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Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, has warned that the state could face severe risks from climate change, particularly the threat of submersion due to rising sea levels.

During a strategic meeting with state officials, he stressed that Lagos, with its 180-kilometre shoreline and dense population, is especially vulnerable.

Dr. Hamzat cited similar issues faced by New York City, stressing the need for immediate climate action to protect future generations and mitigate the effects of global warming on the state.

He noted that the most sig­nificant challenge in the coun­try is that “we don’t know how to manage land” and that “our physical plan is lost”.


He added: “In Lagos State, because of our geogra­phy, because of our popula­tion, because of our size, we are 22 million, we occupy only 0.4% or less than 0.38% of the land mass of Nigeria, and we are responsible for 10% of the people.

“In the UK, 14% is London City. The rest is the federal government. New York Un­derground, the same thing. So how do we manage our lands? So if our Ministry of Justice, our lawyers, and our judges don’t have this proper understanding that the future of our children is threatened when these cases come to court, then we are missing the point.”

He said that in New York, they’ve stopped approval for high-rises for the next few years because the city is sinking due to the number of high-rises.

bawes:
Africa as a Continent are not doing enough on climate change.

flyinnizam:
Tinubu has already tamed the atlantic ocean

bawes:
Africa as a Continent are not doing enough on climate change.

Man102:
He said that in New York, they’ve stopped approval for high-rises for the next few years because the city is sinking due to the number of high-rises.


Source : https://politicsnigeria.com/lagos-could-be-submerged-by-rising-waters-deputy-governor/

Calitoscassius:
Something that i ve been telling them since, give it another 20 years there will be no Lagos, Lagos will be under water.

seunlayi:
Lagos is becoming a temporary state.....

Calitoscassius:
Something that i ve been telling them since, give it another 20 years there will be no Lagos, Lagos will be under water.

Man102:
Source : https://politicsnigeria.com/lagos-could-be-submerged-by-rising-waters-deputy-governor/

TheTundeMuniru:
Some of you clowns mindsets is filled with detrimental ideologies, reason why your personal lives is below the ebbs, cos you always expect the worse out of life.

50 years from now, Lagos is still standing tall

bawes:
Africa as a Continent are not doing enough on climate change.

Man102:
Source : https://politicsnigeria.com/lagos-could-be-submerged-by-rising-waters-deputy-governor/

Calitoscassius:
Your father is a clown, that is why be gave birth to morronic idiat like you.



20 years Lagos will be covered by water. Believe it or not.

Calitoscassius:
Something that i ve been telling them since, give it another 20 years there will be no Lagos, Lagos will be under water.

flyinnizam:
what is US, EU and Asians doing about it? US and Arab nations has a lot of refinery. jet and rockets still uses carbon deposit as fuel. India still uses Coal to generate electricity. no country has gone fully green energy. na Africa fit to fight climate abi?

flyinnizam:
Tinubu has already tamed the atlantic ocean

Calitoscassius:
Something that i ve been telling them since, give it another 20 years there will be no Lagos, Lagos will be under water.