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Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, has warned that the state could face severe risks from climate change, particularly the threat of submersion due to rising sea levels.

During a strategic meeting with state officials, he stressed that Lagos, with its 180-kilometre shoreline and dense population, is especially vulnerable.

Dr. Hamzat cited similar issues faced by New York City, stressing the need for immediate climate action to protect future generations and mitigate the effects of global warming on the state.

He noted that the most sig­nificant challenge in the coun­try is that “we don’t know how to manage land” and that “our physical plan is lost”.


He added: “In Lagos State, because of our geogra­phy, because of our popula­tion, because of our size, we are 22 million, we occupy only 0.4% or less than 0.38% of the land mass of Nigeria, and we are responsible for 10% of the people.

“In the UK, 14% is London City. The rest is the federal government. New York Un­derground, the same thing. So how do we manage our lands? So if our Ministry of Justice, our lawyers, and our judges don’t have this proper understanding that the future of our children is threatened when these cases come to court, then we are missing the point.”

He said that in New York, they’ve stopped approval for high-rises for the next few years because the city is sinking due to the number of high-rises.

Source : https://politicsnigeria.com/lagos-could-be-submerged-by-rising-waters-deputy-governor/

Tinubu has already tamed the atlantic ocean

bawes:
Africa as a Continent are not doing enough on climate change.

what is US, EU and Asians doing about it? US and Arab nations has a lot of refinery. jet and rockets still uses carbon deposit as fuel. India still uses Coal to generate electricity. no country has gone fully green energy. na Africa fit to fight climate abi?

And still, more high-rise buildings are being approved.

The lagos that he built? Abi another Lagos?

Then employ the services of experts

flyinnizam:
Tinubu has already tamed the atlantic ocean

lol

A time will come when this current Lagos would be called "Old Lagos" while some parts of the current Ogun and Ondo coastal areas will become the New Lagos.

bawes:
Africa as a Continent are not doing enough on climate change.

Black man and self hate. We've been conditioned to believe we are always a problem.

Something that i ve been telling them since, give it another 20 years there will be no Lagos, Lagos will be under water.

Man102:

He said that in New York, they’ve stopped approval for high-rises for the next few years because the city is sinking due to the number of high-rises.


Source : https://politicsnigeria.com/lagos-could-be-submerged-by-rising-waters-deputy-governor/

Another alarmist.
Anything to get more federal money funneled to Lagos.
Where are the high rises in Lagos? How many high rises are even there in the whole Nigeria. A county in Guangdong or Shanghai China, has more high rises than the whole Nigeria, and these are coastal cities, and they arw not shouting about their cities "sinking".

Deputy governor should simply tell his boss to manage Lagos wealth better. They have enough to make the state the envy of Africa. We have desert encroachments in the north, and gully erosion in the east. Those are the real environmental problems now. Lagos is not the only coastal state. Cross River, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Bayelsa, Ogun! They are not being swallowed too?

Calitoscassius:
Something that i ve been telling them since, give it another 20 years there will be no Lagos, Lagos will be under water.

Lagos is becoming a temporary state.....

seunlayi:


Lagos is becoming a temporary state.....

Absolutely.

Old news

It's been said many times in the past that in the next 100 years, a significant part of Lagos could be submerged under water

Swallow the Swamp

Calitoscassius:
Something that i ve been telling them since, give it another 20 years there will be no Lagos, Lagos will be under water.

Some of you clowns mindsets is filled with detrimental ideologies, reason why your personal lives is below the ebbs, cos you always expect the worse out of life.

50 years from now, Lagos is still standing tall

lekki and ajah

Man102:


Source : https://politicsnigeria.com/lagos-could-be-submerged-by-rising-waters-deputy-governor/

TheTundeMuniru:


Some of you clowns mindsets is filled with detrimental ideologies, reason why your personal lives is below the ebbs, cos you always expect the worse out of life.

50 years from now, Lagos is still standing tall

Your father is a clown, that is why be gave birth to morronic idiat like you.



20 years Lagos will be covered by water. Believe it or not.

bawes:
Africa as a Continent are not doing enough on climate change.

The entire carbon footprints of the African continent is not up to that of just the USA and China.

We must ignore all these green energy crap. So long the advanced countries use them, we will use them for our development.

What steps have you taken to prevent it?

Man102:


Source : https://politicsnigeria.com/lagos-could-be-submerged-by-rising-waters-deputy-governor/

Some people will be happy about this news.

I still stand on Tinubu's mandate.

Calitoscassius:
Your father is a clown, that is why be gave birth to morronic idiat like you.



20 years Lagos will be covered by water. Believe it or not.

Lagos won’t be covered by water in 20 years or 50 years. It ain’t happening.

Don't worry moses T PAIN will divide it





Eleribu somebody

Calitoscassius:
Something that i ve been telling them since, give it another 20 years there will be no Lagos, Lagos will be under water.

Japan that is heavily surrounded by ocean and has millions of high rise buildings is still standing tall and no fear of being submerged.

So perish the thought.

I still stand on Tinubu's mandate till 2031.

flyinnizam:
what is US, EU and Asians doing about it? US and Arab nations has a lot of refinery. jet and rockets still uses carbon deposit as fuel. India still uses Coal to generate electricity. no country has gone fully green energy. na Africa fit to fight climate abi?

You are very right. We can't be industrialized if we go green fully. We still coal and crude oil to develop.

flyinnizam:
Tinubu has already tamed the atlantic ocean

Non-Lagosians like you,can continue to eat and live in pain and hatred but true Lagosians will tell ourselves the basics truth!

Almost everyone that is educated, enlightened, politically suave and in tune with what goes on in Nigeria, knows the deputy governor of Lagos either by name or face; same can’t be said for the remaining 35 states.

Our state governors need to start picking deputies that are equally as smart, knowledgeable, active & capable as themselves just in case of emergency.

Dr. Obafemi Hamzat speaks and carries himself like someone who will & can hold forte any day anytime should the need ever arise for him to do so; he’s not just another “spare tyre” but a useful & ready one!

LAMBA 101


Another borrowing strategy by our politicians

Stop scaring us Mr Deputy Governor

Calitoscassius:
Something that i ve been telling them since, give it another 20 years there will be no Lagos, Lagos will be under water.

Shut up. Na lie because you no get property for Lagos you dey yarn rubbish.