On 8/2/07, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > > >in abuja, internet connectivity is generally dreadful and > expensive....(its > >a strange wind swept > >city in the middle of nowhere... lots of dusty modern, empty buildings - > > Yeah - but brand new, landscaped roads and such - exclusively populated by > government buildings. > Indeed, the "grand tour" of Abuja I got on my one visit there in 2005 was > "here is the president's house, here's the senate, here's ministry X" etc
the city was designed by a japanese architect and built by americans. the government wanted a "central" capital away from the chaso of lagos... so they built it from ground up. its the Brasilia of Africa....