The 2011 Liveabililty Ranking and Overview has rated Lagos city as the fourth worst city to live in. Last year, the city ranked fifth after an assessment of living conditions in 140 cities around the world using 30 indicators across five broad categories: stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure.
Lagos was ranked 137 in the list of 140 countries surveyed. The city with a population of 18million people had an overall rating of 39.0. The state also earned the score of 25 in stability, 33.3 in both education and health care and an above average score of 52.3 for culture and environment. The recent huge investments by the state government in infrastructure earned the state a score of 48.2.
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However the deputy state governor, Sarah Sosan, who oversees the Ministry of Education disagreed with last year’s ranking stating that, “I don’t think the standard of education is low.” She said this during a press briefing held to mark the third anniversary of the current administration. “We need to improve on factors and we’ve been doing that through the rehabilitation of science laboratories, provision of libraries, putting of furniture in place, and so on. We are also aggressively putting structures in place to reduce congestion in our schools.”
Vancouver again
Vancouver in Canada remained at the top of the ranking, as it did last year and according to the EIU; the position was maintained by the “successful hosting of the 2010 winter Olympics and Paralympics, which provided a boost to the infrastructure and culture and environment categories.”
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Posted: at 23-02-2011 11:38 PM (13 years ago) | Addicted Hero
chyke123 at 24-02-2011 01:59 AM (13 years ago) (m)
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Posted: at 24-02-2011 01:59 AM (13 years ago) | Newbie
hmmmmmm.......Lagos na wa but we dey survive sha.....Frankly speaking, I wouldn't want to retire and still remain in Lagos (if Lagos continues like this) but let's hope 'their' mega city dream comes true......we can only hope.
Posted: at 24-02-2011 02:44 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
hmmmmmm.......Lagos na wa but we dey survive sha.....Frankly speaking, I wouldn't want to retire and still remain in Lagos (if Lagos continues like this) but let's hope 'their' mega city dream comes true......we can only hope.
and have faith as well
becos faith is the substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen that way it will work out for us
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