The Lagos State government has reaffirmed its commitment towards ensuring environmental resilience and maintaining
a zero-tolerance to building infractions as a means to surmount challenges posed by flood on businesses, life and property.
He said the lesson learnt was the need to send out alarm bells earlier through the media and organisations to adopt remote work and students staying back at home on days of flooding events. On compensation for demolished structures, he emphasised that compensations can only be paid to affected property owners if they have legal permits to build in such locations.”People must do check before building. They must obey setback rules; obtain drainage clearance and must not tinker with planning approvals,” he said.
“Government spends so much on projects but less on communication but there must be a balance, stakeholders’ engagement and we must keep improving on our system. I believe in strong institutions and not strong men. We want our vision and plans for the ministry to outlive us,” Wahab added. According to her, Lagos as a vibrant city faces unique environmental challenges including rapid urbanisation, climate change, and resource constraints, which have put immense pressure on infrastructure, ecosystems, and communities.
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