She expressed concern that in spite of health challenges posed by the use of charcoal and firewood, the use of such cleaner alternative hasn’t been massively deployed in the country. Maduka observed that the use of firewood and kerosene increases air pollution and impacts negatively on the health conditions of people, especially women. “Using firewood to fry Garri and for domestic cooking among rural women has led to the release of more dangerous gases and deforestation. We need to increase campaign against the use of fuel wood and fast track transition to 100per cent cleaner energy solutions”. He warned that failure to transit from dirty fuel might cost Nigeria more lives and resources.He urged the government to consider subsidising LPG, which is a sustainable cooking solution that wouldn’t endanger the lives of the people

Source: The Guardian June 24, 2019 04:30 UTC