Onitsha, a city in Anambra state, is the most polluted in the world, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

In a report on Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution, the organisation said Onitsha has about 30 times more than the recommended small and fine particulate matter (PM).

Kaduna was listed 5th, while Aba and Umuahia – both in Abia state – came 6th and 16th respectively, leaving with Nigeria the highest number among the 20 most polluted cities in the world.

WHO says in the past two years, it has monitored 3000 cities in 103 countries and has found that globally, air pollution, has risen by eight per cent in the last five years.

WHO measured the level of pollution by the amount of “small and fine particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) during the five-year period of 2008-2013.

“PM10 and PM2.5 include pollutants such as sulfate, nitrates and black carbon, which penetrate deep into the lungs and into the cardiovascular system,” the report read.

The rise in air pollution has caused a rise in “the risk of stroke, heart disease, lung cancer, and chronic and acute respiratory diseases, including asthma, increases for the people who live in them”.

WHO says people in low income countries are the worst hit by air pollution.

“More than 80% of people living in urban areas that monitor air pollution are exposed to air quality levels that exceed WHO limits,” the organisation said.

“While all regions of the world are affected, populations in low-income cities are the most impacted. According to the latest urban air quality database, 98% of cities in low- and middle income countries with more than 100 000 inhabitants do not meet WHO air quality guidelines. However, in high-income countries, that percentage decreases to 56%.


https://www.thecable.ng/onitsha-polluted-city-world

Stevostical:
Hmmmm, here I was thinking Aba will be first on the list as rumours have it

Deatheater:
The European Union (EU) Senior Expert on Sanitation, Tope Babalobi, says that 1.7 million people in Ekiti State practice open defecation. The Nation reports that Babalola said this during a breakfast programme on the Ekiti Television (EKTV), Daybreak Nigeria yesterday January 26th.
Babalobi, who is also the National Chairman of Water and Sanitation Network, urged the residents of the state to maintain a clean environment to avoid falling victim of Lassa fever..
“Rodents and rats have no business coming to your house if it is clean. Eateries, restaurants, schools, shops, markets must prioritise sanitation. If you manage your waste very well, these diseases will be far. This is a challenge to us as individuals in our homes and business premises,” he said



http://www.google.com.ng/url?q=http://www.naijanewsrave.com/1-7-million-people-in-ekiti-state-defecate-publicly-eu-sanitation-expert-says/&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwir_-rynufMAhXDORoKHTeHCYYQFggYMAQ&usg=AFQjCNHW4y26rizgcF29umLt8KI_a_xUJg



http://www.google.com.ng/url?q=http://thenationonlineng.net/eu-unicef-tackle-open-defecation-ekiti/&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwir_-rynufMAhXDORoKHTeHCYYQFgglMAk&usg=AFQjCNFYgnt_PnMiouaFKlyyVLfEJZsGVg


Cc: aresa you should be more concerned about this.


IPOO Residents.

jaymichael:
Me I can't believe this report. Lai lai. I was at Onitcha 2 years ago and the city isn't bad at all. It was even surprisingly neat and organized. Maybe they are talking of Onitcha os yesteryears o but not this present Onitcha.

Ariani:
https://www.bellanaija.com/2012/08/lagos-is-ranked-as-the-3rd-worst-liveable-city-in-the-world-by-the-economist-intelligence-unit-do-you-agree-with-the-ranking/

Look at what Yorubas turned the former once beautiful Nigerian capital into. Poor Yoruba management is killing Lagos, yet Lagos is supposed to be the best city in SW, if it's ranked third worst city to live in the world, what's the fate of Oshogbo and Ibadan?

aresa:
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What's next? Na Yoruba people turn Anambra into the dirtiest place in the world?-


No sense at all..

SPLITS:
i de tell you bros
was in that filthy town last week, to say the residents of that town are pigs is an understatement. can't even pass the night there. Thank jah for Asaba

raker300:
gas pollutions man, the report is based on emerging economies and problem of gas pollutions from heavy construction, unrefined carbon, etc

aresa:



You are obviously suffering from not knowing the meaning of dirt. What's not clean including the air you breath is dirt and it doesn't have to be garbage.


And t talking about dirt and garbage, Peter Obi admitted that his state was extremely dirty with garbage.

AnamCity:
Raker300 and all concerned..stop giving the jobless troll attention as we all know the basis of the assessment and even the WHO confirmed that the result from Onitsha is not reliable in the same report, so why do you worry about anything? Leave the thread for him to continue breaking his head.

raker300:
shup up there!!! There is no mention of dirt in the article. Go to WHO website and see it for yourself. The problem is with ships emitting bad carbon from poorly refined fuel...also heavy construction due to increase in population.

The only mention of waste is the "waste management system not up to international standard"

If you want keep lying to yourself that the east is a bad place. We and the rest of the world know the truth

aresa:



You mind showing us where WHO asserted that their report is not reliable?


Do you even need who to tell you what's already known and what the governor of the state admitted and confirmed already?