na wa for 9ja

Abeg d skool dey float

Gmajor:
was this even a good idea?

I tire o

Ambode is working,Lagos is moving is moving forward

Dalyricz:
who do we blame for this?

Blame it on rain....... yeah..... yeah....

Pavore9:
That Makoko is a different world altogether, weaving through the stilt structures being paddled by a 9 year old boy and seeing women comfortably frying akara, yam and potatoes inside a canoe...can't forget my experience!

I visit the place from time to time, watching the kids and sharing from our little. I love the experience too. Only wish the government can do more.

inasmuch as i commend d NGO that setup d structure to help d residents of makoko, i cud remember lagos state government refused to give approval for d school takeoff because it cudnt guarantee it safety for pupils.

IPOB youth @ work

Its feels really terrible to be Kunle Adeyemi right now.

baslone:


I visit the place from time to time, watching the kids and sharing from our little. I love the experience too. Only wish the government can do more.

I was there last in 2013, visited two schools there (don't know if they still exist). One was built over a dumpsite the other we paddled to get to it where most of the kids were of Béninoise origin. Life is really rough there!

God have mercy on us all

Pavore9:


I was there last in 2013, visited two schools there (don't know if they still exist). One was built over a dumpsite the other we paddled to get to it where most of the kids were of Béninoise origin. Life is really rough there!

Yes life is really very rough there.

Don't know about the schools but I was still there May 15th when I took those pictures.

That was me with the backpack in the last pix.

Na wa o......

Where are those Zombies praising Lagos when this contraption was built?

Gmajor:
was this even a good idea?

fasola tried to stop it but outcry won't let him. Govt should have provided alternative instead of just attempt to shoot it down.

Bolustic:
Won't be surprised some Nigerians would blame Buhari for this...

His party has been in charge in Lagos since the advent of the fourth republic and the leaders of Lagos since then are party bigwigs pulling the strings.....incorruptibly too.

herbie27:
A silly one indeed.

How can they build a wooden structure in middle of a river as school?. with all the money Lagos state collects as allocation.

Their children school abroad, and relatives are the once on FG scholarship, jst wen will FG give education for the common man precedence?.

This was far below standard? I do not see the engineering in it. I hope no one was hurt.

iukpe:


This was far below standard? I do not see the engineering in it. I hope no one was hurt.

As usual, they will cover up.

And this is why the Lagos State Government refused to grant planning permission for the construction of the school and planned to demolish it. Where are the people that were condemning the government then?

Just read the comments on this thread.

Lagos To Demolish Makoko Floating School.
https://www.nairaland.com/1275037/lagos-demolish-makoko-floating-school

Gmajor:
was this even a good idea?

excellent idea.poor engineering(or carpentry)

herbie27:
A silly one indeed.

How can they build a wooden structure in middle of a river as school?. with all the money Lagos state collects as allocation.

Their children school abroad, and relatives are the once on FG scholarship, jst wen will FG give education for the common man precedence?.

it was an individual ngo that built it not govt

Thank God children weren't there d time it happened.




But on a serious note parents shouldn't send their children to such schools

mikolo80:
it was an individual ngo that built it not govt

Is a society wit an effective government suppose to let an NGO build such a sub-standard structure as school?.

mccoy47:
See the structure sef!
It was bound to collapse na. I wonder y d Lagos govt would permit such structure sef

jrusky:
How can you tell me this is a school What a nasty idea erecting wood on top water in country where even block erected house collapse almost everyday to be building school in this manner so no near land anywhere around Makoko isn't.

You guys shouldn't speak like that, that structure was the initiative of an architect, a Nigerian like you and I, who parted ways with is hard earned $6,000 to build that community a school so that the children there could have some level of education for free because you FG, SG & LG, prefare to loot and embezle rather than to utilise public funds to good use.

Its painful when Nigerians act like this, quick to pointing fingers to their own, and we would start asking why nothing works in this counrty, why nobody wants to help.

Someone did now, and the stupid witches of that community had to distroy the only oppotunity for the kids to have an education, sigh... Black man, Black hearts, Black mentalities. No wonder everyone is running out of the country, including your President PMB .

I give up!

You that you are talking, who you don epp ?

Gmajor:
was this even a good idea?

this school and it's engineer was featured on CNN... the dude is even a judge on an international design/ architectural Expo sef...Dayuum, this is bad PR for him really... in future the architectural integrity of his designs will be questioned...

shumuel:




You guys shouldn't speak like that, that structure was the initiative of an architect, a Nigerian like you and I, who parted ways with is hard earned $6,000 to build that community a school so that the children there could have some level of education for free because you FG, SG & LG, prefare to loot and embezle rather than to utilise public funds to good use.

Its painful when Nigerians act like this, quick to pointing fingers to their own, and we would start asking why nothing works in this counrty, why nobody wants to help.

Someone did now, and the stupid witches of that community had to distroy the only oppotunity for the kids to have an education, sigh... Black man, Black hearts, Black mentalities. No wonder everyone is running out of the country, including your President PMB .

I give up!

You that you are talking, who you don epp ?

yeah,it was personal funding from him

TheFirstLady:
yeah,it was personal funding from him

The funding is one part, the guy gave out is time, skills and even made it free education for the kids, mehn... And they had to be this wicked,, hmm! How would anyone else be encourage to help or do something of such in future,, the painful part is; if there were casualities am sure the parents of the kids might even sue him or say he did it for money rituals and had used their kids, Nigerian stupi.d mentality its so sad.

TheFirstLady:
this school and it's engineer was featured on CNN... the dude is even a judge on an international design/ architectural Expo sef...Dayuum, this is bad PR for him really... in future the architectural integrity of his designs will be questioned...

So sad, and when that happens, the guy would begin to blame and curse himself for trying to do what is right.

This is the main reason why nothing is working in this country and why nobody is acting nor helpping.

Gmajor:
is there no land near makoko? even marshy land?

Bruh! Do not believe everything u read o.

Makoko get better places, but peeps like to portray d waterlogged parts only.

At least na dia I dey stay, and it's a big community.... There is old and new Makoko. I stay in New Makoko. So make dem dey specific jhor!

All di people looking for traffic sef.

TheFirstLady:
, this is bad PR for him really... in future the architectural integrity of his designs will be questioned...

The collapse does not necessarily translate to bad PR for him or his work, rather it will offer him and his team an opportunity to go back to the drawing board and do something better. The structure even though functional, was actually an experimental design. The idea was to learn from this and further iterate the concept and have them mass produced eventually. A better-designed replica of this building is currently being exhibited at this year's Venice Architecture Bienniale in Venice, as Nigeria's first ever entry at the event. The terrain of coastal communities in Nigeria has created a permanent need for this kind of Architecture, hence I will be disappointed, if the Architect and his team fail to maximise the opportunity the current publicity offers them.

naptu2:
And this is why the Lagos State Government refused to grant planning permission for the construction of the school and planned to demolish it. Where are the people that were condemning the government then?

Honestly bro, i couldn't believe my eye, seeing that you ''Naptu2'' would speak like this,, why should the government refuse to grant him the nessesary planning permission he need, should they be even motivated and support him by futher funding his project, am sure the reason why the school capsize is because its not big enough to withstand the strong wind, with a bigger structure such wouldn't had happen, but no, our government to have brains to think, so the best ideas is to always shut everything down so they can have more money to loot, and the most painful and saddest part of this case is Nigerians who had never made any impact nor are they ready to make any impact in their society or help any community are the ones typing and saying shyts, its very painful.

If you ask me i don't and wont blame the guy rather i would throw my blames on the state government who didn't support the guy by emulating him and further funding the flooting school and making it bigger, the ingenuity behind the make-up of the school is a superb initiative, if ernets could bring wealth not only to individuals but to the government also.