ABUJA IS FLOODING, BUT THE RAIN IS NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM.
We keep blaming heavy rainfall while refusing to confront what we have done to the city.
Green areas, floodplains and natural drainage corridors were created for a reason. Yet some are converted into buildable plots by officials who should be protecting them.
Then come the hungry architects and professionals who know better but betray the environment for a fee, accepting to design and build where they should have had the courage to say NO.
Then the authorities approve developments that should never have passed planning or environmental scrutiny, sometimes because the right pockets have been lined.
And we, the citizens, are not innocent either. We dump refuse in gutters, block drainage channels and treat the environment as though it belongs to someone else.
Water will always find its natural path.
An allocation cannot change hydrology.
An approval stamp cannot stop a flood.
And concrete cannot replace every green space.
Abujaβs flooding is not just a rainfall problem.
It is a planning failure.
A professional ethics failure.
An enforcement failure.
And a failure to respect our environment.
We must do better.
@Abdul_Ahmad_ Where is the house of assembly member, local government chairman or house of representative member representing the constituency? We need to start holding these people accountable for something like this. What will it take to construct a small bridge for goodness sake!!!
@MrCharlesky You do know that the government will remove 10% withholding tax from your yield (profit)...i.e 740k. Therefore the monthly profit will likely be 666k based on principal of 53m.
@Waspapping_ Bros, even with that subscription (Compact Plus, I presume), you would not be able to watch the match as it will be shown on channel 202, which is not part of the package. I hope they prove me wrong and do the right thing