The flooding in Nigeria affected more than three million people. More than 600 people lost their lives and another 1.5 million people were forced to flee their homes. It extensively damaged houses, farms and basic infrastructure and decimated livelihoods across the country. For farmer Orubo Oro Tombia (above), from neighbouring Yenagoa municipality, the worst aspect has been the loss of cassava stems: “It is a disaster to me in so many ways and the cause of so much stress. In late November last year I travelled to Nigeria, more than a month after the floodwater had arrived and I found many houses were still inundated. Do you think that floods in Africa happen due to poor drainage system ?

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