Who maintains Lagos drainage after construction
A Drain Is Not Finished When the Concrete Dries
In Lagos, a new drainage channel can look like progress for exactly one rainy season. Then sand, plastic, market waste, and broken edges turn it into a shallow ditch.
The neglected question is not only who designed it or who funded it. Who clears it every week? Who repairs the cover after a truck breaks it? Who can report a blockage and get a response before the next downpour?
Infrastructure has a maintenance budget, even when nobody names it. If the plan pays for construction but not the ordinary work that keeps water moving, it is not a flood solution. It is a concrete photograph waiting to fail.