No fewer than 98,000 Nigerian women die annually from smokes
inhaled during cooking with firewoods, Mrs Bahijjahtu Abubakar, an official of
the Federal Ministry of Environment, has said.
Abubakar, who is the National Coordinator, Renewable Energy
Programme, told newsmen at the official launch of RUWES and the 4th Annual
Nigeria Renewable Energy Day in Abuja
today.
She said the death from the sector contributed to 10 per
cent of global annual death, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO)
study.
“The WHO says that over 98,000 Nigerian women die annually
from the use of firewood.
“If a woman cooks breakfast, lunch and dinner, it is
equivalent to smoking between three and 20 packets of cigarette a day.
“The death from this sector contributes to 10 per cent of
global annual death and it is bigger than tuberculosis, HIV and AIDS and
malaria combined, and it is only killing women.’’
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