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TASK TWO:
MANAGEMENT IN ILAJE-BARIGA
Environmental disasters are now becoming frequent phenomenon globally, from Mexico to
China, United State of America, Indonesia, United Kingdom and Nigeria. This shows that the
environment is creating a serious threat to the world (Aderogba et al., 2012). Floods are one of
the environmental disasters that are of the world major concern because of its devastating
Floods are natural occurrence caused basically by natural events (Olajide and Lawanson,
2014). The primary cause of death from natural disasters globally are floods and were
responsible for about 6.8 million deaths in the past 20th century (Doocy et al., 2013; Wahab et
al., 2014). Floods have posed great threat to the lives and properties of human being across the
Although, flood is a natural occurrence which may occur as a result of heavy rainfall, land
topography and lagoon or river overflow; however, floods incidence and it’s attributed dangers
to natural, physical and social economic environments have been exacerbated by the activities
of human. Human activities like waste disposal in the drainages and lagoon or river, wetland
sand filling, deforestation, poor planning, greenhouse gas emission, poorly designed
Over the last 30 years, there have been increases in the number of affected people by frequent
floods events (World Economic Forum, 2010; Wahab et al., 2014). According to Aderogba
(2012), the cost of loss to floods is about N102 million in Lagos metropolises between 2010
and 2012. The floods ranking done by Hallegatte et al., (2013) showed that there are top 20
cities having great challenges of flood losses in the world and Lagos was ranked 15th.
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The community assessment done made us to understand that this community is located in the
lagoon area, is overpopulated, have limited assets and resources, building and infrastructures
are raised indiscriminately and of low standards, they are of low income levels and education,
lack basic health care facilities and have many public health concerns of which floods takes
the lead.
The rapid increase in the development of Lagos because of the influx of people into the city
has led to the congestion in the provided housing causing people to move to the slum areas like
Ilaje-bariga. Since people must have accommodation, many ways of informal measures are
used to build houses (Olokesusi, 2011). This has led to noncompliance to urban planning
policies, building along drainage channels and wetland sand filling causing disturbance to the
free flow of run-off and water during and after rainfall resulting to flooding and it impacts
Floods are major concern in Ilaje-Bariga community. Ilaje-Bariga is one of the notorious dark
spots and ghettoes in Lagos with sprawling slum located by the lagoon in the area of Bariga
metropolis. Good quality urban infrastructural provision is requisite for reducing flooding risk
in the community area. Many residents in this community live in environmental degraded
conditions and lack basic services and infrastructures such as electricity, water supply, roads,
solid waste disposal, storm-water drainage, quality housing and sanitation (Adelekan, 2010).
The road and the drainage system in the community are poorly maintained. There are
indiscriminate dumping of solid waste around the community and in the drainage
channels/canals due to no provision of solid waste collection and siltation of the existing
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channels. Although some street in the community have gutters, however, the gutters are not
covered and are always full of solid waste and also the flow capacities of the gutters are so
small to hold the amount of storm-water that may be generated during heavy rainfall.
From the community assessments done in the part one of this assignment and also the
assessment of conditions and facilities in Ilaje-Bariga conducted by LMDGP in 2006 and LVI.
It was evidence that the provision of drainage and waste management are of major priorities of
Project Description
community, with other benefits such as promoting healthy life style and community
development. This project is targeting at addressing the concern of floods and its disasters to
life and properties of the whole community and also promoting good sanitation practises among
the community.
Aim: To reduce the incidence of floods disaster in Ilaje-Bariga community through drainages
construction, waste disposal awareness and waste management by the year 2019.
Objectives:
To unblocked drainage by removing waste to allow the free flow run-off water
management.
Outcomes:
Protection to the life and properties of the community members during heavy rainfall.
Strategies
This project would involve the Local government, the community leaders (Men leaders,
Women leaders, Youth leaders and Market leaders) and the Community Development
involved in the removal of waste in the drainage throughout the whole community. The
importance of this would be explained to the leaders and in turn the leaders would
The repair of damaged drainage and the construction of the new standard drainage
Waste disposal awareness would be conducted first to the community leaders, making
them to understand the importance of good sanitation practices, the danger of refuse
dumping in the drainage and the benefit of encouraging their member to comply with
There would be provision of the waste collection and waste management policy would
The importance of SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) Analysis can
never be put aside when planning for any project. SWOT analysis helps to understand the
different internal and external factors capable of influencing the outcome of the project.
Strengths Weaknesses
development Compliance
other communities
the committee
Opportunities Threats
members rainfall
This proposed intervention could be linked to the concept of Health Belief Model (HBM)
because the model is widely used to tackle diverse health issues. HBM is linked to the belief
of people about severity and susceptibility of a condition thereby influencing them to take
necessary action of prevention. This will help to address the issue of compliance, negligence
community that they may be vulnerable to floods as a result of refuses dumping in the
drainage/canal, wetland sand filling and raising illegal and substandard structures.
Perceived Severity: This is would be done by explaining the consequences and implications
Perceived Benefit: The benefits of sanitation, use of waste bin and compliance to waste
Perceived Barriers: The barriers would be taken away by unblocking and repairing the
blocked and damaged drainage, constructing new drainage and providing waste disposal bags
and bin for each household and providing dumping site in the community.
Cues to Action: if all the factors above are put in place, these may generate a positive change
in the behaviour of the residents of Ilaje-Bariga community and encourage them to comply
Implementation Plan
The appointment of the project committee members would be done by the project facilitator
and the committee shall include: project coordinator, secretary, an accountant, public health
officer (this would be given to one of the community members) and transport and organising
The selection of the stakeholders would be done by the project committee members and the
stakeholders shall include: Lagos State Ministry of Environment (LSME), Lagos Metropolitan
Development and Governance Project (LMDGP), Bariga Local Government Council, Ilaje-
Consent Seeking
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The project committee shall meet with the stakeholders and they will discuss on the project
proposal and the best way to achieve success of the project would be agreed on.
The construction of the drainage shall be given to Supermove Construction Company Limited
(SCCL), Lagos Nigeria and be supervised by LSME and LMDGP on the agreement of the
A letter of consent would be sent to Bariga Local Government council and Ilaje-Bariga
community leaders and the community leaders would in turn inform the community members
There would be agreement that the community members shall be employed to be among the
labour force so as to create job opportunities for them and also receive their full support.
Community Survey
LSME, LMDGP and the community leaders. This would be coordinated by the environmental
officer and the purpose of the survey is to understand the topography of the land and to put
climate change such as heavy rainfall and lagoon surge in to consideration when selecting
Procurement
Procurement of the needed items would be headed by the procurement officer working in
Drainage Construction
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After the community survey and the location for the drainage have been selected, the SCCL
will start the construction of the drainage. The process of drainage construction will include
unblocking the blocked drainage, repairing the damaged drainage and constructing the new and
standard drainage.
Maintenance
The maintenance of the drainage would be given to the CDA to supervise and they would in
turn employ the community members to the work of removing any solid waste from the
drainage once every week. This will also create employment opportunities for the community
members.
health and environmental officer. The awareness program would involve sensitising the
community on the importance and benefits of good sanitation and proper waste disposal to their
health and in helping them to reduce floods and it impacts. Training would also be given on
waste disposal methods, drainage maintenance and free waste bags and waste disposal bin will
be given to each household in the community. The awareness and campaign program will take
different format such as talk show with the community leaders, different association in the
community (such as Women, youth, and market association) and the whole community using
Waste Management
The management of the waste would be done by procuring a vehicle that will be collecting
waste from each household every week and be dumping it in the dumping site that will be
provided at the outskirt of the community. This will also be supervised by CDA for
continuation and sustainability and also create job opportunity for the community members.
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Project 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Appointment of
Project committee
Selection of
Project
Stakeholders
Consent Seeking
Community
Survey
Procurement
Drainage
Construction
Waste Disposal
Awareness
Creation
Waste
Management
Sustainability
Plan
Baseline
Evaluation
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Midpoint
Evaluation
End of Project
Evaluation
The critical part of results-based management (RBM) is monitoring and evaluation. This forms
the foundation for understandable and accurate reporting on the outcomes achieved by the
program (International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC), 2011). Monitoring is defined as the
regular collection and analysis of data to follow up the progress of day to day project activities.
fulfilling its aims and objectives (IFRC, 2011; Bates and Jones, 2012).
The monitoring and documentation of the progress of the project shall be done by the project
coordinator and the secretary and be presented to the stakeholders at every stakeholders
meeting. The project progress and the implementation time line shall follow the Project Gantt
Chart above.
Element of RE-AIM
The evaluation to assess the quality of this project shall be based on the RE-AIM framework.
This is an outcomes framework used in the evaluation of many projects (Paul et al., 2014).
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What strategy
will be used for
acceptability of
my project? How can I
What will examine
demonstrate differences in the
that my implementation?
project is
effective?
Reach: This will be carried out by survey to evaluate the numbers of participants in the target
population, those that heard about the project, partook, complied and benefitted from the
project.
Effectiveness: surveys on incidence and impacts of floods will be used to demonstrate and
measure the effectiveness of the drainage and waste management project in the community.
Adoption: the acceptance of the project will be measured by the level of participation of the
community and their compliance to the waste disposal methods. This will be done by
Implementation: The project delivery will be used to evaluate how strictly the project follows
Maintenance: The CDA will be in charge of the project follow up to see to the sustainability
Sustainability
intervention that meets the present needs and as well do not compromise the ability to meet the
needs of the future generations (Bartlett, 2012). As mention earlier on, the sustainability of this
project will be given to the CDA who will be assessing and documenting the progress and
impact of the project in the community. They will be in charge of making sure the drainage is
free of solid waste, structures are not raised on the drainage and that people comply with waste
disposal methods. The committee and the stakeholders will also meet to form policies that will
guide building structures and waste management in the community and this will be enforced
by CDA.
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Organisation Structure
Project
Facilitator/
Supervisor
Project Project
Committee Stakeholders
Coordinator
Unblocking the blocked drainage and repairing the damaged one 5, 000, 000
Waste management (waste bags, waste bin, vehicle and preparing 5, 000, 000
dumping site)
Reflection:
This module, “Strategic management and commissioning” and the completion of this portfolio
has really broaden my knowledge concerning the way public health plan and implement
intervention to tackle any public health concerns. I have gained that for any intervention to be
successful in any community, there is need for the community assessment so as to understand
the needs of the community before focusing on the problem solving. I learned the importance
of leadership and project commissioning. Also I was able to gain knowledge on the correct use
implementation. The limitations in this portfolio can be linked to limited available data and
information about the community and also this portfolio was written without major experience
in project planning which could lead to some gaps in the community assessment and
implementation plan.
This module and the assignment have really developed my knowledge about leadership,
management, commissioning, and projects implementation and has equipped me for real life
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