Economist Intelligence Unit, EIU, an independent
forecasting and advisory business within the Economist
Group has said Lagos is the fourth worst city in the world.
Up there on the top worst cities in the world with Lagos is
Port Moresby, in Papua New Guinea on 38.9 per cent,
which shares Lagos’ 137 position.
Although the report made available yesterday described
Lagos as the second-fastest growing city in Africa, it also
regarded it as the fourth worst city on earth.
“Rapid growth is not always a good thing because Lagos
is now a magnet for two perpetual threats to peace:
pirates and Islamist warriors.
“Boko Haram have a problem with cities like Lagos and
also lots of weaponry. Pirates threaten trade and use
kidnapping as a method of funding. Islamist terrorist
groups such as Boko Haram (“Education is forbidden”)
want to create their own version of heaven on earth by
destroying cities such as Lagos and imposing strict sharia
law. Lagos has enormous potential but as yet little to
show for it – hence its poor ranking,” the report said.
EIU in its 2013 annual survey of the world’s 140 major
metropolises, said Lagos has a long way to go politically,
socially and economically before it joins the emerging
market club.
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