₦airaland Forum

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said residents of the state should prepare for at least 236 days of heavy rainfall in 2012, being the total period of rain predicted by experts.

The state government added that the intensity of the rainfall would be like that of 2011, recording 1,279mm of waters with marginal error of 50mm.

The Commissioner for the Environment, Tunji Bello, at a news briefing said the prediction was arrived at using the Seasonal Rainfall Predictions instrument, which was coordinated by the Nigeria Meteorological Agency.

Bello said, “The natural phenomena that controlled 2011 rainfall are still in force and as such it has been predicted that rainfall will commence from Thursday, March 22, with a margin of error of four days. To a large extent we will agree that this prediction is true as the rains have started in Lagos.

“It has also been predicted that the end of the season for 2012 is November 12 with a margin of error of two days; with between November 10 and 14 as probable days.

“The total length of rainy season for the year is approximately put at 236 days with a margin of error of two days. Like last year, Lagos will experience heavy rainfall with serious intensity.”

Bello assured residents that the government had designed programmes to manage the expected rain water and minimise flooding.

He said the massive clearing of drainages, dredging of primary and secondary channels, lining of many earth channels and the introduction of resident drainage maintenance officers in local councils in the state were parts of efforts by the government to cope with the rains.

Bello said, “But little can be achieved without the collaboration of Lagosians. No nation can promise a flood free state, only reduce it to barest minimum.

“We appeal that Lagosian should desist from indiscriminate dumping of refuse, drains around homes must be evacuated and building of structures on drainage alignments must stop.”

The commissioner explained that with the work done by the Ministry of the Environment, which he supervised, water on the road after every rain should not last for more than two to 24 hours.

He said in places where drainage constructions were going on, the contractors had been mandated to open up the channels when there was rain and cover them when it stops raining.

He said, “We are also advising that people who don’t have to be out during the rains to stay at home.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/expect-236-days-of-heavy-rainfall-lagos/

We have 276 days to go in this year. if your prediction is right it means we are going to start having a constant rainfall almost throughout the year except for 40 days.

Big Deal! Sue them

Ghanians love Nigerians so much,that i know cos i have few of them as friends.But the thing i hate about ghanaians are that they talk too much and some of them are hypocrites and act all self righteous a lot.

Kick her out.Her time has expired.

Only through the holy spirit can one come to know God.I know with all my heart that God lives.

marjo: i have come to discover one thing in marriage - never seek to judge what goes on in other peoples marriages. every couple has their issues and for every action there is a reaction. everyone tells the story from their own angle - by the time you ask the wife you will be amazed that there is more to it than meets the eye. i believe every couple knows how to live with each other within their relationship. i make no judgements. now as for me personally, i am not a shouting person . in my relationship i have let my spouse know what is unacceptable to me and once he crosses the line he knows what to expect - to each their own.

Best Answer

The wedding day is a hundred metre dash but the actual marriage is a marathon.

I love this quote

Mtcheeeew!

GoldCircle: dye your hair white so that the whole thing will blend wella! you may even choose to move about with a walking stick! You simply cant cheat nature! since you don begin chop the same things wey elders dey chop, why u no go old quick?

Most of them are useless but some are still patriotic and try their best to serve the nation

Do we even know what sin is? How can anyone thing using phone as Bible is a sin.SMH

chuks49: EFCC was established by OBJ to intimidate his opponent, that they have done credibly well. Its time they are disbanded since its done with its assignment.

You are right bro

DARA1234: An American would support anything American, would protect its own and no wonder it is a great country, in Nigeria we pull ourselves down we have this negative pessimistic attitude towards ourselves, we believe we cannot do anything-hence the reason we doubt the ability of Okonjo Iweala, a self developed woman. Without your help she has reached where she is by hard work.Here we are, some of you with no credible qualification are being so negative against this hard working woman, we should celebrate her, we should encourage her and not the opposite, by the way what single positive thing have you achieved as a person at least Okonjo can point to many, what have you achieved.
If Fashola didn't have executive power, pessimists would have prevented him from achieving,but the free hand and determination he has as helped him,let us support people like this, PLEASE LET US BE MORE POSITIVE IN ALL WE DO.

True talk! Lets give her a chance at least and the if she gets there and messes up,then she will be held accountable.

Not a serious relationship,so am not faithful

Yea it is I and my other sibling's responsibility.Its a thing of joy to take care of your parents just like they cared for you when you were a child.

Teefire: A funeral ceremony.

Weird!

begwong: Madam Dora,just REBRAND yourself toward 2015 shikenan!

ROFLMAO.Madam Rebranding

crusifis: na awka vikings boys go do that kind thing

You belong?

Those dare-devils ehn.The spirit has entered their body again

Kudos Akpabio

Let him pay up joor.Big man wey dey owe gbese.

tobnical: any job application to be sent to ...@yahoo, google/hotmail.com and not @company`s name might be a scam.

You have been using Might?which shows there is also a possibility of it not being a scam. How do one know for certain it isn't a scam?

Wetin concern me if he remain the same.

Akaraiwe: PRESENTER: What's your
contribution?
CALLER: There is this lady I wanted
in my life
shortly after my NYSC, but all my
efforts proved
abortive, she wouldn't pick my
calls, she would
laugh at me while passing by, for
reasons best
known to her. Five months later, I
was able to get my apartment, get
a newcar, courtesy of a
contract job I secured with
Nigeria Agip Oil
Company. Now, most of the
missed calls I have
are hers, barrage of SMS and all
that. I am
confused on what to do. Please
help me out.
PRESENTER: Listen up! You pick up
your phone now, give her a call,
letting her know you'll be at
her house in 2 hours. You take a
cool shower;
wear a nice outfit and an
attention- catching
perfume. When it ’s exactly 2
hours, you call her
and tell her that you'll be there in
another 2
hours. When the 2 hours are now
over, you now drive down to her
house, get down from d
car,walk to her house, knock on
her door. Once
she opens the door, with †he
sexiest smile you
have got, stylishly look into her
eyes, draw her
slowly to yourself, take your
mouth close to her
ear and whisper.... "THUNDER FIRE YOU".

Correct!

Early morning kissing is awesome.

So sad!

murphy387: Wow!
God bless my bishop more and more, for those of you that are bitter abt bishop’s blessing may you receive grace to know the truth, how I wish you people know me when I join the church new, I was nothing at all, but with the teaching and prophetic blessing from [b]my PAPA [/b]couple with the grace to follow every biblical instructions, I tell you if you know me 2 yrs back and see me now you will either question my wealth or criticize me too,but I tell there is nothing connected to our wealth in this church but just trading on biblical steps that leads to success

The bolded is what even annoys me more.

Living Faith Church was originaly founded by a woman called Magaret Ohiani in kaduna in the 80s or so. it was during one of her trips to germany that she asked Oyeyipo now a bishop to hold brief before she comes back, wen she eventually came back she was not allowed to get close to the church not to talk of claiming back the leadership. To forstall any crisis situation Bishop Oyedepo hurried moved the church to lagos. The rest is now history. The question now is was he really called by God? otherwise the welfare of the less previlegde members of his church should be his concern.

I tried researching this but couldn't get any useful information.I doubt if any winners members know of this.

In old England the punishment for a traitors act was beheading.Following the execution the severed head was held up by the hair by the executioner not as many people think to show the crowd the head but infact to show the head the crowd and to its own body for the consciousness remains for at least 8 secs after beheading until lack of oxygen causes unconsciousness and eventually death

Very misleading,the article didn't suggest so

[quote author=makky][/quote]you are a woman filled with wisdom