FLOODING IN NIGERIA AND SOME OTHER JURISDICTIONS: FINDING A SOLUTION TO THE LEGAL QUESTIONS

Abstract

Flood is a natural hazard but can be prevented or checked from graduating into a natural disaster. It may also arise by global warning, but the disaster is caused more by the people’s activities and dearth of adequate environmental policy by the government. The government of Nigeria has suffered the debilitating effect of flood, while some states in Nigeria have shown some positive concern that is long term, placed to ameliorate it; some other states adopt temporary and panicking measures. Flood has also ravaged many countries of the world and has caused economic and social losses. The Federal Government has not done enough in tackling floods in spite of the efforts of the Ministry of Information and National Orientation Agency. This paper examines all the vexed issues and shall attempt a remedy