During flash floods in Lagos last month the water crept up to(悄悄逼近，蔓延到) car doors and poured into homes, disrupting life in Nigeria’s commercial capital for days. Climate change is the main culprit(罪魁祸首) for worsening flooding. But in poorer parts of Lagos some residents wonder if other factors could be exacerbating the damage. They worry that the construction of a coastal motorway and a sea wall, built to protect a new luxury waterfront district, may be eroding the seashore, worsening the impact of floods along the coast.(他们担心沿海高速公路和海堤的建设可能正在侵蚀海岸，加剧沿海洪灾影响。)
上个月拉各斯遭遇暴雨洪灾，洪水漫至车门，涌入民居，使这座尼日利亚商业首都的日常生活陷入混乱数日。气候变化是洪水加剧的主要元凶。但在拉各斯较为贫困的地区，一些居民怀疑是否有其他因素在加重灾情。他们担心，为保护一个新豪华滨水区而修建的沿海高速公路和海堤，可能正在侵蚀海岸，加剧沿海洪灾的影响。
Yet residents may find it hard to get information about the impact of either project. Both are part of a $20bn infrastructure portfolio(组合，投资组合) overseen(监督，监管) by firms controlled by Gilbert Chagoury (pictured), a Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire and long-time friend of Bola Tinubu, the president. Mr Chagoury is not known for(不以……著称) transparency(透明度，公开性).
然而，居民们可能很难获得这两个项目影响的相关信息。这两个项目都属于一个价值200亿美元的基础设施组合，由吉尔伯特·查古里（如图）控制的企业监管。查古里是黎巴嫩裔尼日利亚亿万富翁，也是总统博拉·提努布的长期好友。查古里先生并不以透明著称。
Since its founding in 1971, the conglomerate(大型联合企业，集团) the billionaire runs with his brother has dabbled in(涉足，浅尝辄止) everything from flour mills to luxury hotels. Its infrastructure work has expanded on Mr Tinubu’s watch(在提努布执政期间). Apart from the $11bn coastal motorway, the sea wall and the $6bn property development the wall protects, the group has also been put in charge of two port renovations to be paid for largely with a £746m ($1bn) loan guaranteed by the British government.(除了沿海高速公路、海堤及海堤保护的房地产开发项目外，该集团还负责两个港口改造项目，这些项目主要由英国政府担保的贷款支付。) International banks, including France’s BNP Paribas Fortis and Belgium’s KBC, helped finance the waterfront district.
自1971年成立以来，这位亿万富翁与兄弟共同经营的集团涉足从面粉厂到豪华酒店的各种业务。在提努布先生执政期间，其基础设施业务有所扩大。除了价值110亿美元的沿海高速公路、海堤以及海堤保护的60亿美元房地产开发项目外，该集团还负责两个港口改造项目，这些项目主要由英国政府担保的7.46亿英镑（合10亿美元）贷款支付。包括法国BNP Paribas Fortis和比利时KBC在内的国际银行为滨水区提供了融资。