July Gen Z Pick 2026: Who really pays when the rain falls?

 

Lagos has spent her days underwater. Major roads were submerged, commuters abandoned buses to wade through knee-deep floodwater, and small businesses along key corridors like Oshodi-Apapa watched their goods and workdays wash away. It wasn’t an isolated event. NiMet has issued flash flood alerts for 26 states and the FCT, and the real peak of the rainy season, typically August to October, hasn’t even arrived yet.

Nationally, the numbers are staggering: flooding has cost Nigeria over N13 trillion in direct and indirect losses over the past two years, with agriculture and small business productivity among the hardest hit. This July, BusinessDay Gen Z Pick wants to know how the rain is actually hitting young Nigerians’ pockets.

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