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Holdup247:
Okoro stop building on water ways you said no, now when Dem fall your house you go run go meet pit Obi for upper iweka market to cry FOWL...

People like you that see everything through an ethnic prism are pathetic.

If not because of the censorship here I would have given you a response that would make you so ashamed of yourself!

I was expecting him to blame the igbo's for blocking the drainage.

Brendaniel:
But you and your people will be quick to insult the south east governors for erosion affecting the south east and believe they should have a solution but this one has no solution according to you?

who is condemning flood in the south east abi it is you people like pot will be calling kettle black…even advanced countries like America,Canada experience flood.
You can’t call out people and expect they won’t dignify you with commensurate response

In the pic supplied in the op I count three workers manually cleaning out the drain and four managers looking and/or sitting.

Lanretoye:
The issue of flooding in Lagos has no solution,people should just be proactive especially on the island

Nigerians don't understand the term natural disaster, we don't live on a tectonic fault line so we don't have earth quakes, we don't experience serious tremors, we don't have large forest fires.

The one thing we do have but have made worse with our culture of waste disposal and building of structures on drainage channels is flooding.

Lagos is designed to flood, nothing anybody can do about it, the place is a mangrove and by nature is subject to tidal floods. Those people living in Lekki are only fooling themselves, if they manage to build flood protections they'll only send the water problems down towards Ondo and the Delta and that's a big IF

MarkNsukkaBread:
You no dey listen to news?

They have been making announcements about upcoming heavy rains!

who talking about weather prediction announcements? That's for the state government to plan for a possible flood which may or may not happen and no specific areas are mentioned with each state just wide guesses of possible states.

what I am talking about is real-time updates on the flooding situation once its getting serious and how to keep the public aware and prevent destruction of lives and properties.

LAGOS ... THEIR LAGOS!!

DEVELOPED BY MASTER STRATEGISTS TO BREED TOUTS, INCUBATE THUGS, ENHANCVE AGBERO AND BUILT FLOODED LEKKI, BANANA ISLAND AND COLLAPSING EKO ATLANTIC

I disagree that there is no solution. How come we never heard of so much flooding in the past? The truth is that the urban design especially for Lekki, VI, Ikoyi was abused. Late LKJ opened up the Lekki but what happened thereafter is unimaginable. There were designated areas that should have been left as green belts according to the masterplan but became sand filled for estates, example is Parkview Estate. It is so bad now that some residential properties are now business offices showing the lost appeal just as pressure has now been built on the environment. Even the colonizer will be chuckling, and I can bet that no water from the lagoon or creek has entered the streets. Wide drainage channels would have to be created or reconstructed apart from removing silt and trash.

Lanretoye:
The issue of flooding in Lagos has no solution,people should just be proactive especially on the island

Lanretoye:
The issue of flooding in Lagos has no solution,people should just be proactive especially on the island

Then people should relocate and lessen the pressure on the city.

helinues:
Sympathize. Imagine. How about prevention of such from happening.

Lazy governors everywhere

This is the first time I'm seeing you disagree with the government.

tabaralph:
What do you expect at places formerly known as maroko /sand filled,dashed me a mansion in those area , I will sell it off and buy another mansion at one of the dry estate properties in Ibadan,Lagos generally is a no no for me.

Though an high priced location now,but anyone conversant with that area from old Maroko to Ajah would think twice before buying a property there

Lanretoye:
who is condemning flood in the south east abi it is you people like pot will be calling kettle black…even advanced countries like America,Canada experience flood.
You can’t call out people and expect they won’t dignify you with commensurate response

We live in Lagos so we have every right to call out the government we pay our taxes to, but most of your people firing at the south east governors don't even live there, so what offense did we commit by calling out the very government we pay our taxes to?

It means you guys are just being biased....

SarkinYarki:
Only powerful pumps and dykes can save Lekki from perennial flooding , the place is tethering at sea level, too much rains make the Lagoon rise above the peninsula and leads to water charge back , only powerful pumps that come on automatically once rainfall reaches a particular volume can work and a dyke system that prevents water charge back ...Total cost of such a project 8- 12 billion dollars , can Lagos afford it ?

What powerful pump are you talking about?
I am an Environmental & Sustainability Specialist outside Nigeria - Although originally a Lagosian - The issue of Lagos flooding, i would agree that though you have pointed out the major problem. Your solution will not work in Lagos or any other place that experiences such rainfalls as it does in Lagos.
UAE, Qatar, Houston, Moscow that are even desert, highlands could not even cope with the downpour this year alone.
I once profer a solution to the Lagos State Env Dept, months later, i discovered that they have all that in place. However, coming to understand the complexity of the problem, there is almost no solution-

The main solution is to have a concrete collector tank (surface reservoirs) where all the water can be channeled. The water to be treated for re-use. Such tanks will be huge such that it can take almost the number of rainfalls in Lagos all year round. We have such a system in my country of resident - but then they hold the water and eventually discharge it inside the ocean when the tides are low. Such reservoir will be created across the State with pumps connecting them through sump pit, to deep wells.

Well, as i learnt, Lagos has the sump in place, the recharge well is in place (some) and they have started the construction of the reservoirs. It is very expensive, but in 20 years' time, hopefully it will be done.

After all, said, this will only reduce the impact of rainfall and flooding. The habits of the people, blocking drains, channels, gullies, manholes etc. has to be improved.


The other option is to start Lekki / VI reconstruction from a start - proper planning with adequate flood mitigation plans in place before construction is re-started.

One remembers those days school children were arriving home at 11 and 12 midnight.

WizardOfNG:
@OP.

It was terrible and it is right Lagos Government issue a statement on it. I was stuck in it coming from Malnland at 11.00am , enroute to a meeting at VGC, to arrive at 7.00pm. It was a horrible experience.

Lagos State Government must learn from this development and move to ensure the problem gains permanent solution.

Flood that is capable of crippling the main road, i.e Lekki Expressway, that runs across the lenght of the lekki end of Lagos Island, beyond Awoyaya and onwards to Epe, is simply unacceptable.

Commendable Lagos state Government acknowledged the problem, cited the challenges and have assured they will do the needful.

Hopefully, Lagosians will no experience this again.

djseanjohn77:
What powerful pump are you talking about?
I am an Environmental & Sustainability Specialist outside Nigeria - Although originally a Lagosian - The issue of Lagos flooding, i would agree that though you have pointed out the major problem. Your solution will not work in Lagos or any other place that experiences such rainfalls as it does in Lagos.
UAE, Qatar, Houston, Moscow that are even desert, highlands could not even cope with the downpour this year alone.
I once profer a solution to the Lagos State Env Dept, months later, i discovered that they have all that in place. However, coming to understand the complexity of the problem, there is almost no solution-

The main solution is to have a concrete collector tank (surface reservoirs) where all the water can be channeled. The water to be treated for re-use. Such tanks will be huge such that it can take almost the number of rainfalls in Lagos all year round. We have such a system in my country of resident - but then they hold the water and eventually discharge it inside the ocean when the tides are low. Such reservoir will be created across the State with pumps connecting them through sump pit, to deep wells.

Well, as i learnt, Lagos has the sump in place, the recharge well is in place (some) and they have started the construction of the reservoirs. It is very expensive, but in 20 years' time, hopefully it will be done.

After all, said, this will only reduce the impact of rainfall and flooding. The habits of the people, blocking drains, channels, gullies, manholes etc. has to be improved.


The other option is to start Lekki / VI reconstruction from a start - proper planning with adequate flood mitigation plans in place before construction is re-started.

Pumps like this

I gather a new pumping station has been set up in Illubirin already and undergoing testing

djseanjohn77:
What powerful pump are you talking about?
I am an Environmental & Sustainability Specialist outside Nigeria - Although originally a Lagosian - The issue of Lagos flooding, i would agree that though you have pointed out the major problem. Your solution will not work in Lagos or any other place that experiences such rainfalls as it does in Lagos.
UAE, Qatar, Houston, Moscow that are even desert, highlands could not even cope with the downpour this year alone.
I once profer a solution to the Lagos State Env Dept, months later, i discovered that they have all that in place. However, coming to understand the complexity of the problem, there is almost no solution-

The main solution is to have a concrete collector tank (surface reservoirs) where all the water can be channeled. The water to be treated for re-use. Such tanks will be huge such that it can take almost the number of rainfalls in Lagos all year round. We have such a system in my country of resident - but then they hold the water and eventually discharge it inside the ocean when the tides are low. Such reservoir will be created across the State with pumps connecting them through sump pit, to deep wells.

Well, as i learnt, Lagos has the sump in place, the recharge well is in place (some) and they have started the construction of the reservoirs. It is very expensive, but in 20 years' time, hopefully it will be done.

After all, said, this will only reduce the impact of rainfall and flooding. The habits of the people, blocking drains, channels, gullies, manholes etc. has to be improved.


The other option is to start Lekki / VI reconstruction from a start - proper planning with adequate flood mitigation plans in place before construction is re-started.

Thanks for your input. Really appreciated as it is good to read intelligent and progressive responses now and then.

I live for lekki ,i live for lekki like say na heaven on earth.
Last two weeks I went to Abraham adesanya when it rain heavily it was hell for me to get a vehicle going to lekki then iyana oworo I had to treck distance with many other people everywhere flooded with water ,no drainage for the water to pass through people's house flooded with water I began to ask myself which Kain place be this even we wey live for mainland no dey experience this Kain flood.

Illegal dredging and land reclamation is a big danger to Lagos, the sand is what holds the waters in place, removing these sands leads to floods.

There's nothing anyone can do about it.
It's natural.
The topography of that location makes it almost impossible to avoid flooding.
The Ogun River empties into the Lekki lagoons and estuaries..
The natural flood paths have been blocked by sabdfilling and erection of buildings on natural canals.
The area itself is less than a metre above sea level coupled with the raised water table in that area since run off water can't be quickly evacuated from the surface..what you have is massive flood in less than an hour of torrential rainfall.
The whole Lagos Island, VI, Lekki was once a marshy region.
Nature is just claiming the land back one step at a time.
Dykes and pumps can't work cos the problem isn't simply the land is lower than the sea like in the case of Holland. They are keeping water out..whereas Lekki is a natural pathway for water emptying from the hinterlands.

Brendaniel:
We live in Lagos so we have every right to call out the government we pay our taxes to, but most of your people firing at the south east governors don't even live there, so what offense did we commit by calling out the very government we pay our taxes to?

It means you guys are just being biased....

where in Lagos do you live and prove to us that where you live is flooded instead of crying more than the bereaved.you can’t call call out the government cos it is your right to do so but you leave out hypocrisy when you do.

Lanretoye:
where in Lagos do you live and prove to us that where you live is flooded instead of crying more than the bereaved.you can’t call call out the government cos it is your right to do so but you leave out hypocrisy when you do.

I'm not saying that, solutions cannot be provided in the southeast erosion issue or the Lagos floods, but I'm only calling out your hypocrisy in your excuse for Lagos, would you have said the same if it was Anambra that was experiencing this floods?

And yes I live in Lagos and I pay both direct and indirect to Lagos but my area is not flooded, but that does not mean I shouldn't speak for those who are suffering from the floods.

So I'm wondering the hypocrisy you are pointing to here because it is your hypocrisy that you should be calling out.

The number of insults alone you insulted the south east on this erosion matter is so much I can't screenshot all and you don't even live in the south east.

Brendaniel:
I'm not saying that, solutions cannot be provided in the southeast erosion issue or the Lagos floods, but I'm only calling out your hypocrisy in your excuse for Lagos, would you have said the same if it was Anambra that was experiencing this floods?

And yes I live in Lagos and I pay both direct and indirect to Lagos but my area is not flooded, but that does not mean I shouldn't speak for those who are suffering from the floods.

So I'm wondering the hypocrisy you are pointing to here because it is your hypocrisy that you should be calling out.

The number of insults alone you insulted the south east on this erosion matter is so much I can't screenshot all and you don't even live in the south east.

stilll the hypocrisy I’m talking about,it is easy for you to go and dig out my responses to post some people have made condemning Lagos government,people who dare not speak about what is wrong in their own states.thesame people celebrate terrorism in the north but do every thing to mute the killings and kidnappings in their own land.

Lanretoye:
stilll the hypocrisy I’m talking about,it is easy for you to go and dig out my responses to post some people have made condemning Lagos government,people who dare not speak about what is wrong in their own states.thesame people celebrate terrorism in the north but do every thing to mute the killings and kidnappings in their own land.

But I live in Lagos, how is it now hypocrisy? You don't live in the south east, what is your business with the south east?

Have you also talked about the rituals, killings and kidnapping going on in the south west?

so all the lagos governors and their commissioners were not doing their jobs

shame

SarkinYarki:
Only powerful pumps and dykes can save Lekki from perennial flooding , the place is tethering at sea level, too much rains make the Lagoon rise above the peninsula and leads to water charge back , only powerful pumps that come on automatically once rainfall reaches a particular volume can work and a dyke system that prevents water charge back ...Total cost of such a project 8- 12 billion dollars , can Lagos afford it ?

Point of corrections, nothing can save lekki including VI and that Eko Atlantic City,

You don't claim the Ocean lands and expect the Oceans to keep quiet

It was terrible. I got home 12:30 am, woke up again by 4:00 am back to VI

WizardOfNG:
@OP.

It was terrible and it is right Lagos Government issue a statement on it. I was stuck in it coming from Malnland at 11.00am , enroute to a meeting at VGC, to arrive at 7.00pm. It was a horrible experience.

Lagos State Government must learn from this development and move to ensure the problem gains permanent solution.

Flood that is capable of crippling the main road, i.e Lekki Expressway, that runs across the lenght of the lekki end of Lagos Island, beyond Awoyaya and onwards to Epe, is simply unacceptable.

Commendable Lagos state Government acknowledged the problem, cited the challenges and have assured they will do the needful.

Hopefully, Lagosians will no experience this again.

Is this not a yearly occurrence now?

isArray:
Is this not a yearly occurrence now?

More or less. Blockage of gutters and drainage channels remain a major issue not helping matters at all.