The Lagos State Government has admitted that residents would continue to experience flash flooding due to climate change and other environmental factors.
The government, however, reiterated its commitment to ramping up infrastructure to provide lasting solutions across the state.
The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, stated this, yesterday, during an interview on television, noting that in the last two years, the ministry had cleaned over 50 kilometres of secondary collectors and dredged or maintained about 38 primary channels across the State.
Wahab, who recalled the recent torrential rainfall that affected parts of Ikorodu, said the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) had given an early forecast in March, prompting the ministry to begin massive advocacy in April.
He said that residents were briefed multiple times that rainfall this year would surpass last year’s levels.