The World Health Organization estimates that 4.2 million deaths occur every year as a result of exposure to air pollution. In West Africa, air pollution accounted for 80,000 premature deaths in 2017. The problem is grave in Nigeria, particularly in Lagos State, where 11,200 people died from air pollution in 2018, a study by the...

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