WASHED AWAY: THE LAGOS EROSION CRISIS | FULL DOCUMENTARY
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- čas přidán 17. 02. 2024
- According to the World Bank, more than 55 million Africans live within 10 meters of sea level. In Lagos, Nigeria, coastal erosion persists, washing away several communities - a threat amplified by both climate change and human activities. Arise Environment Correspondent Laila Johnson-Salami has been documenting this crisis since June 2022. In this revealing documentary, she unveils the severity of the crisis putting lives at risk and impacting the livelihoods of millions of people.
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WE NEED MORE OF THIS TYPE OF JOURNALISM, TO SHOW US WHAT IS GOING ON AND EDUCATE PEOPLE
No, NIGERIA IS A NATURAL COUTNRY AND WILL BE FINE. WE DONT NEED NO WESTERN SPONCERED JOURNALIST TO CREATE LIES ABOUT THE CONTINENT. THE WESTERN POPULATION IS GETTING SICKER EVERYDAY, WE IGNORE FACTS.
As a small kid growing up in Ikoyi, I used to have terrible nightmares about sea levels rising and waking up with fish swimming past my second floor window.
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When I lived in Lagos, I used to live in a beautiful seaside community just off Alpha Beach but it was wiped out in 2011.
Wow...
Epic report as always from Laila Johnson 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Excellent investigative journalism on this looming predicament.
LOL, Yes show nonsense Erosions about LAGOS while ignoring the Western population that are getting sicker everyday.
It's already coming to Eleko Beach and environs
Good reporting. Brilliant.
Great documentary. Same is happening here in Ghana especially the coast of Keta in the Volta Region of Ghana
Ghana has a double whammy in coastal abrasion from the ocean and Volta River entrance into the ocean without much of a delta plane.
Keta's problem is caused by the Akosombo Dam, which blocks silt and sand from building the beaches on the coast. Niger River also has dam construction.
Water will always find its level.
When man pushes the Ocean 🌊 away, the Ocean 🌊 will push back to its natural habitat with Tsunami force!
Where is Lagos state government?
What is stopping them from planting and maintaining Palm trees?
The best documentary ever from Nigeria
Erosion by GREED period.... Brilliant journalism... Thanks ARISE... Hopefully government will arise to their responsibility. 😊
Greed by whom?
Unfortunately, the government won't. They are already aware of the destruction that would take place but their shortsightedness caused by their narcissistic nature, always trumps their better judgment.
@@taharka3897 By the people who use electricity from dams on the river. They should be using candles.
@@comment8767 is that a joke, you can not be serious
25 years ago i swim on the same beachfront ,the State government warned that the beachfront is steep- gradient and there shouldn't be residential development. However, omo onile, corrupt government officials, lack of good affordable houses all rolled into 1 and ......?
Its a pity sha... I'm half Eti Osa myself.
Excellent reporting.
Beautiful Documentary. Amazing Voice. Gorgeous Lady. I watch all your wildlife documentaries but you took this one to a higher level. Keep it up, Laila. ❤
Excellent report. Kudos ❤
Great reporting 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Fantastic reporting .....
“Water! E no get Enemy”
Fela .RIP
Thanks 👍🏿
I wonder if there's an option like idk, at-sea dams or contention walls? I know it's not the prettiest of sights, but it might help to maintain a regular water level and save countless lives. The ideal would be to stop the dredging but we know all too well that won't happen, as it's likely that the govt. has economic interests within the dredging industry.
The Earth's magnetic pole is known to tilt from time to time for eons, therefore,the ocean will move in to the land and some areas will be submerged, sometimes it goes in as far as kilometers inward. In some beaches,the ocean will recede oceanward for kilometers.
Nature has a way of arranging itself, unfortunately, the estate developers would never say this or they are not even aware themselves.
This happened all over the world,and the elites know,they usually established their capital cities far away from the ocean,or lay tons and tons of boulders to check the ocean forces.
The ocean takes lands at a gradual tempo,so, people still believe they could do something about it,in 100years,all these locations will be totally submerged. Netherlands is a good example of this,you could check that out.
Hi Lagos.. watching from Canada ... "Were I King".. I'd be building a net of connected floating homes along your ocean coasts? Think like Makoko.. not on stilts but floating houses "bolted together" to rise and fall with ocean level? Cheers
Give Anamnbra ,imo and Abia states THEIR ACCESS TO THE SEA...
Do they have sea?
I taya o.... what are we saying what are you saying? Did you even listen to the documentary? 😅😅😅
@@jimmysteeve7702 yes they do..browse Anam Beach...they even had a beach party...white sand ...finer than elegushi
You will not understand until they tell you the truth...just browse Anam Beach
@@anthillmoshe2424Yall Should Move Back To The East And Make Y'all Own Elegushi In The East. Everyone Should Go Back To Their Villages. We Need To Clear Lagos State
This a beautiful documentary.... Well done Arise... I hope the govt fixes this issuse.. They have the funds I hope they do not act when it is too late.
We assume that the government truly cares. Most of them already have hideaways for their children abroad, in the event that Lagos finally caves in.
Remember our President's relationships/connection to the Chagoury's😮😮😮😮...now u know the owners of Eko Atlantic ...😮😮😮
Great work. Eko Atlantic and the reclamation activities around it is the reason for the facade called coastal road. They just want to claim that area for themselves, dislodge the current occupiers in the guise of building road.
This is amazing. I love this ❤
Omg Nigeria do something NOW 😢
So few comments about a pending disaster. Instead people are busy watching "whats trending". Ok o
Are they shaking bum or fighting celebrities here? How would they watch? This is too intellectual for them. What a pity! Real impending man made disaster loading here. 😢
💔💔💔 sad sad sad
Lagos State/ Federal has to start installing break-waters as soon as possible. We have less than 4 months to act!
This is a national environmental emergency or else most parts of Lekki is gone
I M B BANK IN BAR BEACH REALLY SUFFERED
I just dey pity for people leaving at coastal areas of Lagos.
We have the same thing happening in America. As a matter of fact it's worse.
You should pay more attention. You should pity everyone in Lagos
Ah ahn calm down na, kilode
It’s not a crime to like living close to the beach na 😄😄😄
Oh thanks for such brilliant narration of Nature and Oceanography! Cheers and Good luck in your deliberations! Khadeeja Alghali-Rahman (London, UK)👋💪😭🤣🥳🐝🕴️🦌🦔🙉🐐🐎🦋🐌🦗🦗🐜🐚🐡🦃🐓💂🐞🧑🔬⚓🐑🕊️🐔🤼🌴🏖️🏜️☀️🌜🌛
When other states in the country are not as developed, of course, people will keep on flocking to Lagos!
Most of this people flock to Lagos state, without any reason, not even any family members residing in Lagos. some of them sleep under the bridges around, erecting shanties in any empty land without proper consultations “perfect example is Makoko “ so when the shanty is brought down they start crying,mind you they left there peaceful village or state, some them come from states that earn higher allocation than Lagos state but because most of them lack education and common sense to make their state government accountable to them. Dem take Lagos swear for una 😂
@@delel4161
Most of this people (sic) are in Lagos because Lagos was built with their money.
If you want them out of Lagos, then pay their money back.
Or at least ask your kinsmen in power to decentralise commonly owed resources to other regions,Lagos bankrupted Nigeria. Remember the cement armada?
BTW how much are you paying for the repair of the 3rd mainland Bridge right now? Also the people will leave when you pay the Chinese loan used to build #railway in Lagos yourself. If not they will NEVER leave. C';est compri?
@@RadioTV595 You seems to be living in the past, the capital of a Nigeria was moved to Abuja in December 1991 over 40 years ago and the 4th republic begins in 1999 (25 years ) ago and you are still living in denial. by the way ,i live in Ogun state and i can see people from southeast flocking to my state in thousand on daily basis and judging by allocations my state earns from federal government 5 billion while Bayelsa that is not half of my state by population and land earn 10times more and yet people from there are still rushing down to southwest. you are senseless, creating excuses for those lazy governors . Lagos allocation in august last year was 14billions while delta state was 106 billions and you are still shouting Lagos this and that , failure always have excuses
@RadioTV595, stop the BS separation talking
@@delel4161
Sir, I will not respond to your invectives. It does not matter when the capital was moved from Lagos. If you don't want other people there, then just refund them, and they will gladly leave, otherwise there is nothing you can do. BTW you have not said how much you are paying for the repair of the 3rd mainland bridge and whether you will repay the Chinese loan used to build railway lines in Lagos. If you are so miffed about "southeast" flocking to your state, then do yourself a favour, ask your fathers why they fought and killed the southeast people to prevent them from leaving you alone when they wanted to (1966-70). Else, you are wasting your time living in cloud cuckoo land, a fantasy state (aka alternate universe).
Sorry.
0:20 - you used the word ‘Delve’ AI 😀
….and….what is the point or the problem?
This cannot be stopped. It’s too expensive and nature has to has its way. Erosion was most likely taking places when slaves left the west coast. This is simple natural and we’ll have to adapt.
Caused by putting dams on the river that block sand replenishment of beaches.
@@comment8767 Okay. Thank you. I’ve seen documentaries that strongly suggest that. The waters can be delayed but not stopped. Good to hear it can. Much respect.
@@kushsakhu The Akosombo dam will silt up and become useless at some point. Ghana's only hope is to have nuclear reactors to replace the hydropower. Or, it could burn coal. The main problem in Ghana is that the population has gone from 8M to 30M since 1960. Western "colonizers" cause the opposite of genocide .... they bring technology that supports huge overpopulation, such things as fertilizers, hybrid crops, medicines, sanitation, etc. This all has a downside for the environment, if not for the extra 22M people who now exist.
@@comment8767 Thank you for the education. You’ve given me a lot to consider here. Much appreciated 🙏🏾💯🆙
You see how Lagos State is been run 😮
Some of you are just dumb_, with little exposure and education. This is a global phenomenon. It is a result of climate change. I watched the one on Accra, Ghana and theirs is a lot more terrible than this.
Great job Laila! Tinubu and Chagoury we see you both
There will be dozens of Eko Atlantic projects up and down the Lekki coast line by 2050. Just like in Dubai, Lagos State will have over 100,000,000 people by 2100.
11:00 the great wall of Lagos with a reported lifespan of 1 000 years. Uh huh.
No Babatunde.ĺet it go now..
How about get some boulders and push the sea back instead of waiting for the government
Most of the Dredger come from MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA
TINUBU and lagos has been law breakers.
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How do you intend closing the housing gap when these constructed houses can't be afforded by the comman man that needs it. The rich men that will key into such projects(Eko Atlantic etc) already have their houses and are not among the ones that need it
Oyetola should wake up.
Those"environmental Experts" speaking reminds me of the famous words." The Titanic is Unsinkable" .It still beats my imagination WHY people are still buying & building expensive mansions in such a vulnerable area.The Japanese thought they knew all about building in costal regions untill the Sunami came. Water, WILL ALWAYS find it's way......
They want it to get so bad so that the money for repairs will be so high.
Nature you can sheet nature
Uai, se é tão bom e correto, porque o contrário está ocorrendo. Quem e pq certamente está beneficiando a alguém ou algum grupo de interesse. Não tem como se esconder qd os efeitos aparecem...rsrsrs... tão óbvio.
Banana to orange🙂 sad but honest truth
Sounds like Florida.
What is o kun afa?
The seaside/location name.
@@oyinme Òkun Alfa
Why Nigeria sky is always not clear blue sky
Pollution
Sand and dust from Sahara desert, especially in dry season. Lagos probably has air pollution.
Stop making people suffer. Let's every Nigerians enjoy our God gifts resources. The erosion should find its way to Abuja asorock. Na God and the universe go punish all of una way dey chop our money for that country
Sounds like greedy people
Foreigner can not pronounce local names properly 😢
Tinubu has performed this magic before... he stopped the Atlantic Ocean when he was governor... now he is president, he will do it again 😢🎉
😂😂😂
Too much building in lagos. Move the airport and other stuffs in lagos to other states and stop being stupid and greedy. Problem solved
These people always preach doom and gloom about africa. It's happening right here in America. New Orleans is practically underwater and most of Miami will be underwater in 70 years.
New Orleans, like Amsterdam, has mostly been under water. Florida's situation is more due to global warming than human activities.
@@Frank-Bediko62 the human activity is people building where they are not supposed to build, including the government and corporations. I worked in New Orleans after the major hurricane. Just like in lagos people build on natural water ways. Amsterdam does the same thing. The difference is there government build excellent infrastructure to limit any damage cause by water.
@@taharka3897 There is a clear difference! Amsterdam is part of the low lands. It is never due to human activities au contraire, it has worked very to prevent that. It is the main reason that, the Netherlands has the one the largest gas reserves in the world, it refuses to exploit the gas, to the ire of EU, because the gas is preventing it from sinking. The whole of Florida coast line is under threat because global warming. Lagos' problem is mostly due to human activities. I know Orleans situation. It a combination of being a lowland surrounded by swamps: not human activities: there is no erosion. I know becos I went to Tulane as an undergraduate.
@@Frank-Bediko62 sorry you are wrong. Going to school is a big difference from working to help rebuild the infrastructure. I know they are both lowlands countries. A good reason not to live their in the first place. Global warming effects every country in the world including lagos. Human activities is not the only cause of lagos problems. You are probably nigerian,I am not. I noticed that nigerians loves to blame black people for everything bad, but not the white world. You people have too much self hate. I am an American, I know my country situation. Did you see the recent rain storm in California? Did you see the houses falling down the cliff and mountain side. Those houses should never have been built their.
So, how are actual facts preaching doom and gloom? People need solutions to the encroaching sea.
Tinubu how far?
Global warming and it’s effect, the oceans are expanding. This is way serious
Not really ... caused by hydroelectric dams on river that block sand that used to go to beaches.
It's everywhere even in the caribean the water came alot closer, I remember as a kid the ocean was very very far...and you had to run to get to it, now it so close that you would think it could enter your home 🏡, yes its a global problem and we need to empty the ocean, just a little🤏🏿 😅 bit
I thought it’s only in Igbo land we dey get erosion ha
😅😅😅
I wasn't aware of beach side erosion till now, too. So no worry , we plenty for the matter