Victoria Island, Lagos
Victoria Island ( VI ) yanki ne mai wadata wanda ya ƙunshi tsohon tsibiri mai suna daya  Lagos Island, Ikoyi da Lekki Peninsula kusa da Lagon Legas . Ita ce babbar cibiyar kasuwanci da hada-hadar kudi ta jihar Legas, Najeriya. Tsibirin Victoria yana daya daga cikin wurare masu tsada da tsada don zama a Legas. A garin da kuma tsibirin ƙarya a cikin iyakoki na Eti-Osa karamar (karamar hukumar).

Tarihi 

Babban yanki na tsibirin asalin wani yanki ne na ikon gidan sarautar Oniru na Legas tare da masu haya da ke zaune a yankin. A shekarar 1948, hukumar raya jihar Legas ta biya fam 250,000 a matsayin diyya ga filin da aka samu daga dangin Oniru da karin fam 150,000 a matsayin diyya ga mazauna da wuraren ibada da aka lalata. Daga baya an sake tsugunar da mazauna kauyen Maroko . Tun asali an kewaye tsibirin Victoria gaba ɗaya da ruwa. Tana iyaka da Tekun Atlantika a kudu, bakin tafkin Legas a Yamma, Kogin Cowrie biyar zuwa Arewa, kuma yana fadama a Gabas. Gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ta fara aikin cike guraben dazukan gabas domin rage wuraren kiwon sauro. Wannan ya haifar da wata gada ta ƙasa tsakanin Tsibirin Victoria da Lekki Peninsula ta kawo ƙarshen wanzuwarta a matsayin tsibiri na gaskiya. 

Bayan samun 'yancin kai, gwamnatocin jahohin da suka shude sun fadada wannan ci gaban, wanda ya kai ga gina babbar hanyar da ta hada Victoria Island zuwa Epe. Wannan aikin, tare da saurin tallace-tallace na Tsibirin Victoria, ya yi aiki don haɓaka ci gaban zamantakewar da hanyar Lekki-Epe, farawa da Lekki Phase 1. Yankin gadar kasa wanda ya kunshi tsohon fadama ya zama wani katafaren unguwar da ake kira Garin Maroko wanda ke dauke da da yawa daga cikin sabbin bakin haure zuwa jihar Legas. Mazauna tsibirin sun koka da wannan matsala, inda suka jagoranci gwamnan mulkin soja na jihar, Raji Rasaki, ya tilasta wa mazauna yankin korar mutanen a ranar 14 ga Yuli, 1990, wanda ya yi sanadin jikkatar da dama. Gwamna Rasaki da jami’an tsaron sa dauke da makamai sun yi sanadiyyar korar mazauna yankin da yawansu ya kai 300,000, wadanda wasunsu ke da hakin kadarori a bisa doka. 

Wannan sabon yanki da aka kafa bayan anyi korar ana kiransa Victoria Island Annex. An share shi kuma an sayar da shi ga masu siyan gida.

Gyaran da ya biyo baya ya faɗaɗa yankin har zuwa yanzu an haɗa Victoria Island Annex zuwa Lekki Peninsula. Wannan sabon yanki mai girma ana kiransa da suna “Estate Estate” bayan dangin da ke mulkin yankin.

Tun asali kebewar gidajen manya, gazawar ababen more rayuwa da cunkoso a tsohuwar gundumar kasuwanci da ke tsibirin Legas da kuma aiwatar da dokar hana fita a tsibirin Victoria Island ya haifar da ƙaura na kasuwanci a cikin shekaru ashirin da biyar da suka gabata. A yau, Tsibirin Victoria na daya daga cikin cibiyoyin hada-hadar bankuna da kasuwanci a Najeriya, inda akasarin manyan kamfanonin Najeriya da na kasa da kasa ke da hedikwata a tsibirin.

Tsibirin ya ci gaba da haɓaka cikin sauri tare da Ikoyi, wuri ne da aka fi so ga ƴan Najeriya da baƙi su zauna da wasa.

Sai dai karin bankuna da sauran harkokin kasuwanci ya sauya yanayin da tsibirin ke da shi a da. Mazauna yankin da suka dade suna kokawa kan karuwar cunkoso da kuma kwararowar ‘yan kasuwar tituna da ke kula da ma’aikatan bankuna da ‘yan kasuwa. 

Wani sabon aikin da ƙungiyar Chagoury ke haɓakawa ya haɗa da Eko Atlantic City, wanda ke kusa da tsibirin Victoria.   Ana gina aikin ne a kan filaye da aka kwato da aka yi hasarar zaizayar gabar teku.

A cikin 2021, yayin da buƙatun manyan gidaje haya na Apartments/Condos ke ƙaruwa a Tsibirin Victoria, wani sabon ci gaba daga Periwinkle Condos Limited wata 'yar'uwar kamfanin Periwinkle Residences Limited ta ƙaddamar da wani Keɓantaccen kuma Babban aikin da ake kira Atlantis City Towers a tsakiyar Victoria Island, akan Bishop. Aboyade Cole Street.

Tattalin arziki 

Hedkwatocin bankunan Guaranty Trust Bank da Access Bank plc suna da reshe a tsibirin, Halliburton da IBM suna aiki da ofisoshi a Tsibirin Victoria.    Ofishin Hewlett Packard na Yammacin Afirka kuma yana cikin Tsibirin Victoria.

Rushewar birnin Maroko 
An kori tsoffin mazauna garin Maroko da suka rasa matsugunansu, sun bi tsarin shari’ar Najeriya, ba tare da samun nasara ba. A shekara ta 2008, wata kungiyar kare hakkin dan Adam mai suna Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC), ta shigar da kara ga hukumar kare hakkin dan Adam ta Afrika a madadin al'ummar Moroko. 

Masu fafutuka da mazauna yankin Maroko sun ci gaba da gudanar da bikin Tunawa da Maroko a kowace shekara a ranar 14 ga Yuli.

Ofishin jakadanci 
Victoria Island ce ke daukar mafi yawan zama na yan siyasa a Legas, wadanda da yawa a baya ofisoshin jakadancin ne a Najeriya kafin a koma babban birnin tarayya Abuja. Ofishin jakadancin yanzu, ofisoshin reshe na jakadanci, ko mataimakan manyan kwamitoci a tsibirin Victoria sun haɗa da Benin, Brazil, Kanada, China, Jamus, Indiya, Indonesia, Italiya, Lebanon, Netherlands, Rasha, Afirka ta Kudu, Burtaniya, da Amurka.

Ilimi 
Akwai makarantu kamar British International School Lagos,  da Lycée Français Louis Pasteur de Lagos suna kan tsibirin Victoria. Hakanan yana kan Tsibirin Victoria shine Makarantar Duniya ta Amurka ta Legas,

Wuri 
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