₦airaland Forum

AlhajiSpray:
Do I look as if I am the owner of the guardian? Or as if I wrote the report? What the _fuck has where I live got to do with anything? Do you also live in abuja?

Is it that god has blessed you people with senselessness or what? Tufiakwa....

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Visited onitsha last month en route to bayelsa.. the town is getting better by the day.. nobody need a paid article to ascertain this fact.
You dey read guardian carry the news for head cos of your inferiority complex and tribal hatred.
You rush post am..

And still the insult persons wey dey ground with live updates.. cos say n guardian write article.

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See money everywhere, if only I have enough capital?!

If the state government can enforce refuse disposal policy, they will not only employ but also reconstruct the road.

ificatchmodeh:
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Visited onitsha last month en route to bayelsa.. the town is getting better by the day.. nobody need a paid article to ascertain this fact.
You dey read guardian carry the news for head cos of your inferiority complex and tribal hatred.
You rush post am..

And still the insult persons wey dey ground with live updates.. cos say n guardian write article.

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So you know how to modify your insults? Nonsense.....

I went to upper iweka market for the first time in January and I was quite impressed, onitsha is not bad at all, those pictures are from slums and can be seen anywhere, it is not the fault of the government but of the people living there who dispose refuse in their gutters,if your street is not clean, you should clean it instead of waiting on the government

irynterri:
I went to upper iweka market for the first time in January and I was quite impressed, onitsha is not bad at all, those pictures are from slums and can be seen anywhere, it is not the fault of the government but of the people living there who dispose refuse in their gutters,if your street is not clean, you should clean it instead of waiting on the government

So nwangene, Okpoko market and creek road are also slums? Interesting!

So anyway why was the ministry of environment,ecology and beatifications spokesman dodging the interview? And it was only those slums that were reviewed before the W.H.O gave it it's current status as the world's most polluted city abi? Odiegwu....

AlhajiSpray:
So nwangene, Okpoko market and creek road are also slums? Interesting!

So anyway why was the ministry of ecology and beatifications spokesman dodging the interview? And it was only those slums that were reviewed before the u.n gave it it's current status as the world's dirtiest city abi? Odiegwu....

i have never been to those places so I can't say how they are,secondly, maybe it is the UN of your village that said onitsha is the dirtest city which I know cannot be true as far as rawalpindi,mumbai and Dhaka are still in existence, although I read a report towards the end of last year insinuating that onitsha is the most polluted city, but pollution is different from been dirty,if the research had been conducted when port Harcourt had the black soot challenge, PH would have taken that title

omenkaLives:
Okada, abeg park here..

#Climbs down, spreads mat, brings out pop corn and zobo...

Oya, let the show begin!

Ba-aa-ad guy! So na here you dey?

irynterri:
i have never been to those places so I can't say how they are,secondly, maybe it is the UN of your village that said onitsha is the dirtest city which I know cannot be true as far as rawalpindi,mumbai and Dhaka are still in existence, although I read a report towards the end of last year insinuating that onitsha is the most polluted city, but pollution is different from been dirty,if the research had been conducted when port Harcourt had the black soot challenge, PH would have taken that title

Read my post again? It was the WHO..And by the way that report was done this weekend so was it just today that the PH black soot appeared?

Don't let the fact that you come from a place cause you to be bitter or force you to want to ignore it's problems! And yes I've been to onitsha countless times! The place needs help!

irynterri:
i have never been to those places so I can't say how they are,secondly, maybe it is the UN of your village that said onitsha is the dirtest city which I know cannot be true as far as rawalpindi,mumbai and Dhaka are still in existence, although I read a report towards the end of last year insinuating that onitsha is the most polluted city, but pollution is different from been dirty,if the research had been conducted when port Harcourt had the black soot challenge, PH would have taken that title

Please ignore the guy, it is clear he does not know anything but ignorance.

AlhajiSpray:
Kindly read the report AGAIN! Their names, titles and locations are spelled out clearly for everyone to see! Unless you are blind!

I don't believe every trash I read online, travel and see

Yyeske:
I don't believe every trash I read online, travel and see

Good for you! As I have stated earlier I have been round nigeria due to the nature of my job! So maybe you should be giving this advice to someone else!

AlhajiSpray:
WELCOME TO ONITSHA! THE CITY WITH THE WORLDS WORST AIR;


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.


Some residents of Onitsha are unaware of the dangerous levels of pollution. One female traffic warden has been working in the same spot here for two days. How does she cope with the dust? “I am just doing my job,” she replies reluctantly. “Dust does not kill people.”



But she is mistaken. According to the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep), around 600,000 deaths throughout Africa every year are associated with air pollution, while an October 2016 report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) suggested that polluted air could be killing 712,000 people prematurely every year across the continent.


The warden’s attitude towards this invisible but deadly threat is widespread among Onitsha’s residents – but not necessarily because they are nonchalant about their health. Most are simply unaware of the issue.

Some say they have more pressing concerns, such as how to feed their family. Others have simply become accustomed to living in a dirty and polluted environment.


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. Ikechukwu Obizue, a businessman in the neighbourhood of Nwangene, says residents can only do so much when there is little corresponding effort by the city’s government.


“Onitsha is quite dirty, but the government is not doing anything about it. We do environmental sanitation monthly, but then the city returns to being dirty,” Obizue says. “It is the government’s responsibility to keep the city clean, not the work of the residents – people in this city are too busy hustling to make an income.”


In Nwangene, my air monitor shows 667μg/m3 for PM10s – a reading in excess of the 594 annual figure that gave Onitsha its title of the world’s most polluted city. What’s more, the smaller and even more dangerous particulate (PM2.5) reading of 290 is far in excess of the WHO’s annual figure of 66.The air quality proves just as bad at Ochanja market, with PM10s registered at 586 micrograms and PM2.5s at 266. Yet in these highly polluted areas, few people show any sign of trying to protect themselves from the threat.


There are only a few air masks in sight. A good number of aluminium and copper recyclers are not wearing masks, even while smelting metal scraps. Worse still, most smelting activities are done in the open, releasing monstrous clouds of smoke into the core of the city.


At one of the few state-approved dump sites on Creek Road, Ikechuckwu works at a smelting workshop. He is sweating profusely as he sits on a pile of ash, taking a break from work. He explains he has been smelting iron for a little over five years – but says not to worry about his health.

“I know how to take care of myself,” he brags. “I am not wearing a nose mask because I don’t need it. I take medicine to cater for my health.”


It is hard to determine to what extent these high concentrations of particles are affecting the residents of Onitsha, since there is no official data – but the health effects attributed to sustained exposure to PMs, especially PM2.5s, are well proven.

For a state government that can barely manage its waste disposal system, however, regulating its air quality appears a far-fetched aspiration. The now defunct Anambra State Environmental Protection Agency was widely criticised for failing in its responsibility to effectively tackle environmental pollution, and in its place, the Anambra State Waste Management Agency was created – with little effect.

The state’s Ministry of Environment, Beautification and Ecology did not respond to the Guardian’s questions regarding air pollution in Onitsha. “The major problem is that we don’t take air pollution seriously in Nigeria,” says medical practitioner Dr Nelson Aluya. “As the population increases and we become more industrialised, we ought to have active air-monitoring agencies and a federal environmental protection agency. We say they are there – but are they active?”


In truth, air quality monitoring and control is not on the radar of many African governments. Nigeria has a long list of environmental protection laws and regulations that are barely enforced.

“Even in the healthcare sector,” Aluya continues, “there is no standardised care to monitor those who have chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases resulting from exposure to bad air, and no standard procedure in hospitals to check for oxygen levels.

“So you see, we are in deep trouble. If we have not recognised the fact there’s a problem, then how do we solve it? Unfortunately, people will keep dying as stakeholders remain nonchalant.”





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



Cc: Lalasticlala, mynd44, oam4j!

The Onitsha we know in pics

Buhahahaha, worst city ever

Adadike281 my sweet adanma! Why are you running around my thread looking for non existent weapons? Go back to the other room and let us finish our discussion there!

betterABIAstate:
Buhahahaha, Aba worst city ever

He he he he

Ofcourse we know that Abia is dead. Poo..

LasGidiOwner:
He he he he

Ofcourse we know that Abia is dead. Poo..

It seems one abia man is owing you money? Or maybe he snatched your babe? Na oyibo do this report oh? Or them sef na abians?

I am from Abia and I know that my Abia state is dead.

AlhajiSpray:
It seems one abia man is owing you money? Or maybe he snatched your babe? Na oyibo do this report oh? Or them sef na abians?

AlhajiSpray:
It seems one abia man is owing you money? Or maybe he snatched your babe? Na oyibo do this report oh? Or them sef na abians?

chai, the article described Onitsha as a toilet

betterABIAstate:
chai, the article described Aba as a toilet

There's no need deceiving yourself. Let us face reality. Hehehe

Aba is a the real deal lol

Reality pictures speaks volume

AlhajiSpray:
Adadike281 my sweet adanma! Why are you running around my thread looking for non existent weapons? Go back to the other room and let us finish our discussion there!

efuluefu!

LasGidiOwner:
There's no need deceiving yourself. Let us face reality. Hehehe

Aba is a the real deal lol

that's not aba, that's Onitsha. The toilet

AlhajiSpray:
Read my post again? It was the WHO..And by the way that report was done this weekend so was it just today that the PH black soot appeared?

Don't let the fact that you come from a place cause you to be bitter or force you to want to ignore it's problems! And yes I've been to onitsha countless times! The place needs help!

please am not from anarmbra, if you are genuinely interested in helping the place perhaps u could create awareness amongst the citizens on how to keep their environment clean is not every thing that you leave for the government

adadike281:
efuluefu!

See as e pain you reach bone? I must say your pain gladdens me...make I boogie small

betterABIAstate:
that's aba, The toilet

Hehehe..e pain am

You wanna deny your dead Aba?lol

See more lol

irynterri:
please am not from anarmbra, if you are genuinely interested in helping the place perhaps u could create awareness amongst the citizens on how to keep their environment clean is not every thing that you leave for the government

I've done my part by creating this thread for those of them online to see where their state is headed due to the inaction of their leaders!

AlhajiSpray:
See as e pain you reach bone? I must say your pain gladdens me...make I boogie small

yes, e pain me that an efuluefu like u instead of fighting your common enemy, you are fighting your brothers just for crumbs. i deal with real humans not efuluefus

adadike281:
yes, e pain me that an efuluefu like u instead of fighting your common enemy, you are fighting your brothers just for crumbs. i deal with real humans not efuluefus

Shut up you wild ipob animal!

Abia and Onitsha going head to head, debating "who dirty pass".

#Opens my second bottle of Zobo.

I told yall this thread would be nice.


Aba having a good run so far! May the dirtiest town win!

A sentence with toilet that doesn't have Onitsha in it is not complete