Economist Intelligence Unit, EIU which is a global business intelligence group has finally ranked Nigeria’s commercial capital city, Lagos as the world’s second-worst liveable city. This ranking shows that Lagos was charted as one of the worst inhabitable cities in Nigeria.
The EIU group which according to its recent publication, has charted Lagos 171 out of 172 countries in the list of its global liveable cities in the world.
The latest 2022 Global Liveability Index published by the EIU had also revealed that Vienna regained its customary position as the number one while the Canadian and some other European cities dominated the top ten.
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Following the report, it can be deduced that Nigerian best city is the worst in Africa as Damascus (Syria) and Tripoli (Libya) continue to languish at the bottom of the list along with Lagos (Nigeria) as they face social unrest, terrorism and conflict.
“The EIU further highlighted the top five most liveable cities in the world as Vienna, with Austria, scoring 99. 1; Copenhagen, Denmark, 98.0; Zurich, Switzerland at 96.3; Calgary, Canada had 96.3 and Vancouver, Canada with 96.1
“However, most of the cities in the bottom ten have improved their scores compared with last year, as COVID-19 pandemic induced pressures,” EIU stated.
Some of the variety of factors that landed Lagos in this position also includes the crime rates, health care, political stability, infrastructure and access to green space were used for the ranking.
Lagos State remains the most populated city in the country with at least 14 million people.
It has also been reported that in a bid to scrape and totally curb the menace of motorcyclists in the State, the Lagos Government has finally inaugurated an Anti-Okada Squad to join the Police in enforcing ban on use of motorcycles for commercial transportation on highways, major roads and bridges in six local government areas of the state.
The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, said in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos that the ban was in line with the Transport Sector Reform Law (TSRL), 2018.
Oladeinde said the government was set to reinforce the ban on commercial motorcycles in the six LGAs and nine Local Council Development Areas.
