The Water (Other) Side Of Lagos Luxury

In 2017, a viral video of a man paddling his canoe on the Island, the bourgeoisie part of Lagos and home to a large percentage of the wealthiest Nigerians, surfaced on the internet. Although laughable at the time, it also revealed a stark reality: even the rich would not escape the lackadaisical approach to flooding.…In 2017, a viral video of a man paddling his canoe on the Island, the bourgeoisie part of Lagos and home to a large percentage of the wealthiest Nigerians, surfaced on the internet.

By today, Sunday, the rain and thunderstorm that was predicted to fall for about a week would have completed its course, but not without its far-reaching consequences. Flooding in Lagos, especially along the coast during the rainy season, has increased sporadically. The most hit are residents of Lagos Island, but flooding reports from the mainland are already catching up. The pattern for previous years has been consistent: at around the same time of the year, some areas of Lekki and Victoria Island in Lagos become a nightmare for both passage and living as the roads and buildings become flooded – sometimes reaching the lintel level.

Lagos exposure systems to flooding is at critical levels and while some experts predict that up to 3 million Lagosians will be exposed to flooding by 2070, others argue that Lagos will become ‘Atlantis’ less than 30 years from now – a city completely submerged in water, thereby ceasing to exist! One thing is clear, however, that the flooding issue in Lagos is not one that should be brushed aside.

One of the solutions experts proffer to flooding is “living with floods rather than fighting them”. This might sound counterintuitive on the surface, but taking into account key considerations like limitations or failures of traditional flood control measures, the need to tackle flooding that does not lead to displacement, and exploring ways to benefit from ordinary floods while mitigating extreme floods.

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