dessz:
true, but there is an adage "a stick in time saves nine" if he had created drainage facilities in advance, there wouldn't have been a high rate of flooding like this.

my opinion tho

Which kind stick be that ?

Hmmm double standards. I want the state government to consider okokomaiko too ooo. the flooding is ^3 (3 much) 17hr of draining water from a single house, it's also preventing us from attending lectures promptly.

stevecantrell:


Eko atlantic is accelerating the doomsday..

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I have heard this statement several times. I would have thought that since the ocean or sea has been driven back miles away, it is time to rejoice.

I will like to have in depth analysis of that your statement.

Many thanks.

ChangetheChange:


Re-Engineeer


The only lasting solution is to Demolish all the houses in Lekki and VgC and convert the whole land to CANAL on order to allow for proper flow of water or flood

You make sense tire but I doubt people would see sense in your point. But who would like to give up his house ?

This is what I think

It won't solve lekki problems...... If u doubt me ask Italian govt what they did to Venice

wristbangle:
This supposed to have been the earlier plan so that Lagos (Island specifically) would not be encountering this issue of flooding though we can take exception for the fact that naturally the terrain of the island is at/below sea level but the mentality of black man is wire shamefully hence prefer cure to prevention instead of the other way round.

All the same kudos to ambode for his attention on the issue and we look forward to having his prompt action on it.

Lalasticlala, another flood issue again o

logically other governors b4 him have thought about the solution to this problem but have weighed how much it will cost to build a modern and effective drainage system vs how less they'll steal if they located a huge budget to solving this problem. in reality, less money will be left for them 2 steal if the problem is solved, so d rather leave d problem unsolved and live in d shame of d problem and make people suffer which the get richer.
It's just a pitiful situation with our people

fineboynl:
what type of drainage?? the area is a low land and below sea level.

let them keep deceiving themselves... Italian govt with powerful engineers couldn't arrest the floodings in Venice, but to accept the fate buy reinforcing the foundation and base of houses in the city

Have you not heard about Climate Change?

Nothing can be done about Lagos flooding.

Like many coastal countries & towns that

are at or slightly above sea level,
Its just a matter of time,
they are all gonna sink!!

Sorry Lagos

dessz:
true, but there is an adage "a stick in time saves nine" if he had created drainage facilities in advance, there wouldn't have been a high rate of flooding like this.

my opinion tho

A "stitch" in time saves nine.
In cases like this, this is what a true leader must do... “If we have learnt anything in the ongoing flooding of some parts of the state, it is that there is an immediate, even urgent need for us to embark upon a review and re-engineering of our canals and drainage systems".

The flooding has taught us a lesson, we need to watch the way it came then find a way to channel it into the canals.

modified.

tron23:
There are certain things about Nigeria that never cease to amaze me. What's so difficult in constructing proper drainage facilities. For God sake its not rocket science. Instead of building pedestrian bridges and commissioning police cars why can't our government focus on the important things. Someone just lost his Honda crosstour (950k Bill), haba.

What exactly does Ambode and tinubu do with all the so called internally generated income. Please tell me what's the essence of building Eco Atlantic when lekki , vgc and Victoria island are all under water.

It's indeed a curse to be born a Nigerian. YES I SAID IT.

I agree DAT ur cursed!
I agree DAT i am not cursed as a Nigerian
Onisokuso oshi......go enter Malaysia naw!!!

three:
Re-engineer?

Like the Lekki-Epe roundabouts?

When you lie that you will do something and believe your own lie that you have done it, there is no need to do it again

no mind those ppl lieing to Themselves... If Venice couldn't arrest the persistent floodings with their powerful engineers and I wonder how Lagos will achieve that

martineverest:
It won't solve lekki problems...... If u doubt me ask Italian govt what they did to Venice

Ogbeni shut up!!! Ur just being negative!! Oya proffer solution instead of shouting Venice upandan!!! Is Venice ur country...or it has to be white to be right

ChangetheChange:


Re-Engineeer canals?
Instead of demolishing the entire Lekki phase and VGC like they did to Maroko

Ambode u are wasting ur time and Lagos state money, if u like restructure the canals, flooding on the island will remain inevitable, as long as Lekki phase 1 and VGC still exists, the flooding will never stop, those estates are meant to the canals/ drainage ways in the first place and not housing estates.



The only lasting solution is to Demolish all the houses in Lekki and VgC and convert the whole land to CANAL on order to allow for proper flow of water or flood


There should be nothing like Lekki phase 1, VGC and other estates on lekki /Ajah axis, those places should be entirely a canal and not housing estates---Quote me anywhere

Will you please shed more light

luminouz:

Ogbeni shut up!!! Ur just being negative!! Oya proffer solution instead of shouting Venice upandan!!! Is Venice ur country...or it has to be white to be right

lekki ID.iot spotted...... If anybody tells u there is a solution, he or she is just deceiving u. I gave u Venice analogy to give u a clue but u are obstinate.......lekki and Venice are in similar situation but Venice is worse.. To the extent that there is virtually no car in the city but gondolas

Oh my God why on earth will I below sea level, and even very close to sea. Well human beings when we have more than enough money we rarely make good decision. For their mind those living on the mainland are the middle class. You will be swimming in your ocean while we the lower or middle class will be on dry land on our mainland. If I hear that you are running back to mainland you left, I will chase you back.

marooh:
Arm bode

Arm: hand.
Bode: sign for future!

Heheheheheh una go dey where e hand go sign for future drainage till dry season come

Me: I just bought a house for #190 million naira in Lekki

Flood:

martineverest:
lekki ID.iot spotted...... If anybody tells u there is a solution, he or she is just deceiving u. I gave u Venice analogy to give u a clue but u are obstinate.......lekki and Venice are in similar situation but Venice is worse.. To the extent that there is virtually no car in the city but gondolas

Bla bla bla!!!!!!!
Be proactive for once!!!! Ur a human being! Who knows u can design d solution n be a millionaire from there.....
BTW....I don't stay in lekki(lmaoooooo) so d joke is on u...Venice guy!!!

polymaths:
Oh my God why on earth will build below sea level, and even very close to sea. Well human beings when we have more than enough money we rarely make good decision. For their mind those living on the mainland are the middle class. You be swimming in your ocean while we the lower or middle on our mainland. If I hear that you are running back to mainland you left, I will chase you back.

Oh my gosh!!!! Another one again

don4real18:

Will you please shed more light

Shed more light on what DAT guy is clearly drunk!!!

luminouz:


Bla bla bla!!!!!!!
Be proactive for once!!!! Ur a human being! Who knows u can design d solution n be a millionaire from there.....
BTW....I don't stay in lekki(lmaoooooo) so d joke is on u...Venice guy!!!

u are just deceiving urself bro.... U just don't want to hear the truth

femolacqua:
He needs to start with immediate alacrity.

No,no it all starts with you and you and them and not just the governor.

Until Africans especially in congested urban areas start living like civilised humans and stop trashing drains ,piling up huge mounds of garbage on roadsides ,trading on roadsides and putting up illegal structures anywhere then all the well meaning drains the Governors build will still come to naught.

martineverest:
u are just deceiving urself bro.... U just don't want to hear the truth

*sighs* OK....at least let ambode do his best then we shall see.....

Truth be told, most of the canals in Lagos were created by erosion over the years, I stand to be corrected there is no man made canal in Lagos.. I mean a well dredged canal not all this erosion made canal LASG expanded and call it a canal..

Now they know

People that cannot construct simple good roads are talking about drainage. The are just going to demolish people's houses and still won't do anything sensible.

The are already sand filling part of the lagoon in iyana oworo...only God knows what they want to build there.

Doing the needful at the right time...

afroniger:
That's what a good leader does, he responds.

Ambode is not serious. Under Fashola, they had an Office of Drainage Services, whose job was to clear canals, drainage channels, culverts, storm drains etc. They even had a Permanent Secretary who was an Engineer, heading that office. They worked tirelessly under Fashola, to ensure the canals and storm drains were weeded and kept clear of blockage, before the rainy season started. What happened to that office, after Ambode took over? They all went to sleep. _mtcheew...

Another thing is that a lot of dredging and reclamation of land from the lagoon, has been going on unabated in Lekki, Banana Island and its environs, without adequate attention being paid to the surrounding environment, or infrastructure. The new 150 hectares estate called Orange Island coming up at the end of Freedom Way, past the 3rd gate of Lekki Phase 1, is a classic case. Land is daily being reclaimed from the lagoon and the sea, so that more plots can be sold to the nouveau riche, at exorbitant prices. Ok, they keep forgetting that water will always find its level. And one day 'agaracha go enter market, e no go return...'

ChangetheChange:
Re-Engineeer canals?
Instead of demolishing the entire Lekki and VGC like they did to Maroko

Ambode u are wasting ur time and Lagos state money, if u like restructure the canals, flooding on the island will remain inevitable, as long as Lekki phase 1 and VGC still exists, the flooding will never stop, those estates are meant to be canals/ drainage ways in the first place and not housing estates.

The greatest fear of Lagosians is now The Eko Atlantic Project, the inevitable DOOMSDAY mother of all flood due to the Eko Atlantic is less than ten years from now--Quote me anywhere

The only lasting solution is to Demolish all the houses in Lekki and VgC and convert the whole land to CANAL in order to allow for proper flow of water and prevent flood.

There should be nothing like Lekki phase 1, VGC and other estates on lekki /Ajah axis, those places should be entirely a canal and not housing estates---Quote me anywhere

Oga, there is no need to demolish houses. All they need to do is to construct proper storm water drainage channels that are several feet wide and many metres deep, to channel the floodwater away from different areas of Lekki, Victoria Island and VGC, straight into the lagoon. The lagoon front in all these estates, should be left open and kept free from any structures, so that floods can drain away naturally through those foreshore areas and riverbanks.

Dolphin Estate Ikoyi is another water-logged area that deserves attention. When they allowed the mosque and church there to exceed their boundaries, as they sand filled the natural drainage channel through which water runs off into the canal, the whole estate started having massive floods from 2001. Across the bridge on the other side, there was a time the canal close to Osborne Foreshore was unblocked and de-silted, so that storm water could flow through unhindered. This was done under Fashola. Ever since Ambode came in, that drainage canal has been blocked, and the floods have decided to make Dolphin Estate-Ijeh road, their permanent abode.

My take

My gov

obataokenwa:
I repeat, prophesy has gone forth that by 2050, Lagos will be consumed by ocean surge. It will look like joke. it has been warned that good drainage system should be built to avert it now cos the signs are even closer than prophesied

Prophet!!! Na u be d tsunami wey wan swallow Lagos?
Stop making notice jare