NewNigeriaMind:
This is no news, we have always known the south east is the most backward region in Nigeria. Even the North with the poverty is cleaner.

Take Nimbo community for instance, the whole town is made up of mud houses with no tarred road and Enugu happens to be the Capital of SE, HOW MUCH MORE THE HELL HOLE CALLED ONITCHA

Poweredbreww:


So date of registration means what? You truly have no shame. Mschew

Armaggedon:
If this article was a comprehension question, 80% would have failed.

An article talks about polution caused by rapid industralization and carbon emission but our so-called educated youths understood it as dirtiness .

This country has no future

dunkem21:


E pain am

CeoNewshelm:



http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/12/which-are-the-worlds-two-most-polluted-cities-and-why

Poweredbreww:


Smh. Many are mad but few are roaming. Pain in what way nah? Na wah for your kind of dullness o.

NewNigeriaMind:
This is no news, we have always known the south east is the most backward region in Nigeria. Even the North with the poverty is cleaner.

Take Nimbo community for instance, the whole town is made up of mud houses with no tarred road and Enugu happens to be the Capital of SE, HOW MUCH MORE THE HELL HOLE CALLED ONITCHA

NewNigeriaMind:
This is no news, we have always known the south east is the most backward region in Nigeria. Even the North with the poverty is cleaner.

Take Nimbo community for instance, the whole town is made up of mud houses with no tarred road and Enugu happens to be the Capital of SE, HOW MUCH MORE THE HELL HOLE CALLED ONITCHA

commodorejydes:
my broda ur ignorant disgust me..... I'm yoruba bread in warri, schooled in d west n servers in d north Jos. I can categorically tell u onitsha is not in anyway uve described it... Dey r lots of high/tall building, infact I can tell u it's d trade mark of d place cous I've been working dere for 3years nw... Just leave Dat ur small village n try to travel b4 jumping into conclusion, I just wonder wat u getting so much likes for.... Mtchw

NICENEDU29:

Hahahahahahahahahaha! see mumu. Now u hav exposed ur ignorance the more. Who is the idiot that told ur gullible self that I dont have a job? I am gainfully employed and am very much comfortable with my good job. Do think am like a hopeless, jobless and useless motor park tout like u and ur entire famly? I really pitty u because u are nothing but a hopeless satanic & chronic NFA - No Future Ambition. None of ur family members including ur useless self will ever get to present level in life. Yes am 26 but am already a post graduate degree holder and am living very comfortably with a very nice job & even sponsoring my siblings in higher institutions. Do u think am like u who is over 30 yrs yet u are still doing agbero job & sometimes carrying one dirty brown envelop from one office to another. U hav just told me de reason why u ar stil jobless at ur age. Shameless NFA.

19naia:
Thanks for this post, It explains a lot about what happened to me when passing through onitsha.

I was riding in a van and started to feel light headed, dazed and like my breath was not carrying enough strength. It lasted only through the on both sides of the Niger river bridge. generators.
It didnt look as bad as some of the pictures i have seem of China, but i was feeling it strong and was worried i would go unconscious from lack of good air.

Abagworo:
So Abia has 2 badly ranked cities. What a shame.

sonnie10:
Below is the main reason they gave for the high PM in Onistha. Note: This is the primary source that was used by WHO in their article.

I still repeat that Nigeria educational system is "fantastically corrupt" if "educated folks" are not able to do simple findings like this on their own, before coming to exhibit their ignorance on public forum.

CeoNewshelm:



http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/12/which-are-the-worlds-two-most-polluted-cities-and-why

dunkem21:



E sweet am ..

NewNigeriaMind:


With the English written here, I see why you are a bread seller.

commodorejydes:
my broda ur ignorant disgust me..... I'm yoruba bread in warri, schooled in d west n servers in d north Jos. I can categorically tell u onitsha is not in anyway uve described it... Dey r lots of high/tall building, infact I can tell u it's d trade mark of d place cous I've been working dere for 3years nw... Just leave Dat ur small village n try to travel b4 jumping into conclusion, I just wonder wat u getting so much likes for.... Mtchw

AmericanQuarter:



The first and second pix are Onitsha while the 3rd and 4th are Asaba. Just so you know the difference in the pictures.

NewNigeriaMind:
This is no news, we have always known the south east is the most backward region in Nigeria. Even the North with the poverty is cleaner.

Take Nimbo community for instance, the whole town is made up of mud houses with no tarred road and Enugu happens to be the Capital of SE, HOW MUCH MORE THE HELL HOLE CALLED ONITCHA

NewNigeriaMind:
This is no news, we have always known the south east is the most backward region in Nigeria. Even the North with the poverty is cleaner.

Take Nimbo community for instance, the whole town is made up of mud houses with no tarred road and Enugu happens to be the Capital of SE, HOW MUCH MORE THE HELL HOLE CALLED ONITCHA

TheNonce:

So if I call them "dirty, filthy, stinking ipob youths" now, I would be very accurate?
Solid!

Twistaray:

We ain't surprise.
We knew before now, the most dirty region and people nah
I no mention name ooo

Sall:
Onitsha at number one .Kaduna at number five and Aba and umuahia at number six and sixteenth respectively. And you guy comes to Lagos to boost of developing Lagos . hypocritical set of tribes. Charity they say begins at home.

superduperjay:
Lagos used to be number one on this list as at 2005 or so but thanks to Fashola and his LAWMA/beautification crew. Though lagos is not 100percent but its much much better than the past. The peeps asking for criteria they mean pollution, land oo air oo sea ooo most probably land onitsha is dirty .

MrkenOkonkwo:
Lies!
Lagos-Ibadan Propaganda.
WHO are jealous of our progress because we are the ones that devoloped London, Wellington & Geneva for them. - Ipod youth
The same set of onitshaians will tell you that Ibadan & Lagos (The two biggest cities in W/Africa) are the dirtiest.
Bunch of dirty pigs!

Karanka:
I see a lot of folks here don't understand what the post is talking about. Being the most polluted city in the world doesn't generally denote dirtiness; rather,it is based on the particulate matters generated from the city which is in the air. These particulate matters come from sources like soots from vehicles,industries, construction activities,wood-burning etc - generally, industrialization. It's almost a problem with fast growing cities where a lot of industrial activities go on. Countries like China,Saudi Arabia etc have been battling with this for long. Air pollution poses health risks,which can in turn affect the economy of a place. The Nigerian cities affected should simply enact effective policies to mitigate against this,even as they continue with their industrial boom.

19naia:


Thanks. I was there and took the pictures myself and I know the Asaba side from the Onitsha side.
Yes the Asaba side is also bad where the traffic gathers around the bridge, and i did not start feeling well until we moved well beyond the bridge area in Asaba heading towards Lagos. Its not so much Onitsha city but the Niger river bridge area and the heavy industrial traffic it brings. Low quality diesel is a terrible thing and those large lorries burn it in large messy quantities.
Thats why its best to have several bridges spread over several areas rather than have all of the cross regional traffic converge at one city to spoil the city in this way. Nigeria has out grown the existing Niger River infrastructure and that second Niger bridge is not enough. There needs to be at least one more bridge closer to Owerri and portharcourt. Looks like Abo and Ndoni towns (see the photos) would be a good location if a good expressway is installed to handle the traffic. If portharcourt and owerri Traffic could take a more southern route, it would save time, fuel burn/$ and divert overwhelming traffic away from Onitsha/Asaba
The city I live in is just finishing a 5th bridge in a city of almost 1.5 million people, but it uses so many bridges to serve the interstate corridor passing through the city. People cross the river in my city here from many states and once they cross, they divert into directions going to several states, just like Onitsha. People converge at Onitsha from Lagos, Benin city, Ibadan, Akure and so on, and when they cross at Onitsha, they divert onward towards Owerri, portharcourt, calabar, anambra and so on. But all using one bridge and waiting for a second to erect. We have our 5th bridge finishing up in my city here and its not even a major city. Niger river need to increase the number of bridges and spread them out to cover crossing close to Owerri and Portharcourt.

Kennydoc:


Most backward in what sense please? Show me any article that denotes the backwardness of the south east as compared to the other geopolitical zones with regards to Health, Education, Social services and overall standard of living.

Meanwhile, look at this link:
https://www.nairaland.com/2263635/south-east-south-west-south-south-lead-attainment



You clearly lack comprehension skills. It's a big pity. Read the report again, bigot!



Put your brain to use. The report didn't talk about dirtiness. Umuahia isn't dirtier than Lagos.
Even Riyadh isn't dirtier than Lagos or Ibadan.



The report has nothing to do with development. Okene (Kogi State) for example isn't on the list, but we know it is far less developed than Onitsha. What about Riyadh the Capital City of Saudi Arabic which is the 6th on the list. Is it also less developed than Osogbo?



Use your eyes. They are not there for decoration. Your brain is for reasoning. Use it.



This one go school so? Don't you understand the difference between air pollution and dirtiness? Do you lack comprehension skills?
He's even impersonating Igbos on this forum with his fake Igbo moniker, and couldn't even wait to revert back to his original moniker before releasing the venoms. Shame!
Of late, many shameless beings have been using Igbo monikers to insult Igbos on this forum. You guys should be ashamed of yourselves. Cc Ebukaobi, VivianUdeogu, etc.




Don't mind them. They are too blind and dumb to understand what the study was all about.

Nobody is even considering the fact that Onitsha is a major gateway to the entire south east, therefore most of the vehicles coming into the south east especially from the Lagos and other parts of the south west must enter and exit the south east through Onitsha.
Why won't Onitsha be that polluted considering how small it is in size compared to the activities going on in it?