Corrupt Government Practices, Regulatory Oversignt, Igorance and Negligence, the Key Factors Affecting Sustainable Urban and Rural Devlopments in Nigeria: Heance, Floodings

Human experiences of the urban spaces have been reshaped by events and how the public domain is framed have produced nagging quests for solutions. These are added to the hitherto baffling situations of how the sustainability of urban and rural spaces have often been affected and on many occasions preculded by the decaying urban fabrics, unplanned physical developments and poor space administration. The 2022 flooding in Nigeria, that partly resulted from corrupt government practices and regulatory oversight have destroyed more lives and properties in the country yet, not enough efforts have been put in place to curb the natural catastrophe. The encrochment and destruction of the natural environment without proper and adequate mitigation practices and infrastructural reinforcement of the areas attributed to the problems however, the major factor could be the neighbouring Cameroon’s Lagdo Dam, opened to ease the water pressure on its side of the border along the Benue River without persuasive measures in Nigeria to serve as a buffer. Nigeria still has not completed the Dasin Hausa dam, started decades ago that would have been two-and-a-half times the capacity of the Lagdo dam in Cameroon, and would generate 300MW of electricity and irrigate about 150,000 hectares of farmland across three states and that needs to be rectified.