Nigeria: Lagos - Living Inside Flood!

17 August 2014
opinion

I HAD to vacate my residence because of this flood issue. It was becoming more of a death trap living here because I had to wear rain boots in my sitting room, kitchen and everywhere in the house because of the flood. And this was very risky as the ground became slippery because of the water. I couldn't continue living there for fear of being electrocuted. While I was living there, I used to pump water out of the house with machine. It is really devastating watching the house I built with hard earned resources while in active service before I retired being destroyed by flood."

On this lamenting note, Alhaja Alabi captures the agony of residents of Community Road, off Ago-Palace Way, Okota, Lagos State. As far as these residents are concerned, Lagos State government has been unfair to them on the provision of basic infrastructural facilities, especially roads and drainage system.

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