ucheheart:
Nigeria is not suppose to be a country in the first place hence the diverse development in different regions.

Nigeria is made up of 6 different countries called regions.

Based on this fact, if you bring out one region in Nigeria and compare it with any of those West African countries you mentioned above, you will see that there is no much difference.

Kingozymandias:
Typical kafir lies and propaganda 🤣🤣🤣🤣

West Africa is the most undeveloped region in Africa. So being the most developed in the most under developed region is a slap.

holyfather:


If you split the countries into units like that, their rating would still be worse.

Or what do you think?

holyfather:

The question was raised on Quora.com and someone has this to say.
I felt we should judge, how true?


Hmm Yes, I have been to many of those West African countries. The problem with countries like Ghana, Togo, Ivory coast etc is that they focused their development only on the capital cities.

Nigeria can still boast of development in comparison to her neighboring countries and west African countries.

If you go to Ivory coast the only top-notch city there is Abidjan, Partially Yamoussoukro.

Ghana focused its development only in Accra and partially cape coast and Eastern region.


Togo, its only Lome with a lovely beach. Every part of the country is still underdeveloped.


Benin republic development is majorly in Cotonou.


Liberia is only Monrovia


But Nigeria can still be proud of places like Abeokuta, Lagos, Ibadan, Port Harcourt, Kano, Kaduna,Abuja,Uyo,Calabar,Oshogbo etc

Abuja


Kano state





Countries like Niger, Burkina faso, Mali are still far from development.

Some people made suggestions that Senegal might be more developed than Nigeria. This is a point with no proof because I have never been there and I doubt it.

We can only measure a country development with the following methods:

Main development points:
Employment
Poverty
Health
Education
Social Cohesion
Safety and Security
Good Governance

Aspects of Development that cannot be measured:
Freedom
Security
Sustainability
conservation.

Considering Nigeria population, I think it is rude to put Senegal on a race with Nigeria. Senegal population is barely 16 million approximately,Lagos state population alone is over 20 million and Nigeria as a country is approximately 180 million with huge land mass, different culture, beliefs and languages!

Senegal is only matured when it comes to politics and the same thing with Nigeria. The opinion that senegalese have better living standard than Nigerians is something I don’t want to agree.

You can comment for counter arguments!


This is the map of West Africa, I have visited many except few.Based on experience, you cannot compare Nigeria with any of the above listed countries.

Source: https://www.quora.com/Is-Nigeria-the-most-developed-country-in-West-Africa

mdntiri:

The metrics have already been done, by the United Nations and that's the Human Development Index (HDI). You go by that objective metric, Cape Verde is the most developed in West Africa, followed by Ghana, then Ivory Coast etc. But someone like me I don't regard small less than 1 million people Cape Verde as a "big boy", so that leaves Ghana as the most developed in the subregion

victory36:
Ghana gdp per capita - $2240
Ivory coast gdp per capita-. $2730
Cape Verde gdp per capita-$4000+
Senegal-$1600
Nigeria-$1730
Human development index
Nigeria 0.535
Ghana 0.63
Ivory coast 0.58
Cape Verde 0.66
Who is the most developed in west Africa? Definitely not Nigeria . Remove oil & gas sector from Nigeria economy and it will drop even further

mdntiri:

The metrics have already been done, by the United Nations and that's the Human Development Index (HDI). You go by that objective metric, Cape Verde is the most developed in West Africa, followed by Ghana, then Ivory Coast etc. But someone like me I don't regard small less than 1 million people Cape Verde as a "big boy", so that leaves Ghana as the most developed in the subregion

Pathokpo:
Shut up. Na only Nigerians wen never travel before go dey talk this kind talk. What do you mean by the term development. Is it just the one written on books or actual Dev that involves improvement of the quality of life and mind of the average citizens. To tell you truth from the point of view of one that is well travelled in Africa, naija no even join top 7.

victory36:
Ghana gdp per capita - $2240
Ivory coast gdp per capita-. $2730
Cape Verde gdp per capita-$4000+
Senegal-$1600
Nigeria-$1730
Human development index
Nigeria 0.535
Ghana 0.63
Ivory coast 0.58
Cape Verde 0.66
Who is the most developed in west Africa? Definitely not Nigeria . Remove oil & gas sector from Nigeria economy and it will drop even further

holyfather:


Main development points:
Employment
Poverty
Health
Education
Social Cohesion
Safety and Security
Good Governance


These are the author's basis of assessment.
Do they align with what you have up there?

holyfather:
The question was raised on Quora.com and someone has this to say.
I felt we should judge, how true?


Hmm Yes, I have been to many of those West African countries. The problem with countries like Ghana, Togo, Ivory coast etc is that they focused their development only on the capital cities.

Nigeria can still boast of development in comparison to her neighboring countries and west African countries.

If you go to Ivory coast the only top-notch city there is Abidjan, Partially Yamoussoukro.

Ghana focused its development only in Accra and partially cape coast and Eastern region.


Togo, its only Lome with a lovely beach. Every part of the country is still underdeveloped.


Benin republic development is majorly in Cotonou.


Liberia is only Monrovia


But Nigeria can still be proud of places like Abeokuta, Lagos, Ibadan, Port Harcourt, Kano, Kaduna,Abuja,Uyo,Calabar,Oshogbo etc

Abuja


Kano state





Countries like Niger, Burkina faso, Mali are still far from development.

Some people made suggestions that Senegal might be more developed than Nigeria. This is a point with no proof because I have never been there and I doubt it.

We can only measure a country development with the following methods:

Main development points:
Employment
Poverty
Health
Education
Social Cohesion
Safety and Security
Good Governance

Aspects of Development that cannot be measured:
Freedom
Security
Sustainability
conservation.

Considering Nigeria population, I think it is rude to put Senegal on a race with Nigeria. Senegal population is barely 16 million approximately,Lagos state population alone is over 20 million and Nigeria as a country is approximately 180 million with huge land mass, different culture, beliefs and languages!

Senegal is only matured when it comes to politics and the same thing with Nigeria. The opinion that senegalese have better living standard than Nigerians is something I don’t want to agree.

You can comment for counter arguments!


This is the map of West Africa, I have visited many except few.Based on experience, you cannot compare Nigeria with any of the above listed countries.

Source: https://www.quora.com/Is-Nigeria-the-most-developed-country-in-West-Africa


Picture 1 : map of west Africa
Picture 2: Abuja city aerial view
Picture 3: Kano aerial view,day time
Picture 4 : Kano aerial view at night

victory36:
does Nigeria have better safety/security or better employment rate or better governance and social cohesion than any of the countries listed above? I don't think so

Kingozymandias:
Typical kafir lies and propaganda 🤣🤣🤣🤣

West Africa is the most undeveloped region in Africa. So being the most developed in the most under developed region is a slap.

holyfather:

Lol you're funny,on what basis now?

holyfather:

Lol you're funny,on what basis now?

mdntiri:

Are you educated? I put out the OBJECTIVE METRIC "Human Development Index (HDI)" used by the United Nations to measure how developed one country is from another. Just GOOGLE what the latest HDI figures are for West Africa/Africa to have your answer.

But I'd do the work for you. Go here
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/most-developed-countries-in-africa

ycat:
Nigeria as the biggest economy should be the most developed in Africa if not for corruption system of govt. The country needs to break into 6, 7 or 8 countries like Yugoslavia for healthy economies.

Catapault:


How is West Africa the most undeveloped?

Show us your statistics and your source.

Don’t just make a wild declaration and expect us to accept it.

ucheheart:


A region in the North will be worst than those countries ESP regions dominated by bokoharam and iswap

holyfather:


Due diligence!
Brilliant!
I love that.
But you don't have to be cocky while at it.
Do you have to ask if I'm educated?


And you do know we're looking at West African countries only here, right?

If we go by mobile phone subscription, Nigeria definitely comes tops