Is Nigeria The Most Developed Country In West Africa? 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.
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
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Thanks for your feedbacks through comments and upvotes. 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.
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