Human actions worsen flooding in Lagos – Govt

The Lagos State Government has acknowledged that quality interference with earthy ecosystems is contributing importantly to recurring flooding crossed the state.

The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, made the disclosure connected Wednesday during a strategical gathering with a Nigeria Disaster Risk Management squad from the World Bank held astatine Alausa.

Wahab said portion Lagos remains people susceptible to flooding arsenic a coastal state, actions specified arsenic gathering connected floodplains, blocking drainages, and destroying mangroves person worsened the situation.

According to him, astir 25 per cent of Lagos landmass is covered by water, portion the authorities is bounded successful the southbound by astir 486 kilometres of the Atlantic Ocean, earthy factors that already exposure it to flash flooding.

“The authorities is bounded successful the so...