Lagos Ranked 4th Worst City In The World

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 positions.

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 has 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.