US EditionNigerian Govt Announces Plan to End Use of Firewood
- On Wednesday in Abuja, the Women Affairs Ministry partnered with energy sector stakeholders.
- The initiative tackles premature deaths exceeding 80,000 yearly from toxic smoke.
- This effort offers solar-powered equipment for household and agricultural use.
- Minister Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim called energy poverty "a social injustice."
- Stakeholders noted a vast opportunity to scale this intervention across Nigeria.
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Over 80,000 Nigerian women die annually from toxic cooking smoke
The Minister of Women Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has raised concern over the alarming number of Nigerian women over 80,000 who die annually from toxic smoke inhalation caused by traditional cooking methods such as firewood and kerosene stoves. Speaking during a stakeholders’ engagement on women’s access to clean energy in Abuja, the minister decried the social and economic burden energy poverty places on rural women, calling it a form of s…
FG Set to End Premature Deaths Caused by Firewood Toxins
The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs (FMoWA) has partnered with key stakeholders in the energy sector to end premature deaths caused by firewood and traditional cooking stoves toxins. Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, said this during a multi-stakeholder engagement in Abuja on Wednesday, expressing optimism that the initiative would end energy […] The post FG Set to End Premature Deaths Caused by Firewood Toxins appeared…
FG Moves To End Premature Deaths Caused By Firewood Toxins - NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA
FG moves to end premature deaths caused by firewood toxins 21 total views todayBy Justina Auta The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs (FMoWA) has partnered with key stakeholders in the energy sector to end premature deaths caused by firewood and traditional cooking stoves toxins. Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, said this during a multi-stakeholder engagement in Abuja on Wednesday, expressing optimism that the […] The pos…
Govt moves to end premature deaths caused by firewood toxins - EnviroNews - latest environment news, climate change, renewable energy
The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs (FMoWA) has partnered with key stakeholders in the energy sector to end premature deaths caused by firewood and traditional cooking stoves toxins. Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, said this during a multi-stakeholder engagement in Abuja on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, expressing optimism that the initiative would end energy pove…
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