Flooding: List Of Vulnerable Areas in Lagos To Watch Out For

After weeks and even months of intense heat in parts of Nigeria, especially Lagos, the rainy season seems to be back following the heavy downpour witnessed across the state on Sunday, April 21. For some, this means goodbye to sweat, heat and the discomfort that comes with them; however, another section of residents in the state saw the Sunday rain as the coming of pain, danger and immeasurable losses associated with flooding. While the Governor Sanwo-Olu-led administration, through the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, is doing its utmost to fix the network of drainage in local government areas, the rain will not wait, and as such, disaster is lurking. Below is a list of areas in Lagos that are most hit with flooding during the season:

1. Alagbole

2. Meiran

3. Maidan

4. Kara

5. Isheri-Olowora

6. Agiliti

7. Owode-Onirin

8. Owode-Elede

9. Agboyi I

10. Agboyi II

11. Ajegunle

12. Itowolo

13. Majidun

14. Ibeshe

15. Baiyeku

16. Maidan

17. Lekki-Ajah

18. Lagos Lagoon boundaries

Recall that in early April, the state government announced the start of constructio…