President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Ministry of Works to convene a meeting with relevant stakeholders and landlords along the Lagos coastal corridor to develop lasting solutions to the recurrent flooding affecting major parts of the state during the rainy season.

The directive, announced on Monday by Olufemi Dare, the federal controller of works for Lagos State, comes amid renewed concerns over persistent flooding in Lagos, particularly in areas surrounding the Lagos–Calabar coastal highway project. 

The meeting is scheduled for Monday, while a press conference and stakeholders’ engagement is slated for Tuesday, July 7, at Zinia Hall in Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos.

Mr Dare urged the Lagos State government officials, the Federal Ministry of the Environment and representatives of concerned landlords along the coastal road to attend the meeting.

The Federal Ministry of Works and the National Assembly committee on works will, on Monday, conduct an assessment of the environmental challenges to determine the causes and extent of the flooding and propose ways to address it.

Mr Dare clarified that the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway did not, in any way, contribute to the flooding, but that the president deemed the meeting necessary to address the flooding plaguing the coastal area.

He said, “It should be noted that the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway has not contributed to the flooding issue in Lagos State.

“However, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, has directed that this meeting take place to find a lasting solution to the flooding issue in the Lagos coastal corridor.”