Flooding: In Lekki, the rich also cry

We all have a responsibility to protect lives and property,” he added Also dismissing the growing perception that the Coastal Road is responsible for the manner of flooding in the Lekki corridor this time, Hitech’s Managing Director, Danny Abboud, said many estates affected by floods in the axis were built without adequate land elevation or proper drainage planning.

He attributed flooding around the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway corridor, and estates in other parts of the Lekki-Ajah axis to low-lying terrain, inadequate drainage arrangements and blocked waterways.“If people continue blocking drainage channels with refuse, flooding will continue no matter what government builds.”