In the wake of the destruction of lives and property by this year’s flooding, an environmentalist and Chairman of Friends of the Earth International, Mr. Nnimo Bassey, in this interview, identifies areas national and sub-national governments failed in protecting Nigerians against the fury of the floods. Bassey, who is also the Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation, reveals how big infrastructures along coastlines in some major cities export floods to other parts of the country.