Firewood smokes kills over 95,000 women annually in Nigeria – Save80

From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse

Over 95,000 Nigeria women die annually as a result of inhaling cooking gas emission obtained from the use of firewood.
This was disclosed by the chairman of the Atmosfair Save80 Cooking Stove, Ambassador Faruk Malami Yabo at the Manpower Development Institute (MDI) Dutse, Jigawa state capital.
He said if women embrace the use of modern cooking stoves, more lives will be saved from inhaling toxic carbon dioxide during their daily cooking.
He said it has been discovered that over 95000 women died annually in Nigeria with Carbone dioxide related diseases across the country as a result of using firewood on three stands cooking method.
Also speaking, the Commissioner of Women Affairs, Hadiza Abdulwahad disclosed that she will encourage all women in the state to be using the new stoves produced by Atmosfair Save80 Cooking Stoves.
“I will lead the team of crusade to advertise the cooling stoves to all the 27 Local Government Areas to stop the use of the old method that consume many firewood,” she said.
Also, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Environment, Dr Abdullahi Namadi said the coming of this method of using very few firewood is coming at the right time.