The alarming figure recorded for Lagos, a metropolis of over 20 million persons and Nigeria’s industrial hub, portends a looming threat to the health of its citizens and the country; reversing it should be a priority of the Lagos State Government.
PM 2.5 particles are the worst type of air pollutants because of their ability to easily penetrate the lungs, due to their small sizes and circulate throughout the entire body leading to systemic inflammation and carcinogenicity. The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency admitted that air pollution was responsible for over 30,000 premature deaths in Lagos in 2021.
A World Bank study found that illness and premature deaths due to ambient air pollution caused losses of $2.1 billion in 2018, representing about 2.1 per cent of the state’s GDP. In 2012, the WHO had revealed that Nigeria experienced nearly seven million deaths caused by indoor and outdoor air pollution.
IQAir identified the major sources of air pollution in Lagos as coming from vehicle emissions, closely followed by industry and domestic energy use.
Not just air pollution, Lagos needs to decongest
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