In response to a prompt asking people to start a “problematic discourse,” one user wrote, “Lagos is what it is today because of the Igbos,” sparking tribal tension. While it’s true that the Igbo community has contributed immensely to Lagos’s growth, reducing the city’s development solely to one group downplays the historical and foundational role of the Yoruba people—the original owners of the land.
Statements like this fuel unnecessary ethnic rivalry and overlook the collective effort that built Lagos. No single group made Lagos what it is; it’s a result of collaboration across cultures, tribes, and decades of shared progress. Unity, not division, drives development
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