A report released by The Economist Intelligence Unit ranked Lagos as the third worst city to live, maintaining its position at the lowest rungs of the Global Liveability index.
Several other global reports had also said that Lagos, with a population of over 22 million, would in the next few years, become the 4th mega city in the world, with a population of over 30 million.
The city placed 138th out of the 140 cities ranked in the latest liveability survey, just above war-ravaged Tripoli and Damascus. “Of the poorer-scoring cities, 13 continue to occupy the very bottom tier of liveability, where ratings fall below 50 percent and most aspects of living are severely restricted. “Continued threats from groups like Boko Haram acts as a constraint to improving stability in Lagos,’’ the report stated.
Escalations in hostilities in Libya prompted a sharp decline in liveability in Tripoli, according to the report, while Damascus, although seeing a stabilisation in its decline, remained rooted to the bottom. The top five best countries to live in, according to the report, remain unchanged from last year and they include Melbourne, Australian; Vienna, Austria; Vancouver, Canada; Toronto, Canada; and Calgary, Canada.
The liveability survey assesses which locations around the world provide the best or the worst living conditions across five broad categories, including stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure.
Lagos scored highest in culture and environment, followed by infrastructure. It scored lowest in stability. Three other African cities joined Lagos at the bottom rung of the liveable cities, including Douala, Cameroon; Harare, Zimbabwe; and Algiers, Algeria; ranking 132nd, 133rd, and 134th respectively.
While no African city made it to the top 10 most liveable cities, five were in the 10 least liveable cities.
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Na dem sabi. Eko oni baje!
ReplyDeleteso Kabul (Afghanistan), Rakar, Allepo (syria), Mosul (Iraq), Istanbul (Turkey) are more stable ? These Cities where terrorist live, thrive and/or even govern???
DeleteImagine the insult..comparing Lagos to Tripoli. That city must be the dungiest and dirtiest city ever. Won't forget once when I was on transit and I got stuck in Tripoli by default. The smell alone.. goshhh.
DeleteNdi ala.. mk dem swerve biko.
DeleteOk naa
ReplyDeleteWhy didn't they put at number one.
DeleteThey can't ever understand. Lagos or (L.A) as I call it is za best city to live in. Because Lagos is like a training ground, if you can live there, you can live anywhere else
ReplyDeleteCorrect!
DeleteLogos should be the first worst city to live in?
ReplyDeleteWhat are people doing in Logos ? Living there is torture and I can't imagine it. Leave for work by 4 to beat traffic, get home by 11pm cause of traffic. Environment nko...eyesore. TUFIAKWA.
Akwuna everywhere, that's why men don't marry logos babes.
Mama, they said lagos, not logos ministries...
DeleteWhere is logos'ehh? Its Lagos nne
DeleteYou can as well call it Legos. No be only logos. Even autocorrect recognises Lagos sef.
DeleteIt's autocorrect Umu ewu.
DeleteLMAO
DeleteThis got me cracking😂
Yet we run things for the rest of naija to copy. Everyone says lagos is dirty, yet they copy interior and exterior lagos house designs, female and male fashion from lagos, hair nko? Once lagos girls wear, every other state follows. Business too. Once it starts in lagos, other states will now copy. Who told u ppl don't marry lagos girls? Haha. Yet other states copy our wedding themes. And invite our MUAs, dress designers and Decorators to your quiet corners to pimp up your wedding. I travel round nigeria a lot and I must tell you lagosians are trend setters. You may not like to hear it buy it's the truth. So take several seats. PH is dirty, Aba is very dirty and onitsha is worse. Warri with all the oil money is still dirty. One can count places to hang out. Where else? Is it Markurdi? Or Benin? Even abuja is highly under developed for a state capital. Nigeria as a whole is dirty. Leave lagos alone.
DeleteChikito they said cities not towns? Makurdi is a small town. Under developed however, mostly neat in many places. I can't speak for Lagos but I'm sure it's not that horrible. Newyork too has ghettos
DeleteEnd time city
ReplyDeleteWith cock firmly held; do I solemnly swear that no truer words have ever been said. Land of the craziest.
ReplyDeleteHahaha Stranger you sound like Gannicus in Spartacus! Lololol
DeleteNot a lie o.
ReplyDeleteFake list...I don't believe all this bullshit list by those fucking racists
ReplyDeleteYaburuwa!!!
ReplyDeleteOnly God has been helping his children.
ReplyDeleteThis means we can live anywhere in the world
Says who? Lagos? When there's all those streets full of drugs and gang fights in Colombia, Iraq,abi na the things wey dey happen for america? Na lagos? Of course ,of nigeria isnt on the list,they'll have brain cancer. I'll feel safer in Lagos than in Bronx any day ,anytime.
ReplyDeleteYou dey mind dem?
DeleteVery true
DeleteColombia oh! Hmmm... my sis said she was in a tour bus when she saw live shooting. A 5 year old boy going on his own was shot down. Na there she jack bag commot the next day.
DeleteBut we are still living in it!
ReplyDeleteA whole mega city
ReplyDeleteLol, its kind of true cos i don't know how people survive there.
ReplyDeleteEhhn I don't think it's has' worse too
ReplyDeleteThere r better cities to live in than Lagos, even within Nigeria itself. Calabar, Jos (before all the killings), Enugu, Abuja (when El Rufai was in charge)
ReplyDeleteGo to calabar now. You will weep. It's not as clean ad it used to be. Confirm
DeleteLagos is the worst place and yet they troup in day in, day out. They shouldn't worry, we go stay there like that.
ReplyDeleteGbam!
DeleteSeen
ReplyDeleteNoted
ReplyDeleteIf lagos is the worst city ,then new-york asiin gii gini abeg make una pack well
ReplyDeleteIf the problem of traffic can be solved in Lagos then I will give it all, it's a good place to live in and rise faster.
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ReplyDeleteHmmmm odiegwu.
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