Ministers of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola and his Information counterpart, Lai Mohammed, have blamed the attitude of some Nigerians for the devastating flooding throughout the country.
The ministers said this while briefing State House correspondents Wednesday evening.
There have been extensive flooding in 30 of the country’s 36 states. Several people have been killed in the flood and properties such as houses and farmlands have been destroyed.
Mr Mohammed said the disregard for town planning by people contributed to the escalation of the floods.
“You see, it’s a human affair, an environmental disaster. And I did not see any country that can prepare adequately, especially when citizens refuse to cooperate. As far back as February, NIMET, warned everybody. People have built across channels. They’ve built on villages, they violated at will the planning regulations. Now disaster comes and you say water resources was not ready, humanitarian affairs was not…
