Lagos ranked 4th world’s worst City

LAGOS—Lagos is the fourth worst city in the
world, Economist Intelligence Unit, EIU, an
independent forecasting and advisory business
within the Economist Group has said.
And its top worst cities, are scattered around
Africa and Asia. Lagos, the fourth on the list,
shares its 137 position with Port Moresby, in
Papua New Guinea on 38.9 per cent.
The report made available yesterday described
it as the second-fastest growing city in Africa
and 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.