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The month of August is a popular month among Nigerians not because there is a special celebration but rather it is a month with the highest rainfall especially in the Southern part of the country which includes Lagos state. Lagos state, known as the centre of excellence, is one of the largest cities in Africa with a population over 25 million people and currently one of the fastest growing developing cities in the world yet during raining season, they are a lot of floods in most part of the state. The government of Lagos always prove with achievements to be one of the best states in Nigeria working towards a sustainable environment like encouraging the planting of trees, investing in agriculture, establishing a state-owned waste recycling plant yet still has quite a lot of environmental challenges like flooding just like other states in the country. Some of the reasons why Lagos state still experience floods in most part of its territory include: 1. 1. Inadequate Maintenance: For more than 8 years now, the government noticed there is an exigent need to resolve the issue of flooding in the state and embarked on a lot to projects but in few years the project seemed to collapse because of lack of maintenance. African governments need to make maintenance of their projects a habit so that it can last for a very long time benefiting and positively impacting the citizens. With adequate maintenance, they can focus on new projects to resolve other environmental issues. 2. 2. Ineffective laws and policies: There are laws and policies guiding the citizens and protecting government projects but most of them are ineffective. The government should create strict and effective laws that will discourage citizens from dumping their wastes in the drainage and encourage the use of their waste bin
3. 3. Corruption: It is one of the major challenges Africa countries are currently facing. Most government projects are awarded to individuals or companies. Instead, 100% budgeted should be spent on the project, the contractor only uses about 50% making the project an inferior one and won?t served its purpose well. The government needs to establish an agency that will be monitoring projects awarded to solve environmental problems in the state. The agency should pay keen attention for them to do the right thing using the exact budget and finishing the project at the right time |
  
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Sad to know about the situation in Nigeria (specifically Lagos). I have heard corruption stories from Nigeria through one of my uncle who has his business in Lagos and Ambuja. It's pity that corruption is so deep-rooted in government that no deal(small or big) is secured without hefty commissions which results in compromise in the quality of material used for projects. Let's hope that it improves sooner than never.
Thanks for the report.
Posted 12-09-2016 19:47
Thanks for sharing about the floods in Lagos, Kamaldeen. It was very nice for you to not only introduce the situation, but point out the specific problems. I sincerely hope the problems be solved. Have a great day!
Posted 11-09-2016 20:58
Thank you so much for your acknowledgements. I hope the world a better place soon!
Posted 11-09-2016 06:04
Welcome to Tunza eco generation, Kamaldeen! I read your report with much appreciation and I thank you for delivering us your own perspective on the mounting problems. It is true many places around the world, including mine, have a long way to go and to put away with unjust and inefficient idiocracy. Thank you for bringing our attention on the matter!
Posted 10-09-2016 22:18
This is actual truth as lagos is a border state to the atlantic ocean, past governors of the state have tried to improve on this but as kamaldeen has clearly stated, the efforts always seem to be undermined ones. Corruption is a major issue almost everywhere. we hope for better governance with better policies to preserve both the humans and the environment. great work kamaldeen
Posted 09-09-2016 06:01
Thank you for writing on this. The situation in Lagos is very disheartening. This is one of the adverse effects of climate change. I recently heard some persons died in a building collapse as a result of the flood.
I really hope the government does something about this.
Posted 07-09-2016 16:09
I'm sorry about the situation in Lagos Kamaldeen. It is true that keeping up with maintenance is a big problem for African governments. I think part of the problem is that we keep re-electing the same people even though we know they're corrupt and no good for us. It's a classic case of the Stockholm Syndrome. This is a situation that needs to change as soon as possible. The uphill task is getting people to see the light when they're so comfortable with the darkness.
Posted 07-09-2016 04:56