Quote from: letteredhub on Today at 08:19:00 PM

We know say flood nah natural disaster wey no be man the control am but e get measures wey the vital to take to stop this impending flood every year or to prevent am to get a very minimal effect on the citizens anytime e happen but people for government no wan do the vital tins like building of dam, network canals, dredging of some river basins but them don take the situation use open office for every one or two years as the floods com, billions will be budgeted to use provide flood materials for flood victims and foodstuffs etc etc. All that money na their pockets them dey put am.

I see this like 'because Nigeria is not affected with earth quake, Nigeria government is better because they are preventing it'. How does that sound? Many times, no prevention can stop flooding from happening. It can begin with a heavy rain and storm. In some countries, it can begin with more than storm as it can begin with hurricane.

According to a report that was published in 2022, you will know that the government of a nation can only try, also depending on how good some places are. There is no way flooding can be prevented in some places but there could be a warning, it would still occur during raining season in any country. In the image I posted below, even developed countries like USA and Japan are included. In population, 18% of Nigerians were reported to be affected by flooding, you can see other countries with higher percentage, up to over 50%.

Fig. 3: Absolute and relative population exposure at country level.

You can blame the government in mismanagement but even if they are not managing money, this may not stop flooding and it depends on how massive heavy rainfall and storm result to flooding. Despite there are good drainages, it is possible that the water can submerge the drainages and result to a significant flood with loss of life and properties.