Few days ago….Qatar lost their renown Father Emir ….He was celebrated globally as the father of modern day Qatar…
In my sober moment… I whisper to myself that this would be Tinubu in many years to come….
Father Emir developed a small country of just 3 million people…. with oil and gas wealth more than that of Nigeria of more than 245 million people….
So somehow the Wealth balance is not comparable … as Lagos alone is over 8 times more populous than Qatar….
But with it’s meagre resources…. Tinubu is trying to replicate What Qatar’s Father Emir did…
Father Emir built eternal monument like..
Msheireb Downtown Doha -31 hectares (0.31 km²)…
West Bay, Doha – 2,000 hectares (20 km²)..
Lusail City – 3,800 hectares (38 km²)
This are highbrow areas …. Sometimes refer to as heaven on Earth…. These monuments attract at least 20 million visitors annually…..
Another Icon I liken to Tinubu is… Sheik Rashid Bin Saheed.. The father of Modern day Dubai… He built :
Downtown Dubai – 200 hectares (2 km²) housing Burj Khalifa, Dubai Mall..
Business Bay – 590 hectares (5.9 km²)…
Dubai Marina – 156 hectares (1.56 km²)..
Palm Jumeirah – about 560 hectares…..
Dubai has a population below 4 million yet these monuments attract over 110 million people annually….
Tinubu is using the same playbook in Nigeria…
Eko Atlantic is his brainchild – 1,000 hectares (10 km²)… arguably Africa most ambitious project of all time….
Eko Atlantic city is almost 75% of today’s modern Dubai…
it has about 60 highbrow houses completed and ongoing…. phase 1 and 2 almost having all it’s infrastructures such as highway and others already fixed…
As at today the property values in the Lagos heaven on Earth is over $4 billion
with notable Edifice such as :
US embassy – $537 million
FirstBank Headquarters – $250 million
Phoenix Rising – about $150 million
The Hive – about $120 million
Le Rêve – $50–100 million.
White Pearl – about$100 million+
Indigo Pearl & Aqua Pearl Towers
Azuri Towers
Champagne Pearl
Black Pearl Tower
Eko Pearl Towers (Phase 1)
Like it’s peers in Dubai and Qatar….Eko Atlantic City is expected to attract millions of visitors annually… phase 1 & 2 is nearing 20% completion after 18 years…
It took over 60 years to develop Dubai till date….over 30 years to develop Doha…so Eko Atlantic is on track…. with over 10,000 construction workers on site…
Dubai and Qatar honored those who built their highbrow cities…. but when Tinubu honored Chagoury who is building Arguably Africa most Ambitious projects of Eko Atlantic and Coastal highway …
The n3ver do wells wailed uncontrollably..
In the next two days Tinubu would be taking the most ambitious project ever to the North of Nigeria… The Abuja city Walk …. a 250 hectare commercial city.. almost twice the size of Dubai Marina…
Abuja City Walk, Coastal highway, Atlantic City are arguably among Africa most ambitious projects,
The most ever from Nigeria…and they are all the brainchild of one man….The Jagaban Borgu…
Tinubu speak with ambitious projects and no time about creating content on how he was once a wheelbarrow Pusher… The likes of Obi should be contesting with klint d drunk…
For those promoting upper Iweka kr@”men as Nigeria President….
They are the reason why the Urhobos say..
It is better to born a thief than to born a mumu…
Proverbs are not for kids…
Onovughe Igwe
