Afrigather Way of life Nigeria gathered that the Managing Director and Chief Government Officer, Gasoline 360, Emmanuel Uwandu has revealed that cooking with firewood and charcoal is equal to smoking 20 packages of cigarettes.
He said this on Friday, twenty sixth April, 2024 in the course of the unveiling of the 20,000 metric tonnes of Liquified Petroleum Gasoline Depot Undertaking by Windek Power Restricted in Atabrikang Aquaha, Ibeno Native Authorities Space of Akwa Ibom State.
Uwandu emphasised the dire scenario, significantly within the Niger Delta area, the place roughly 21,000 ladies lose their lives every year resulting from reliance on firewood and charcoal.
Drawing a stark comparability, he equated cooking with these conventional fuels to smoking 20 packs of cigarettes each day, highlighting the immense well being dangers confronted by Nigerian ladies each day.
He lamented the shortage of consideration given to this silent killer, stating that whereas illnesses like malaria and HIV/AIDS obtain vital focus, the lethal affect of cooking with “soiled” fuels usually goes unnoticed.
Regardless of being the main reason for mortality in Nigeria, clear cooking initiatives obtain minimal funding in comparison with different well being interventions.
Uwandu urged each nationwide and sub-national governments to prioritize clear cooking options and seize world alternatives to handle this challenge.
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New Controversies Cloud Prosecution Of UNICAL Prof Accused Of Fondling His Feminine College students – Way of life Nigeria
A Federal Excessive Court docket, Abuja, on Friday, fastened Could 16 for ruling on a movement filed by Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of School of Regulation, College of Calabar (UNICAL), searching for an order quashing the sexual harassment cost in opposition to him.
Justice James Omotosho fastened the date for the court docket ruling after Osuobeni Akponimisingha, the Unbiased Corrupt Practices and Different Associated Offences Fee (ICPC)’s counsel, and the lawyer of Ndifon, Joe Agi, adopted their processes and offered their arguments for and in opposition to the movement.
The Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) reviews that Ndifon and his co-defendant, Sunny Anyanwu, had alleged that Akponimisingha was not certified to practise as lawyer.
The duo, by way of their lawyer, Joe Agi, SAN, insisted that Akponimisingha’s title was allegedly not on the roll of Authorized Practitioners in Nigeria pursuant to Part 2 of the Authorized Practitioners Act.
They argued that the four-count amended cost most popular in opposition to them by ICPC was incompetent on account of the disputed id of the anti-graft company’s lawyer.
They stated the event had robbed the court docket of its jurisdiction to entertain the matter.
They, due to this fact, prayed the court docket to quashed the cost in opposition to them.
Akponimisingha, in his counter affidavit dated March 20, accused the suspended dean and his authorized staff of being jealous of his educational {qualifications}.
