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To: Fai Mao; All

Nigeria did something similar, moving their capital out of Lagos to Abaju.


34 posted on 01/19/2022 9:55:18 AM PST by Reily
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To: Reily

Brazil did it with Brasilia.


35 posted on 01/19/2022 9:56:12 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Reily

Nigeria is well known for making sure that the government city of Abaju has all the electricity it needs while the rest of the country has intermittent power.

It is a classic elite power play—telling the peons to pound sand.


50 posted on 01/21/2022 7:51:56 AM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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