The Lagos State Government Commissioner of Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab has apologised to residents and commuters over the floods that left millions stranded and many areas submerged.
Wahab made this apology on the Thursday’s edition of Channels Television’s The Morning Brief.
Recall that on Wednesday, motorists were in gridlock and commuters stranded as the torrential rains which lasted for hours halted economic activities in Nigeria’s commercial capital.
Many had called out the government for its lack of plan to curtail the floods especially after similar ones have happened in past years
In the words of the commissioner, “I will start by saying to Lagosians, ‘We are sorry for the inconvenience caused due to nature’s cause yesterday morning’.”
“It’s not for failure to plan that we had what happened yesterday,” Tokunbo said.
“No, it was nature taking its full course. And we are sorry for those whose lives were disrupted: they could not go to work, they could not go to their marketplaces, they couldn’t go to school.”
However, the Lagos State Government said it had deployed teams across the city to manage the floods and mitigate its impacts.
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