Nigerian govt orders Kuramo Lagoon dredging to tackle Lagos flooding

The Federal Government has directed the dredging of the sand-filled Kuramo Lagoon successful Lagos arsenic portion of efforts to tackle flooding successful parts of the state, portion insisting that the ongoing Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway task is not liable for the flooding recorded successful the affected communities.

Minister of Works, David Umahi, disclosed this on Monday during an inspection of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project.

Umahi explained that investigations revealed that Kuramo Lagoon, designated nether Lagos State’s drainage maestro program arsenic a large flood postulation point, had been illegally reclaimed with soil by residents, preventing it from efficaciously serving its drainage purpose.

According to the minister, the Surveyor-General of the Federation has already installed a informing motion astatine the tract to forestall further encroachment, portion the Federal Government has ordered that the lagoon beryllium dredged to region the soil deposits and reconstruct its earthy h2o flow.

Addressing concerns that the coastal road contributed to caller flooding successful surrounding communities, Umahi dismissed the claims, maintaining that the task was not liable for the situation.

He noted that the lagoon was designed to person floodwater from the surrounding areas, stressing that the drainage strategy had been compromised ...