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January 1, 1914
- On January 1, 1914, Lagos became Nigeria’s first capital city after the amalgamation of the Southern and Northern Protectorates. The city retained its position as capital after Independence on October 1, 1960, until the transfer to Abuja on December 12, 1991.
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Lagos as capital. The central importance of Lagos for Nigeria can be traced back to General Lugard, who advanced far north with British troops after 1900 and, as governor, made Lagos the capital of the south and later of the entire country.
Oct 15, 2024 · Lagos is Nigeria’s largest city. Until 1975 it was the capital of Lagos state, and until 1991 it was the federal capital of Nigeria. Ikeja replaced Lagos as the state capital, and Abuja replaced Lagos as the federal capital.
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Lagos was formerly the capital city of Nigeria, but it has since been replaced by Abuja. Abuja officially became the capital of Nigeria on December 12 1991, although the decision to move the federal capital had been made in Act No.6 of 1976.
- The History
- The Positives
- What’s Broken
- Who Should Run The City?
Lagos was affected positively as well as negatively by Nigeria’s 1970s emergence as a major crude oil producer. On the upside, there was investment in infrastructure. This included the building of the second bridge linking the Island, the Eko Bridge, and re-building of the first (colonial) Carter Bridge. The third and longest bridge was commissione...
Positive changeshave taken place. For example, over the past 15 years the authorities succeeded in raising more taxes using money to restore basic infrastructure, expand public services and strengthen law enforcement. Researchshows that the commitment to reform the city was driven by electoral pressures as well as elite ambitions to construct an or...
One of the biggest problems is the lack of coherent and integrated development . Another major issue is flooding which Bongo Adi, a Lagos based environmental expert argues, hasn’t been decisively tackled. Nor have improvements over the past decade impressed everyone. As Femi Akintunde argues,Lagos remains deplorable, rowdy, unsanitary, and a city o...
There are two potential authorities: Lagos state, sitting at the top, and the municipal authorities which interact with the grassroots. The problem is that Lagos city isn’t really run by the city authorities. But effective urban governance should be “bottom-up”, making it possible for the people to take increasingly greater control over their lives...
Jul 6, 2010 · In 1960, Lagos became the capital of a newly-independent Nigeria. In the years after independence the city’s population ballooned from less 100,000 in 1963 to nearly 2.5 million in 1974 as people were drawn in from the country seeking work, education, and freedom from ethnic and religious conflict.
Nov 11, 2008 · On 4 February 1976 the Federal Military Government of Nigeria promulgated Decree No. 6, initiating the removal of the national capital from Lagos to Abuja. Thus Nigeria followed Brazil, Botswana, Malawi, Pakistan, and Tanzania to become the most recent developing country to arrange for a transfer of its centre of government.
