Residents of Lagos and the state government have clashed on X (formerly Twitter) over the Tuesday flood in the nation’s commercial city. This follows a statement issued by the Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor, Gboyega Akosile, where he referred to the Wednesday flood as a flash one......See Full Story>>.....See Full Story>>
Reacting to the flood, the Special Adviser wrote, “Good morning Lagos, it’s no news that some parts of our dear city witnessed flash floods yesterday due to over 12 hours of heavy rains, with its negative impacts on movement in the affected areas. The good news is that these floods receded almost immediately after the rains subsided. This is commendable. The Lagos State Govt under Governor @jidesanwoolu through the @LasgMOE has put in so much work for the effective movement of water into the lagoons whenever there’s heavy downpours of this nature as captured in the video below.
Meanwhile, some Lagosians took to their social media handles to react to the development, as many blamed the government for the flooding.
An X user identified as Daddy-Rema wrote, “Flash flood indeed. This has been a recurring situation in Lagos and APC Govt seems clueless on how to fix it.
Obasanjo Agege tweeted, “Flash flood indeed, let your paid bike men go Agege, Ikorodu ,Ikotun and Ifako where the flood is still available till this moment, so na only Iyana oworo the flood affected ..
Another user identified as Forever Joy noted, “Good morning. You are trying, but more efforts needed. Most of the drainages are too small to allow free flow of water. Park View when we were younger was tourist place.
Recall that the heavy rainfall began in the early hours of Wednesday which caused major roads to be flooded.
Major roads in Lagos such as Ile-epo, Victoria Island, Oworonshoki, Lekki-Epe Expressway, Alapere, Iyana-Oworo, Oshodi, Abattoir, Ikeja, among others were affected by the flood.