In 2015, Nigeria spent $1billion on Kerosene subsidy.
That sounds like a political score card?
No! It is a silent death sentence. World Health Organisation indoor air quality guideline discourages the use of kerosene as a household fuel in unvented wick cook stoves or kerosene lamps.
Studies for kerosene used for cooking or lighting indicates that kerosene emission impair lung function and increase the risk of tuberculosis.
Kerosene use can also results in burns and poisoning particularly among children.
Kerosene emissions contain high level of black carbon – carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide, making it a major concern for climate change.