{"id":138608,"date":"2024-01-13T10:54:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T10:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/13\/reduce-burning-of-ponmo-for-clean-air\/"},"modified":"2024-01-13T10:54:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T10:54:52","slug":"reduce-burning-of-ponmo-for-clean-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/13\/reduce-burning-of-ponmo-for-clean-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Reduce Burning Of Ponmo For Clean Air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) has called on consumers of ponmo in the state to consider reducing their consumption to maintain clean and healthy air quality.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with PUNCH on Friday, the General Manager of the environmental agency, Babatunde Ajayi, disclosed that burning of cow skin in different areas of the state releases carbon emissions into the air which are very harmful to humans.<\/p>\n<p>Babatunde also stated that some areas are purely agricultural and it includes animal farming, particularly the processing of hides and skin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0NILEST Proposes Ban Of Ponmo Consumption In Nigeria<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe burning of cow skin in Agege would account for a huge amount of carbon emissions. So, if you like ponmo, you are causing a major problem to the air quality of Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe second is industrial emission. Many of these areas have several kinds of industries. The entire Lagos has pockets of industries in different regions. So, in regions where you have high concentration, they will have poorer air quality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThirdly, would be commercial or residential emissions from generators. Every household probably has a generator. 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Speaking with PUNCH on Friday, the General Manager of the environmental agency, Babatunde Ajayi, disclosed that burning of cow skin in different areas of the state releases [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Reduce Burning Of Ponmo For Clean Air - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/13\/reduce-burning-of-ponmo-for-clean-air\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reduce Burning Of Ponmo For Clean Air - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) has called on consumers of ponmo in the state to consider reducing their consumption to maintain clean and healthy air quality. 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