Europe. Now you have infested Africa, Latin America, and even Asia! You got the nerve to mention birthrate 😅

[@HustleAndBustle396]

​@@davidz3879 With all the Europeans across the globe, I don't see how they did it!

[@j.obrien4990]

@@davidz3879 Not really South Africa, Botswana and Nambia Really don't have very high fertility rates. I wouldn't be surprised it a large swath of Africa is just above replacement rates in 10 years. Unfortunately the poorest and worst governed parts will probably will not make great progress in 10 years.

[@ArchieStiglitz]

Isn't Nigeria the largest exporter of oil in the whole of Africa, and the sixth largest in the world? They should be one of the richest and most developed countries on the planet. And yet they have no money.. how strange...

[@ayobampilo5762]

They don't own their oil, Nigerian oil is exploited by Shell, Chevron etc

[@ArchieStiglitz]

@@ayobampilo5762 Thank you for clarifying my point.

[@ayobampilo5762]

@@ArchieStiglitz you welcome Biggie✌

[@merrymachiavelli2041]

Whether there is foreign involvement or not, it's pretty rare that a country manages to actually translate oil wealth to development. In economics, this is known as the Dutch Disease or Oil Curse - most of the time, the oil sector will tend to harm other parts of the economy, and when politicians don't have to rely on taxpayers to fund the state, there's less incentive to invest in human development (schools, infrastructure, healthcare...etc). Population size is also important - if your population is small and hits on massive amounts of oil wealth (e.g. the gulf states), you can buy them off with cushy government jobs or massive state support. But for larger countries this tends not to be as practical e.g. Venezuela or Russia.

[@ayobampilo5762]

@@merrymachiavelli2041 it still doesn't change the fact that Shell owns Nigerian oil

[@xiondFirst]

I visited Kathmandu few days ago. They aren't growing at the rate of India or Bangladesh. But it's a developing country and waste management is a huge problem from what I've seen. And the rich are getting richer while the poorer people are pushed to villages with lack of water and basic needs.

[@prateeksharma6706]

India and Bangladesh's population growth rate are at replacement level 🤦🏻‍♂️ they are not growing more and more like pakistan or nigeria

[@mrgaudy1954]

@@prateeksharma6706 I think they probably mean economic growth

[@WastedBananas]

no India's TFR is 2.1 which is at replacement level. @@prateeksharma6706

[@dumebi_ne]

Thank you for this well-researched and reported video 🙏🏾❤

[@andrewukadike3433]

I'm From Lagos. The congestion is genuinely a joke. Whenever we moved it was paramount that our school would be as close to our house as possible, at one point i went to a school literally 2 houses over, and yet IF WE WERE TO GO BY CAR IT WOULD TAKE US 45 MINUTES TO GET THERE!!!!! which is why we walked most of the time. At other points even when we lived 10 minutes away from our school, if we missed the initial window to beat the morning traffic we were gonna get bogged down in 2 hour traffic and we just had to accept it. It's absolutely unbelievable.

[@abdul-kabiralegbe5660]

That is the one reason I don't like Lagos, and it's enough reason for me to basically ignore opportunities there.

[@135bpmCoffee]

Hey there! Since you already mentioned your research methods and especially reading material on urban planing, I have to ask: do you have any recommendations on that topic? I think urban planing, the ethics and philosophy behind it and architecture in general are super interesting and in an other life I would have studied it, but i've decided to go into linguistics and am now almost done.. so too late for me, but it shouldn't stop me from reading up on it in my free time :D Great video per usual, big thumbs up to you and the entire team

[@yashagrawal88]

While talking about Blinkist, the book Happy City was shown on screen.

[@purplebrick131]

German urban planning student here: it depends what subjects you're most interested in! - "Death and life if great American cities" by Jane Jacobs is pretty much the founding document of modern, human centric planning. Its old, but very fundamental - "Städte für Menschen/Cities for people" and "Life between buildings" by Jan Gehl, newer and very influential - "Nachhaltige Stadtplanung" by Bott, Grassl and Anders, also solid - For traffic I really liked Melissa and Chris Bruntletts books "Building the cycling city" and "Curbing Traffic" - "Stadtplanung, eine illustrierte Einführung" by Albers & Wékel is also standard literature - "Autokorrektur" by Katja Diehl is focused on the Verkehrswende in germany Hope this helps a bit and that you find something to your liking, and have fun diving into it ^^

[@anjalipal70]

@@purplebrick131 Danke schön für die Info

[@mason4354]

In terms of sustainability the trend is to simply criticize, offering little or no feasible alternative ideas.

[@sh0werp0wer]

If you're into videos and not just reading I'd highly recommend Not Just Bikes, it's an awesome channel on urban planning and transportation. What I prefer about video format is that you get to actually see how these cities function and what they feel/look like, not just the theory. He also does a great job covering the economic aspects of urban planning. It's kind of shocking how much we ignore the overwhelming consensus of urban planners and transportation economics in favour of car-centric designs which really benefit nobody (except the car industry).

[@southside2459]

I moved from Lagos to dc, and I laugh every time my friends or the Uber driver complain of traffic, Lagos traffic happens all the time everywhere

[@shekinah3041]

I grew up in Niger Delta, the region that provides the crude oil that funds Nigeria but most communities is this region do not have good roads or electricity. Most of them are farmers and fishermen but crude oil spillage into streams and rivers is already threatening their source of livelihood. The government do not cares. Flood occurs in this regions yearly and the government is not doing anything to help eradicate this problem. It is heartbreaking.

[@FERESE]

NDDC is to blame for this. The fraud case was revealed by the last administration (PMB) but the case is swept under the carpet as we speak by the same people. Their own people don't even discuss the fraud of NDDC, they all focus on Lagos. How is the country supposed to grow when people don't focus on their states and state governors'performance. They should hold someone accountable. The South South states get more allocation from the Federal government with absolutely nothing to show. Lagos will remain the magnet if other governors are under-performing. And the magnet cannot sustain the population.

[@lolaadesina5362]

The niger Delta's GDP is less than a third of that of Lagos. It's also about half of Ogun State GDP. I don't know how much funding niger Delta is still doing for Nigeria. The problem is that the oil money is actually ending up in the hands of private citizens. Unfortunately And I understand what the people in the Niger Delta are going through in terms of environmental damage and it's so frustrating that our leaders don't care

[@ifecojahs8151]

The reason why Lagos is so conjested is the overcentralisation.The only other airport that is used to go in and out of nigeria is in Lagos, the only seaport in nigeria is in lagos, despite the fact that there are other seaports in other parts of the country, but the Federal government insists that it is only Lagos that people must use, only because they want to punnish iGbo people for wanting to opt out of the country

[@idaraesitdaniel3946]

Fact

[@abdul-kabiralegbe5660]

Overcentralisation is a common theme in Nigeria. The more you look, the more you see it everywhere.

[@ifecojahs8151]

@@abdul-kabiralegbe5660 You cannot do as little as sneeze in Nigera without first going to Lagos?

[@abdul-kabiralegbe5660]

@@ifecojahs8151 The truth is that practically every ethnicity, religion or other pressure group is doing everything legal and illegal to maintain their monopolies on things. Examples: Northerners dominate the armed forces especially the army (strong Muslim and Hausa influences in the system and even how the "Mammy Markets" are organised); Ibo domination of the drug industry (many are Catholics, etc). You see how everything goes together? There are many more examples. Like I said in my previous comment, the more you look the more you see these anomalies. It's a mess really.

[@ifecojahs8151]

@@abdul-kabiralegbe5660 how do Igbo people dominate the drug industry? Or you are just looking for someone to insult.

[@davidolujinmi1919]

I must commend you, this is the most balanced and detailed commentary about Lagos I’ve seen on the Internet...

[@Danorous]

Lagos Gdp is $136 billion not $97 billion. So not totally detailed

[@davidolujinmi1919]

@@Danorous Provide your source, the Lagos State Government states Lagos GDP to be $84 billion though...

[@tobiallibalogun]

Well done guys, this video was well researched and produced. I hope we see more of this kind of diverse content on this channel in the near future. 👍🏽

[@Faultlinevideos]

More to come Tobi, thanks for watching 🙏

[@ovaerload]

Well researched my arse.. Tch.. Go see economics explained or other channel that do actual research… Cause this is just production budget

[@kolawaleojomo6817]

Lying in bed right now, In Mende, Maryland, Lagos, I'm glad you're covering this. Thank you 💪🏾

[@naijaanime]

i AM IMPRESSED...This was very good. Thanks!

[@Achiledus]

thanks so much for taking the time out to cover my complicated country

[@itsdavidmora]

I appreciated this discussion of what it takes for a city to grow in a way that helps the majority flourish, especially in the context of politically motivated outside investment.

[@CodingExpress]

Thank you for featuring my country!

[@sundiva7642]

I'm a Lagosian and I don't even like going to Lagos. I school in ibadan, a city in Oyo state (still in Nigeria) and it's slowly becoming Lagos. But I believe things will get better. It's a developing country.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Ahhh, hello there I’m a Sydneysider! My home city is filled with highly expensive suburbs and some of them are on the verge of becoming defunct by sea riptides and other dangers, sheesh.

[@jakebloom733]

When he says "the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer" better way put is "the politicians will get richer and the poor will get poorer". Nigeria is not a capitalist nation like America. The politicians control everything, if a business becomes to big, the state will nationalize it and give it to a friend or relative or a politician to run. Then they set their salaries higher than that of US presidents and bill the people. This video glanced over a huge economic reality in Nigeria.

[@princekalal]

Nigeria has a birth rate of 34 per 1000 and an infant mortality rate of 69 per 1000. Our population index is not indicative of local reproduction, but rather unmontired migration from neighboring countries. Lagos city is overly populated due to the influx of indigens, seasonal traders, and migrants. Africa has more than enough arable space to care for her children. All we need is basic infrastructure and facilities with which to build and maintain.

[@marcoslightspeed5517]

Yall gotta chill on baby making fr

[@FOLIPE]

It's definitely high birth rates in Nigeria. The mortality rates of infants is over the number of infants, while birth rate is over the number of people or women.

[@davidz3879]

Nigeria has a ridiculously high birthrate. It doesn't have millions of immigrants.

[@marcoslightspeed5517]

@@davidz3879 making babies is nice bro

[@princekalal]

High birth rate with a high infant mortality rate does not account for an increase in population that jumps from 50 million to 200 million in 60 years.. Our borders are porous, and our neighbors live amongst us. This is not an issue for debate; this is fact. It is impossible for us to have so many children and then have them die off and yet claim a boon in population growth. Not how it works. The tragedy is having outsiders try to analyze what is going on within Africa, all the while having absolutely no idea how things function here. Don't even get me started with the bullshit census and the validity of the reported numbers. We can't run a fair election, yet we are supposed to accept the number from a census? Nonsense.

[@jermaineshaka-momoh5535]

As a Nigerian, you got me at 'Face me I Face you' 🤣🤣🤣

[@flippokey2902]

Thanks for the great video.

[@Maratha382]

Dude you deserve millions of subscribers. Great video 👍

[@webabhi]

A lot of Bangladeshis are complaining about how bad their country is. However if you look at Nigeria and Bangladesh then they have similar population and similar GDP PPP but I will tell you why Bangladesh is better than Nigeria. Bangladesh has invested in Healthcare, Education and Family Planning. Nigeria has a fertility rate of 5.5 babies and Bangladesh of 1.9 babies per woman. In 2100 Bangladesh will have a population of 160 million while Nigeria will zoom to 800 million. You can even see the covid vaccine coverage rates of Bangladesh and Nigeria. Nigeria makes it's money through oil so there are a few businessmen who control the oil wealth and they get rich off it. Also there are oil thefts and oil leakages. The oil wealth has led to an absence of working class and middle class. Bangladesh makes money through textile and footwear production. So there are few rich people running the factory but middle class running operations and a large working class making the goods. So Bangladesh's wealth benefits the entire nation and not a few. Bangladesh also has better rule of law and governance than Nigeria. There are no armed Bandits or Boko Haram creating havoc in Rural areas. Bangladesh has 95% electricity access and 99% households with access to sanitation. Talking about India, it has nuclear technology and the 4th strongest army yet there hasn't been a single military coup in it's 75 year history. It conducts elections in a smooth way for it's entire diverse population. The elections in India are better managed than 2020 US presidential elections. Also India is on the verge of legalizing LGBT marriage. These three things alone make India great.

[@WastedBananas]

legalizing lgbt is not good at all

[@infidelheretic923]

I think Lagos should focus primarily on two things. Water infrastructure and public transportation. The first will probably require the most effort and money to construct and needs to accommodate a growing population. The second will allow people to move around, get to their jobs, and hopefully alleviate some of the horrendous traffic problems.

[@alexpotts6520]

To add to this list - affordable high-rise accommodation. It's the only way to house people at such density while giving them dignity.

[@maxdenis9398]

Hi, it's Denis, we've met today at Starbucks it was nice meeting, you get my support carry on bro you have got interesting videos

[@mstt3530]

Great video!

[@olisaezekiel9646]

Lagos does have a BRT system but it's not as effective and efficient as it should be either. Great video 👍

[@lontongstroong]

Which is a missed opportunity since vast majority of Lagosians aren't yet to be addicted to private vehicles (cue Southeast Asia). I think Dar Es Salaam of Tanzania gives an excellent model in not resourceful, almost equally chaotic, and less-technocratic countries on how to run a cost-effective, useful, and inclusive bus network.

[@davidolujinmi1919]

BRT system which is still the government’s way of rewarding someone loyalty to the government...

[@theinternetsavedmylife]

Compared to other cities including the so-called Capital city, Abuja, Lagos State has one of best public transportation network than any other state. That says a lot about public delivery in Nigeria!

[@sunnya4310]

The BRT does its job. The problem is that the infrastructure is not enough to cope with the population which is why they are also constructing a light rail.

[@monica012077]

What they need are new trains. So it doesn't have to share those congested roads. Eventually people will see the benefits of train over a car and get off the roads. 3.5- 4 hours to get to work is ridiculous. I could work in DC and get on the train from NY and still make it to work in under 4 hours! And that's 228 miles.

[@jeycalc6877]

Before the agricultural revolution, countries with the biggest populations were often the most advanced, now its the most poor, irresponsible nations that are having out of control population growth

[@nathanielfamisan1968]

Another solid video!

[@Faultlinevideos]

Glad you liked it, Nathaniel 🙏🏼

[@geegab5178]

You are really worth the report. Fantastic

[@amanmanaji6642]

I live in Mumbai as u showed we have towering sky scrapers and some big slums but u failed to mention that Mumbai is working on redeveloping the area and if all goes well then the slum will be redeveloped in phases in 10-15 yrs (personal thoughts it's slow), as for the infrastructure our highways are good we have lots of new ones on the way city has current operational 3 metro lines and 6 under-construction and 5 approved which is slow in progress they really need to pick up the pace we need to focus more on public infra like these metros but we need to do it faster so that people can use these facilities asap and help in boosting the economy

[@solsquirrel21]

China investing isn't beneficial for Nigerians, but the rich Nigerians and China haven't a good record for helping developing countries, especially their projects they build and design, which end up as failures or engineering problems

[@Dremac5]

Great video so informative

[@someonelastname8175]

Loving the OHP in the background!

[@italorossid]

roughly half of the municipalities in Lima (Peru) face similar problems with sanitation, waste management, road infrastructure, rife inequality... 10 million people, making it just slightly more populated than Mexico City and #2 in the continent, behind São Paulo (NYC is 8.4M and LA just 4M, for reference). we also had an economic boom 20 years ago but it's all gone now thanks to poor planning, corruption, no oversight capacity, inconsistent policy, and political turmoil that turned critical in 2016.

[@zino8068]

Great, but I'd say that public transport in Lagos has largely improved over the past 20 years.

[@african-history-fountain]

Definitely.

[@nanawav]

Great video my guy

[@233FRED.]

Great one man🎉🎉🎉❤❤

[@ddwkc]

It is good modern convenience comes to poorer less developed places, but we can't have American style urbanism and consumerism. In China, the uplifting of hundred of millions has been an ecological disaster to the planet. USA + Western Europe are already draining the planet by themselves. India and Indonesia are on the path to development and rapid urbanization as well. Our planetary civilization can't take it without a serious collapse. We need to change the idea of growth is to have everyone having cars, asphalt everywhere, and stuff like that.

[@lunayen]

That I agree. More emphasis on nature, walkable cities and sustainable transportation, and less emphasis on cars, american style suburbia and unnecessary spawl.

[@amankumar55555]

The one slum u talked about in Mumbai is actually not a slum , it's a business generating hub , every one there is very skilled !

[@skinguru241]

It's still a slum, that's like saying that your local chicken shop is not really a butcher's shop, but a meat production facility. Fancy wording.

[@pratheepkumar1216]

A semi Cluster

[@ogueriviews]

Magnificent video ❤

[@gaelminville]

wonderful work

[@ohlawd6272]

One child policy seriously needed

[@brandonmorel2658]

One child policy won't fix structural, institutional and economic corruption. To think all of the problems of Africa would be solved by people having less children is to be ignorant of how the current international division of labour works, and how the global south is cheated and robbed of the resources it creates. One child policy is fascism, specially when we are talking about the working countries of the world.

[@cheeseflavoredsoda3262]

0 child policy.

[@anirudhmitra4232]

Main problem is their exploding population. Most African countries have very high fertility rate.

[@lontongstroong]

Exactly. The sad part is that exploding fertility rate is actually very easy to solve (especially after contraception is now available en masse). There's no shortage of least-developed, super-corrupt, non-technocratic countries outside of the continent (in the past and present) that have managed to pull the feat, which makes me perplexed on the stubbornness of the government in African countries in this regard. I meant, not even low-corruption Kagame's Rwanda makes an attempt to do so. There's no more excuse that is!

[@doc.georgeandersonjr539]

Nigeria is still under populated, say that when it get to 400 million

[@mrcori2649]

Blacks have high sex drives due to high testosterone.

[@Edwardbanks1]

No country in the world has developed into a prosperous nation while still dealing with tribal minded people.

[@markminer8042]

Good take 👍 love how he mentioned "face me I face you ". 🤣

[@______IV]

10:00 on : All that applies to the United States too, sadly. The wealthiest country on earth and >11% of our people live below the poverty line. Almost 70% of adults in the U.S. have less that $1000 in the bank. Our healthcare sucks. Our roads and bridges are falling apart. Deregulating the banking industry starting in the 70s has made a few people obscenely rich while condemning most people to poverty with a shiny top-coat.

[@juliane__]

Time for a new Huey Long at your place my Atlantic Friend.

[@1wun1]

How is it possible that ~70% of adults are working but without a 1000$? Are they overspending or is life too expensive?

[@______IV]

@@1wun1 : It’s complicated, but yes, living in the U.S. can be very expensive, especially in the places where the best jobs are. For instance, some of the best tech industry jobs are in and around Silicon Valley, California as well as in Seattle, Washington. As crazy as it sounds, tens of thousands of people making good wages in those cities are homeless as a "choice" because the cost of rent in those areas is so high that all of their money would be spent barely scraping by if they rented a place to live even though they have high paying jobs. So instead they opt to live in tents and shower at a gym every day. That’s not the norm though. Most people begrudgingly accept that the majority of their income will be spent on housing, which is one of the main reasons why 70% of people have less than $1000 in the bank. But this is barely scraping the surface of the socioeconomic problems in the U.S. right now. Our problems run deep, but we can’t even engage in honest public discourse about what’s wrong and potential ways to grow out of this pit because the people in power are very good at misdirecting our focus in order to protect their petty efforts at accumulating and holding onto wealth and power.

[@1wun1]

@@______IV that's crazy

[@lontongstroong]

@@______IV 'Murican dystopia, baby!

[@garlanthewise7120]

The growth isn't the issue. Lagos just needs better, less car dependent infrastructure and more social housing. All of these were issues many Western countries are still facing, but began to address in the 20th century when their cities grew. Very weird of the title to say that the growth is in any way "unsustainable." HIGHLY doubt you'd spout the same nonsense about the unsustainable suburban sprawl crippling countries like the US. The solution would be to not asphyxiate developing countries with foreign debt payments...

[@lunayen]

While I agree with less foreign debt payments, expanding Lagos alone is not sustainable in the long run. Nigeria *needs* to move some of its economy to neighboring cities/rural states, not just only to share the wealth equally among the entire country, but also to give Lagos more breathing room. From there, they can create, good walkable cities that are in tune with nature and also provide more housing for everyone, no matter the class. They can start creating a good port town in Ogun as it is nearby and also near the ocean and naturally expand from there. Then move to Edo. Transforming Lagos into a megacity will only incentivize people from other cities/districts to move to Lagos, creating a vacuum.

[@garlanthewise7120]

@@lunayen If Nigerians living in Nigeria want that, great! It's a good idea. but the alternative, Tokyo for example, also exists. Either way, whatever they choose, Nigeria would need to spend more money on itself and less to Western debt collectors

[@windwaker8985]

@@garlanthewise7120 and less to the rich elites, which are the ones that siphon most of the wealth in the end.

[@onaadeabdulbasit8725]

Waw!!! Well analyzed

[@cherrytracy]

thanks for these video! Please can you make more videos about Africa maybe a „Africa series“ - it would be interesting to see a videos about the China-Africa connection?!

[@9cowbell9]

Love geography and history. Great channel

[@ghostrider3550]

Please make such video on Delhi and mumbai...Their current situation and what could be the future and what are the things should be implemented

[@praddumnvats6759]

Anjali needs to do something about this.

[@lontongstroong]

On public transit front - they should make metro fare cheaper to make it more inclusive. Currently it effectively only caters a small fraction of upper middle class. There should be more integration between city buses, metro, and the suburban rails.

[@s9ka972]

@@lontongstroong OMG , public buses are free for women in Delhi .

[@praddumnvats6759]

@@lontongstroong it is cheap though

[@lontongstroong]

@@s9ka972 Yeah the bus fare is cheap, so does the suburban trains'. It just needs to get their acts together and improve integrations (for example, less hassle on transfers between modes, more bus routes to connect suburban and metro stations, etc.).

[@thefirstodionsons6176]

Thanks for studying the country ❤

[@JapGujral2000]

0:46 That's below Sakinaka metro station, i use to travel their daily

[@aframaco9491]

Great take on the problem! Perhaps a bit scary too! But all of the proffered advice given here , i have personally enunciated! The greatest asset Nigeria (and Lagos) has, is its huge population! But for some unexplainable reason, the government seems perpetually stagnant on the issue! We have allowed negligence, corruption, mediocrity and myopia to become ingrained into the fabrics of our society like one would a bad habit! The governor (up to this point) is all talk, because he was handpicked as a governorship candidate by a godfather figure! The best way to drive the narrative, is to control the environment! Instead of building from the top down, they should be building ( as should always be the case with any infrastructure) from the ground up! An up and running train service across the entire metropolis would not only create income, it would also create jobs , both direct and indirect types! But they have spent the better part of 20 years building one line ( Blue Line) and even that is still not been put into public use! The state should create semi autonomous municipal councils along local government areas, who can collect taxes and provide maintenance for the city at grassroots level! All they have learnt how to do is to speak big grammar and manipulate the people , while keeping the vast majority of the citizens in filth and squalor and enmeshed in impoverished slum dwellings! Why should (or is it how can) a state that trumpets itself as the 5th largest economy in Africa not have had any urban gentrification or regeneration in its entire history or existence?? I mean from 1914 for God's sake!!!!! Come on Lagosians... pull your fingers out!!

[@cinnamonstar808]

HE COULD MIND HIS BUSINESS. when they are scared of countries doing well.. they put out "hit pieces" . Just ask China.

[@onelove6971]

Same old corruption & incompetence

[@emnarey1]

I love this piece. As you rightly said, until there's inclusion of every group (high/middle/low) all the plans proposed will just be ideas on paper. Also, spreading the development across other states is key to reduce the already stretched resources in Lagos.

[@emmanuelmatos9925]

We have same name

[@NJerZeyTV]

Well versed video

[@judybash9393]

I'm currently in Lagos and i would never advise anyone to move here! It's a messed up city

[@sudhakar7889]

" Thia country is a joke" 😂😂😂 The way that lady said it.

[@PhilippBlum]

Good video. Really miss the view on Africa in media. It's the future for this whole planet.

[@nicht7827]

not the future, at least not a good one

[@jerryrichardson2799]

When I see reports like this, I remember reading a book on Africa where the author admitted nobody knows how Lagos feeds itself. My guess is bats, cats, and rats. Also, this reminds me of Mike Davis' book _Planet of Slums._

[@lonoibi]

Good one

[@mauritsbol4806]

9:05 uhm, i don't think china's intentions are any better. Foreign direct investment is almost always about expansionary sphere of influence policy.

[@mauritsbol4806]

Exceptions include in part a portion of france's influence over west africa. Their population seems to feel a responsibility to these west african nations, but these are mere exceptions.

[@whitewolf2767]

That's the catch with FDI

[@juliane__]

ah, you got that beforehand, nice.

[@juliane__]

@@mauritsbol4806 Just no, France gets a lot of mineral rights, therefor the income and security over this ressources. There is always a trade off. Always.

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

@@mauritsbol4806 I 100% agree. I find it a little troubling that he highly questions the US for getting involved in the game considering what China is doing. Depending on where you are coming from with this argument, one could argue that more competition for loans should help Nigeria in terms of costs or one could argue that it's good that China does not have too much control over a country. That is of course unless you think China's government is innocent and nothing to worry about but then I would have concerns about your opinions if that was the case. We also know that China's loans are almost always for projects that China will build nd those deals are often very secretive leaving the chances for corruption to be very high. Vice News actually recorded a Chinese operation in a south american country and even got the leader of that country on video (hidden camera) to participate in a discussion about the corruption and kickbacks. We have also seen many countries that rely on major trade with China go on to support China in the UN. This includes stopping the investigation into the mass detention and torture of millions of Uyhgurs and other Muslims. It also includes dropping recognition of Taiwan.

[@S.jega94]

He knows more about Nigeria than Nigerians know their own country

[@victoradejumo566]

That is rubbish

[@sunnya4310]

Why are you lying?

[@S.jega94]

@@victoradejumo566 show me any content creator from Nigeria that has ever put out a detailed review about both the potentials and problems that Nigeria faces, I’m nigerian born in Lagos, lived in Qatar, London, Sokoto and Kaduna. So when it comes to sheer experience I don think you have much to say to me if I’m being honest.

[@S.jega94]

@@sunnya4310 show me any content creator from Nigeria that has ever put out a detailed review about both the potentials and problems that Nigeria faces, I’m nigerian born in Lagos, lived in Qatar, London, Sokoto and Kaduna. So when it comes to sheer experience I don think you have much to say to me if I’m being honest.

[@ifeifesi]

The comments on your opinion are predictable and very Nigerian. They dismiss your opinion but not with fact or anything remotely intelligent. Same old, same old.

[@MaximusOfTheMeadow]

As some one wo talks regularly to a guy who goes to Jamaica every year Don't borrow mony from China. The Jamecans don't notice any of it

[@amitnandlaskar4468]

We don't want to replace the population. We need to decrease the population. At any given time the population should not be more than 400 cr of the world. I have raised an Alarm 🚨 for the African Countries. Please get together now for population control of the world. Force African countries to lower the Population.

[@fopperer]

fun fact: uk's growth is unsustainable, too.

[@t3mithestrummer]

Lagos isn't a city. It is a state. Lagos State, Ikeja City. Thank you very much.

[@zionadelaide4334]

Its a city🤦🏽‍♀️

[@iamofadeadinsideoof1181]

With exponential economic growth and default socio-demographic features within (that’s disadvantages to them), comes with urbanization ‘epidemic’ problems. Decentralization, birth control and planning ‘new expansion’ in somewhere else region in country could help soothe the city (Lagos) ‘socio-demographics’ and environmental problem. And also create new opportunities in country.

[@harpreetmaann547]

I have spent 5 years in Lagos Nigeria & know ground reality . Economy is in red only for lower / middle class . What you have depicted is truly correct & real picture

[@ogunniyiolalekan6004]

The end to this video is perfect. I'm a Lagosian by birth, lived here all my life. I did my high school and university here and I'm 23 btw. Lagos have been ruled by just one person since I've been born i.e for over 23 years and this plan is just a way to make sure it continues for another 30 years. Such a lame plan and just trying to copy cities like Dubai and co. The Lagos state government has ignored it most important challenge (population) and putting too much focus on infrastructure which is taking a toll on it's people. Lagos Mainland is SHIT, the island is advertise to the world but little or no development is done in the Mainland (which is more populated and less secured). Lagos needs to be saved from the ONES who think they own IT

[@princessglandy6776]

You just described CAMEROON 🇨🇲our president has been on power for 41 years. They are robbing our resources daily. It's TIRING HONESTLY. SINWC THE 18TH CENTURY NOTHING HAS CHANGED

[@DerrickCartercosmostravels]

Kudoos for showing your sources!! Also….you’re very handsome

[@HismumYT]

Small correction, face me i face you is a colloquialism for a door facing another door it means a self contain or studio opposite another studio, all usually connected by a thin long passage

[@dl4608]

Life expectancy in Nigeria is 53. That's even lower than Afghanistan, and one of the lowest in the world.

[@icetrip2417]

Imagine and they are not even in a war zone

[@onomeonota23]

We have been in a war for as long as I can recall. It’s the corruption war waged by the politicians against the people. Bleed the people until they all run out of the country to be refugees and documented or undocumented migrants.

[@fromabove422]

As a Nigerian I don't know anyone who has died before 80

[@naijalolade688]

All the ppl I know died at 60-75.. I dont know where u re getting your fake data from. From my own personal data, it is should be around 60-65.. take note that all these kind of data are usually for Psyop purposes. So u should always factor such a thing when making comments abt LE.

[@sunnya4310]

Which is why you should doubt that ridiculous number

[@khushachoubisa3947]

Developed countries too have slums Just they ignore it in media as a problem An hence they just make their public beleive that they are good in their own terms I iwould say foriegn ministers quote West should come out of its mindset to empower or advise

[@danielb6766]

Maybe the Singaporean model would work for Lagos. 1 priority to build state subsidised apartments for all which would later be available for private ownership. And attract world financial institutions and companies to set up shop.

[@bidyutmanna3900]

Mumbai is undergoing a rapid infrastructural boom in recent years....300km of metro network in 5 years, massive bridges, many skyscrapers over 300 meter and all.... and 0:36 is not Mumbai, It is a different city named Gurugram.

[@Daniella162]

I think the prob there is focusing on being the role modell instead of focusing on key issues like economic planning which will include population control,good economic policies to uplift the poor,reduce corruption (the very reason y sub Saharan Africa doesn't develop), infrastructures etc,that's all I can say. And also I think we can learn from China cause China was once underdeveloped but look now it's 2nd largest economy worldwide. Thanks to this video am taking economics so by watching this i can relate to what am studying.❤❤

[@alapankar2239]

In Liverpool you will find slums and poor people. 😢

[@debanikgoswami4834]

Some people just like to live in slum. Even if you give them house they will sell it and again start living in slim😂.

[@iamzeyrox01]

My town is not supper developed but its clean and green we people here we even have our onwn solar energy harvest syestem for our town. Life is peacefully and pollution free

[@kirtiudupa4539]

Really same things happen in Mumbai also like literally you know like there is almost always rain in Mumbai because it is so near to the coast and also just like in Lagos it haves a very poor drainage system literally my sister said that one time she had to go to school and the rain water was just coming near her knees. Yeah and also like you can see the slums are also very dirty and there is a lot of traffic congestion.

[@johannuolotu8810]

Modern day town planning and maintenance culture are the keys. Nigeria has over 750km of coastline. Why concentrate on Lagos state alone. Why not broaden the economy equilibrium through building more seaports. That will help congestion a lot.

[@abdul-kabiralegbe5660]

Very good point. Whenever you see something that doesn't make sense happening, rest assured there are some powerful people benefitting from it.

[@saman_pradhan]

As you mentioned about Mumbai, it's actually crazy rich city. One third if all direct taxes in India only come from there. It has crazy high no of billionaires. But Dharavi, the largest slum is the main bottleneck in the city. Govt is trying to give tenders to redevelop Dharavi.

[@Amoghavarsha.]

Mumbai gdp is 277 billion dollars in country with 4 trillion dollars economy. So how can it become one third of taxes... ? Am I missing something here

[@toothbrush4741]

Widespread tax evasion in India

[@Stan-dr7nm]

Very objective

[@Olisaeh]

Actually from Lagos. You did some good research.