Nigerians are not focused on fixing their country because they don't want to fix it. They want a shortcut, an easy way out , a plane ticket to another country where someone else has already done the work. And while they fight in other people's countries, their own homeland is literally drowning in its own failure.
The recent floods in Lagos are a perfect example. In June 2026, torrential rain submerged major roads, homes, and businesses, leaving motorists stranded for hours and commercial activities at a standstill . In areas like Oshodi, Apakun Bridge, Mushin, and Lekki, floodwaters turned streets into rivers . And the cause? It is the same every year: blocked drainage channels, poor waste management, and failing infrastructure .
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has repeatedly blamed indiscriminate refuse disposal and illegal construction on flood plains for the crisis . The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment confirmed that a land-owning family blocked the Ajiran outfall channel, deliberately stopping stormwater from draining into the lagoon . Residents have been forced to raise the frontage of their shops with blocks because "flooding happens almost every year here" .
The economic cost is staggering between 2024 and 2025, flooding cost Nigeria over N13 trillion ($9.5 billion) in damages, with housing and property accounting for N6.2 trillion, agriculture N4.1 trillion, and infrastructure N2.3 trillion . Yet the government's response is the same: blame the rain, blame the people, and promise to do better next time.
Nigeria is not poor. It has oil, gas, gold, and fertile land. But it has leaders who steal and citizens who run. Instead of staying to fight for better roads, better drains, and better governance, Nigerians flood South Africa, the UK, and Canada taking the very energy that could transform their own country and directing it elsewhere.
The floods are not a natural disaster. They are a choice a choice made by leaders who refuse to invest, and by citizens who refuse to hold them accountable. You cannot fix a country you are not in. And you cannot build a future you keep running from.
One thing I’ve noted from all of this is that so many people in this country only see Black people as servants and since we can’t be their servants they go out of their way to defend those who serve them better regardless of the fact that they are breaking the law!!!
@BenjaminEr38273@AfricaFactsZone Warriors are born in the mist of envy , pressure and, rejection. Our boy have done it for SA.
The reason you wish you were south African.
We love SA, and we with to be anything else except a South African.