Are you from a community in Lagos, the “Centre of excellence”, City of Light and Enterprise. Do you believe that your people can build more social or industrial excellence and pride if they get the liberty to own and control their lands, resources and socio-industrial destiny?
Today, you are sent to take the message of intercultural liberty to your community and their neighbors for them to prepare to manifest their greatness at the oncoming Tour of Liberty. This intercultural liberty is the belief that:
“there is something great in every community and culture, and so, they all deserve the liberty to own, modify and use their cultural, human and natural resources to prosper and to manifest their greatness to their communities, nations, continent and the world. And that the four institutions of public regulation (government, religion, academia and mass media) are only made to support these communities and their members to manifest their greatness.”
Lagosians are not created to merely hustle, survive and endure. They are born to create, prosper and illuminate others across Nigeria, Africa and beyond. This Tour of Liberty will lead to discussion and institution of private property rights in a Restart National Conference for each community or individual to own and control their lands and resources. For no matter how beautiful the city skyline becomes, when its people are denied control of their lands, trades and talents, they still live under a shadow of modern economic dependency.
CULTURAL RESOURCES: Lagos was created in 1967 and served as the Federal capital of Nigeria, until 1991 when the capital was moved to Abuja. It is the economic and commercial nerve of Nigeria, housing the head office of most industries, banks and media houses in Nigeria. Despite the influx of people from various ethnic groups in Nigeria, the main indigenes of Lagos are the Aworis and Eguns, who are members of the Yoruba ethnicity and are spread across over 80 communities. These communities have festivals and legends, which they have and can still refine for arts, entertainment and sending their message of prosperity and liberty to the world. To fortify their commercial status, most Lagos communities have integrated other Nigerians and foreigners into their lives, thus making Lagos a melting pot of various cultures. So, the two main languages spoken in Lagos are Yoruba and English language.
Some festivals in Lagos include the Eyo Adamorisa Masquerade, Egungun, Afrobeat, Boat Regatta, Igunnuko, Oro and Agemo. Lagos is a living canvas of music, art, language and festivals. Tolerant faith thrives in Lagos, seen in the harmonious relations among Christians and Muslims that contributes to the city’s moral and social fabric, reflecting the spirit of unity in diversity.
HUMAN RESOURCES: With an estimated population exceeding 20million, Lagos is an engine room of Nigeria’s economy, a land where energy, ambition, and innovation meet. Its people, from market women to craftsmen to entrepreneurs and tech pioneers, embody the resilience and vision that lifts Lagos. And some Lagosians that can influence more socio-industrial liberation and prosperity for Lagos include: Funke Akindele, Mike Adenuga, Femi Otedola, Nike Akande, Bode Akindele, Adekunle Gold, Korede Bello, Desmond Elliot, Bolanle Ninalowo, Toke Makinwa, Ambode, Yewande Akinse, Falz, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Babatunde Raji Fashola, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Folorunsho Alakija, Tony Elumelu, Femi Otedola and Oba Rilwan Akiolu.
NATURAL RESOURCES: Lagos covers about 3,577 square kilometers, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and rich in waterways, lagoons and wetlands. It also has many tourist and cultural attractions like the Bar Beach, Badagry Beach, Kaiyetoro Maiyegun beach, Eleko Beach, Lekki Beach, Tarkwa Bay, Water Parts, Apapa Amusement Park, Elegusi Beach, Epe Mangroves, Whispering Palms, Lekki Conservative Centre, Slave Relics, First Storey Building, and National Museum. Despite its urban status, various areas in Lagos natural and geographical wealth that can support fishing, transportation, tourism and agriculture, and they also have minerals like silica sand, bitumen, sharp sand, gravel, petroleum and laterite.
POTENTIALS FOR THESE RESOURCES WITH THE ACTIVATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS IN NIGERIA: despite the strength of its commercial status and access to foreign goods from the ports, communities in Lagos can make technical products based on the mineral resources in their lands, such as: silica sand, bitumen, sharp sand, gravel, petroleum and laterite.
Silica sand: for making glass
Bitumen: used in construction for roads and roofing, and in agriculture, hydraulics and erosion-control, railways, mastic floorings for recreation and factories, tank foundation, joint-filling material, dump-proof for masonry.
Sharp sand, gravel, and laterite: for construction
Petroleum: gasoline, diesel, fuel, heating oil, jet-fuel, petrochemical feedstock, waxes, lubricating oils, asphalt, and other chemicals
When communities and individuals take control of their lands and resources, then they can partner with various groups and well-regulated investors to properly use these resources to prosper and manifest their abundance.
