Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on
Monday said the flooding caused by heavy rainfalls
in the State within the last few days would soon be
a thing of the past, as the State Government was
working towards embarking on holistic solutions to
address the situation once and for all.
Speaking at a sensitization workshop on water
management and environmental control held at
Ikeja today, the Governor said aside the fact that
the issue of flooding was not peculiar to the State
or Nigeria as it was a global phenomenon, but that
urgent steps are being taken to tackle the
challenge in a holistic manner and protect the
State from future re-occurrence.
In his words, 'if we have learnt anything in the on-
going flooding of some parts of the State, it is that
there is an immediate, even urgent need for us to
embark upon a review and re-engineering of our
canals and drainage systems. This must be
pursued hand-in-hand with a clear and crystal re-
envisioning of our water management system. So,
in effect, what we should immediately pursue is a
holistic solution to what is certain to be a
recurring problem. It must be a sincere
collaboration between government and the
citizenry'.
The Governor said despite the fact that the State
had been denied ecological funds by the previous
federal government for political reasons, several
reforms were being implemented in line with the
capacity of the State Government to protect the
shoreline and carry out de-flooding, which
according to him, are equally expensive to
implement.
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