Every rainy season now functions as a national stress test for infrastructure in Nigeria. The country has repeatedly battled flooding across major cities after even short periods of rainfall. The 2026 rainy season has once again brought widespread flooding and, according to the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NIMET, more rainfall is still expected. Roads have disappeared beneath floodwaters, neighbourhoods have been submerged, bridges have failed, homes have collapsed, and thousands of livelihoods have been destroyed. Each year, governments promise reconstruction, stronger drainage systems and more resilient infrastructure. By the following rainy season, most of those promises remain unfulfilled. The next floods then become an infrastructure audit of the previous year’s commitments, exposing once again the country’s cycle of infrastructural neglect.
Lagos stands today as the most visible symbol of this failure. Lekki, Ikoyi and Victoria Island, districts that should epitomise modern urban living, are instead drowning under floodwaters. Roads are collapsing, culverts are
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