By Lari Williams Lagos may not be Nigeria's political headquarters but remains the country's number one city for entertainment and the fashion pace-setter with plenty of scope for improvement in quality, size and market value Lagos, in view of entertainment, is Nigeria's New York, and with proper planning a 'Broadway' can be created without sandfilling any beach or swamp. Indeed farms of hundreds of acres like Obasanjo's Ota Farm, Churches have built acres of land for worship and retreats, therefore, Hollywood can be achieved. Lagos state has lands and islands that can afford such entertainment ambition to build a lucrative, industry that will greatly enhance the state's and the country's economy, and considerably reduce unemployment.
Entertainment is one industry that is capable of absorbing a lot of jobless people.
One production can keep over a hundred people employed - stage or screen. Take for instance, a road like Nnamdi Azikiwe on the Island of Lagos. Renovate those old houses and turn them into Movie Houses, Night Clubs, Casinos for all-night entertainment. Night marauders and hoodlums will have fewer customers to spar with and less criminal acts will be registered. Nigerians in general are fun lovers.