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Nigerian Government Committed to Flood-Free Lagos, Claims Commissioner

Lagos State Government is committed to ensuring a flood-free city in its fight against the damaging effects of climate change, Commissioner for the Environment Dr Babatunde Adejare, has said. Speaking at a media workshop organised by Coastal Cities at Risk Project in Lagos last Thursday, Adejare said the government invested in effective drainage system and has created an enabling environment for private sector participation in waste disposal and flood prevention.

He decried the attitude of those who still defecate and also dispose their waste improperly, saying about 13,000 tons of waste are generated in the open daily. The government, he said, lacked the financial and technical capacity to evacuate the waste and needed private participation sector’s support to do it.

Rainer Wozny/Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung

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