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Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by ImperialYoruba: 6:56am On Dec 31, 2018
Approaching Okpoko market through thick smog on the back of an okada (motorcycle taxi), the natural reaction is to cover your nose to protect yourself from the dust storm – but the effort is futile.

When a lorry zooms past, kicking up yet another red cloud of dirt, a trader turns the head of a sleeping toddler away from the road, a protective act that is as poignant as it is pointless.

This is a typical day in the southern Nigerian port city of Onitsha – which last year gained notoriety when it was ranked the worst city in the world for the staggering levels of PM10 particulate matter in its air.

Onitsha’s mean annual concentration was recorded at 594 micrograms per cubic metre by the World Health Organization – massively exceeding the WHO’s annual guideline limit for PM10s of 20μg/m3.

PM10 refers to coarse dust particles between 10 and 2.5 micrometres in diameter, while PM2.5s are even finer and more dangerous when inhaled, settling deep in a person’s lungs. Sources of both include dust storms, gases emitted by vehicles, all types of combustion, and industrial activities such as cement manufacturing, construction, mining and smelting. Onitsha scores highly on most of the above – as do other rapidly growing Nigerian cities such as Kaduna, Aba and Umuahia, all of which also featured in the WHO’s 20 worst offenders for PM10s.

In Onitsha’s very busy Okpoko market, my air quality monitor registers 140 for PM10s and 70 for PM2.5s – all way over recommended healthy levels, but still nothing compared to the readings triggered in other parts of this densely populated commercial and industrial hub.

The entire vicinity of the market is perpetually dusty, as wood-sellers saw lumber into different shapes and sizes. The air here is made worse by all the fine sand particles that fly off the back of trucks as they visit one of the many dredging companies on the bank of the River Niger, just behind the wood market.



............


...........Onitsha is grossly polluted – not just in terms of the air quality, but also the solid waste that litters the streets, blocking drainages and canals. With not a single waste bin in sight, heaps of unregulated rubbish dumps occupy roadsides and street corners.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/cities/2017/feb/13/polluted-onitsha-nigeria-perpetual-dust-city-world-worst-air

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by dunkem21(m): 6:57am On Dec 31, 2018
Onitsha is 10 times cleaner than Lagos shocked

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by ImperialYoruba: 7:02am On Dec 31, 2018
dunkem21:
Onitsha is 10 times cleaner than Lagos shocked

We have seen pictures of a clean Lagos when Ibos depart town and return to village for xmas. It convincingly tells of who brings filth to our city.

We want filth to be taxed. Please say amen to it!

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by Nobody: 7:02am On Dec 31, 2018
What is that obiano of a man doing if he can't keep the economic hub of his state clean?
The other day I read bandits have taken over again.

People are ready to pay waste disposal tariff or they may have been paying already.
Useless politicians.

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by orion7: 7:05am On Dec 31, 2018
this zombie youruba boy just woke up and decided to post this trash?







some of these people sha. igbo matter nor go kee una

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by dunkem21(m): 7:07am On Dec 31, 2018
ImperialYoruba:


We have seen pictures of a clean Lagos when Ibos depart town and return to village for xmas. It convincingly tells of who brings filth to our city.

We want filth to be taxed. Please say amen to it!

Do Igbos carry filth in their vehicles while coming back?.. From blaming Ambode you are now blaming Igbos.

Filth shouldn't be taxed, it should be recycled to make money.. Think like an Igbo man for once.

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by kettykin: 7:10am On Dec 31, 2018
dunkem21:
Onitsha is 10 times cleaner than Lagos shocked
Onitsha is100 times cleaner and better than Lagos.
Lagos is just ikoyi, ikeja, Victoria island, lekki,apapa and festac. Any place aside these is not up to onitsha.


Lagos is just an over hyped dead City kept alive by federal projects and the futile one sided federal structure.
If Nigeria is restructured Lagos will die like ibadan.

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by Omnipresent(m): 7:10am On Dec 31, 2018
Stop replying this f*ool that always wants to create a discussion about 'Igbos'

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by dunkem21(m): 7:12am On Dec 31, 2018
kettykin:

Onitsha is100 times cleaner and better than Lagos.
Lagos is just ikoyi, ikeja, Victoria island, lekki,apapa and festac. Any place aside these is not up to onitsha.


If you educate them now, they'll call you a tribalist.

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by dunkem21(m): 7:14am On Dec 31, 2018
Omnipresent:
Stop replying this f*ool that always wants to create a discussion about 'Igbos'

Sometimes, you rub his foolishness on his face.

Has he been to Onitsha before?

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by orion7: 7:14am On Dec 31, 2018
ImperialYoruba:


We have seen pictures of a clean Lagos when Ibos depart town and return to village for xmas. It convincingly tells of who brings filth to our city.

We want filth to be taxed. Please say amen to it!
but you said there was no noticeable difference na


You guys even put up pics of ever busy roads. how did you na come with clean roads again ? funny people

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by naijaking1: 7:22am On Dec 31, 2018
ImperialYoruba:


We have seen pictures of a clean Lagos when Ibos depart town and return to village for xmas. It convincingly tells of who brings filth to our city.

We want filth to be taxed. Please say amen to it!

Very weak and incompetent attempt to tribalize sanitation.
Despite overwhelming Federal funding, Lagos remains a global eyesore.
If Onitsha gets even 1% of the federal assistance Lagos gets, it will simply transform into an African Singapore!

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by MrSix: 7:23am On Dec 31, 2018
Reduce poverty and reduce Filth. Add more to infrastructurAl development in remote places. Develop remote areas too.

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by ImperialYoruba: 7:25am On Dec 31, 2018
dunkem21:


Do Igbos carry filth in their vehicles while coming back?.. From blaming Ambode you are now blaming Igbos.

Filth shouldn't be taxed, it should be recycled to make money.. Think like an Igbo man for once.

We want a tax imposed against filth.

Leave your filth over there before returning after New Year.

Say Amen to filth tax.

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by ImperialYoruba: 7:26am On Dec 31, 2018
kettykin:

Onitsha is100 times cleaner and better than Lagos.
Lagos is just ikoyi, ikeja, Victoria island, lekki,apapa and festac. Any place aside these is not up to onitsha.


Lagos is just an over hyped dead City kept alive by federal projects and the futile one sided federal structure.
If Nigeria is restructured Lagos will die like ibadan.


We dont want you to kill it with your filth.

Answer Amen to filth tax.

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by naijaking1: 7:29am On Dec 31, 2018
ImperialYoruba:


We want a tax imposed against filth.

Leave your filth over there before returning after New Year.

Say Amen to filth tax.

You don't want Igbos, but you want their tax money?

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by ImperialYoruba: 7:30am On Dec 31, 2018
dunkem21:


Sometimes, you rub his foolishness on his face.

Has he been to Onitsha before?

God forbid! I value my lungs.

WHO has been to Onitsha.

Look, we want a filth tax in Lagos. Say Amen to this tax and help keep city clean and world class.
Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by ImperialYoruba: 7:31am On Dec 31, 2018
naijaking1:


You don't want Igbos, but you want their tax money?

We want to tax their filth. Say YES to the proposal.
Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by naijaking1: 7:36am On Dec 31, 2018
ImperialYoruba:


We want to tax their filth. Say YES to the proposal.

When true democracy comes to Lagos, and the Igbo majority is allowed to elect a representative government, then and only then would tax become reasonable.
Any tax in Lagos today, flows directly into Tinubu's account.

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by Chiefjosy(m): 7:45am On Dec 31, 2018
ImperialYoruba:
Approaching Okpoko market through thick smog on the back of an okada (motorcycle taxi), the natural reaction is to cover your nose to protect yourself from the dust storm – but the effort is futile.

When a lorry zooms past, kicking up yet another red cloud of dirt, a trader turns the head of a sleeping toddler away from the road, a protective act that is as poignant as it is pointless.

This is a typical day in the southern Nigerian port city of Onitsha – which last year gained notoriety when it was ranked the worst city in the world for the staggering levels of PM10 particulate matter in its air.

Onitsha’s mean annual concentration was recorded at 594 micrograms per cubic metre by the World Health Organization – massively exceeding the WHO’s annual guideline limit for PM10s of 20μg/m3.

PM10 refers to coarse dust particles between 10 and 2.5 micrometres in diameter, while PM2.5s are even finer and more dangerous when inhaled, settling deep in a person’s lungs. Sources of both include dust storms, gases emitted by vehicles, all types of combustion, and industrial activities such as cement manufacturing, construction, mining and smelting. Onitsha scores highly on most of the above – as do other rapidly growing Nigerian cities such as Kaduna, Aba and Umuahia, all of which also featured in the WHO’s 20 worst offenders for PM10s.

In Onitsha’s very busy Okpoko market, my air quality monitor registers 140 for PM10s and 70 for PM2.5s – all way over recommended healthy levels, but still nothing compared to the readings triggered in other parts of this densely populated commercial and industrial hub.

The entire vicinity of the market is perpetually dusty, as wood-sellers saw lumber into different shapes and sizes. The air here is made worse by all the fine sand particles that fly off the back of trucks as they visit one of the many dredging companies on the bank of the River Niger, just behind the wood market.



............


...........Onitsha is grossly polluted – not just in terms of the air quality, but also the solid waste that litters the streets, blocking drainages and canals. With not a single waste bin in sight, heaps of unregulated rubbish dumps occupy roadsides and street corners.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/cities/2017/feb/13/polluted-onitsha-nigeria-perpetual-dust-city-world-worst-air

The truth of the matter is that everywhere in Nigeria is actually dirty

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by ImperialYoruba: 8:06am On Dec 31, 2018
naijaking1:


When true democracy comes to Lagos, and the Igbo majority is allowed to elect a representative government, then and only then would tax become reasonable.
Any tax in Lagos today, flows directly into Tinubu's account.

As long the city is filth free year round, like it is when you vacate during xmas....no complain....just pass law on filth tax.

Reply with YES to indicate your subscription to this proposal.

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by ImperialYoruba: 8:07am On Dec 31, 2018
Chiefjosy:


The truth of the matter is that everywhere in Nigeria is actually dirty

Visit and study in Canada

Check my signature

Secure your future

We must prevent Lagos from becoming another Onitsha.

Say YES, i want filth to be taxed.

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by Nobody: 8:12am On Dec 31, 2018
U guys have time to reply.

There are differences that doesn't need discussion...

Is a fact.


Which people carry dirtiness for head in this country


Abeg make we find better discussion

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by Chiefjosy(m): 8:16am On Dec 31, 2018
ImperialYoruba:


We must prevent Lagos from becoming another Onitsha.

Say YES, i want filth to be taxed.

Onitsha is the dirtiest in Nigeria no doubt

Visit and study in Canada

Secure your future and your kids

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by dunkem21(m): 8:21am On Dec 31, 2018
ImperialYoruba:


We want a tax imposed against filth.

Leave your filth over there before returning after New Year.

Say Amen to filth tax.

OK. Explain to us in lay terms what a filth tax is and why you feel Igbos cannot pay it.

Again, channel your grievances to your grieved filth* loving governor(as you told us) to make filth tax a law in Lagos .. Abi na only Igbos go dey pay am? cheesy

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by ImperialYoruba: 10:23am On Dec 31, 2018
Osagyefo98:
U guys have time to reply.

There are differences that doesn't need discussion...

Is a fact.


Which people carry dirtiness for head in this country


Abeg make we find better discussion

Then if the cap doesnt fit your head why are you worried whether its sized in cm or in inches? grin cheesy cheesy

Just type a YES back and stop wasting people time. angry Agree to filth tax in Lagos.

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by Nobody: 10:24am On Dec 31, 2018
ImperialYoruba:


We have seen pictures of a clean Lagos when Ibos depart town and return to village for xmas. It convincingly tells of who brings filth to our city.

We want filth to be taxed. Please say amen to it!
So you finally agree that Lagos is 51% Igbo.

cc lzaa velocity25

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by ImperialYoruba: 10:34am On Dec 31, 2018
dunkem21:


OK. Explain to us in lay terms what a filth tax is and why you feel Igbos cannot pay it.

Again, channel your grievances to your grieved filth* loving governor(as you told us) to make filth tax a law in Lagos .. Abi na only Igbos go dey pay am? cheesy

Na who else go pay am? Na who dey vacate Lagos and filth dissapear but resume with them on their return?


Its simple. Inspectors (sanitation enforcement) will be hired to conduct random checks looking to score locations on a points scale derived for criterias of hygiene and neat sorrounding. In a 30 day period if you fail inspection first is a warning and an unscheduled followup . Second failure is a levy. Third failure is double rate of the levy. Consecutive two months failure shop or house will be marked with public notice. Three months back to back failure could lead to eviction from home and revocation of shop lease.

grin

Reply YES
Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by naijaking1: 10:47am On Dec 31, 2018
giftq:

So you finally agree that Lagos is 51% Igbo.

cc lzaa velocity25

No representation, no tax.
Igbos should not pay tax in Lagos until they become governor!

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by LZAA: 10:48am On Dec 31, 2018
giftq:

So you finally agree that Lagos is 51% Igbo.

cc lzaa velocity25
grin grin grin

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by Strikethem: 10:58am On Dec 31, 2018
dunkem21:
Onitsha is 10 times cleaner than Lagos shocked
Which onitsa, the one in tokyo or brussel? Well Who does not agree woth u.

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Re: Lagos Should Impose Filth Tax. Proactive Action Against Becoming Another Onitsha by Strikethem: 11:04am On Dec 31, 2018
Op, you have said the bitter truth.

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