Why Lagos State
Lagos is one of the world’s major cities and is the most populous city in Africa, ahead of Cairo. Lagos is Nigeria’s largest city-state and it's economic and commercial capital located in the south west of Nigeria alongside the Atlantic Ocean.
According to a 2014 report by the National Population Commission of Nigeria Lagos is the 7th fastest growing city in the world, with a population of 21 million. Lagos is a MEGACITY, with a population of over double the required 10 million people
Lagos State covers only 0.4% of the Nigeria’s land mass, yet the most important state in the country. Lagos is undoubtedly the commercial nerve-centre of Nigeria (and possibly Africa), with the largest concentration of industries, even though, the administrative and political headquarters of the country had been transferred to Abuja over 25 years ago. The State still accounts for more than 70% 0f the nation’s industrial and commercial establishments. All these industries and commercial outfits centered round the metropolis, i.e. Lagos Island and Mainland.
The Lagos State GDP in 2017 was estimated to be over $136 billion in 2017 and accounts for over 60% of Nigeria's industrial and commercial activities. An Economist 2015 report stated that it generates over $90 billion dollars in goods and services. It Lagos was a country, its economy would be the 7th biggest in Africa, making it bigger than that of Kenya, Cote D'Ivoire and Ghana.
Topography of Lagos
Water is the most significant topographical feature in Lagos State; water and wetlands covers over 40% of the total land area within the State and an additional 12% is subject to seasonal flooding. Most of the land in Lagos State has an elevation of less than 15m above sea level. The land surface in Lagos State generally slopes gently downwards from north to south, and is particularly low-lying and flat in Victoria Island, Lagos Island/Ikoyi, and Apapa. Large parts of the mainland Lagos are built on a slightly higher north-south ridge.
The original city and Ikoyi, Victoria Island and Lekki corridor areas are referred to as Lagos Island and a system of bridges connect some of Lagos’s islands to each other and to the mainland. A considerable part of the State area is made up of lagoons and creeks. Lagos State is naturally made up of depositional landform, which include; wetland, barrier island, beaches, low-lying tidal flats and estuaries.
As the state population continues to expand and develop at an extraordinary pace, the demand for more land has resulted in major reclamation efforts over the years and major dredging and sand-filling efforts has been done to cover the swamps and wetlands to try to meet the high demand for land in the state.
Lagos, been a coastal city and low-lying land, most of the islands by the coast are practically a few meters above sea-level, consequently, making most areas available for developments to having high water table below the soil. The highest point on Lagos Island is only 22 feet (7 metres) above sea level.
The climate is the wet equatorial type influenced by nearness to the equator and the Gulf of Guinea. There are two main seasons, namely; the rainy season and dry season, which usually lasts from April to October and October to March respectively. The rainy season has two peak periods; May to July and September to October, with rainfall being heaviest during the first peaked period. Floods usually results at these periods, which are aggravated by the poor surface drainages systems of the coastal lowland while mainland encompasses the other part of the State.
All the above conditions, has made construction works especially for major building developments, that require major below grade construction works to require our dewatering services. It is for the purpose of providing these critical solutions in the sector, that Dewatering Logistics Limited was established.