Why Nigerian cold is deadlier than Australian fires

It is happening! For those that are still waiting for 2030 to start seeing accelerated impacts of climate change, they have the movie now, early release. Nigeria has swapped its climate with Europe, it seems. While Norway just recorded its hottest January at 19 degrees Celsius, we are swathed by a very cold new year, going as low as 7 degrees in a place like Jos, Plateau State.

On the face of it, there is nothing to compare between the ecological disaster in Australia and the cold wave we are presently witnessing in some parts of Nigeria. The Australian bushfire is way too disastrous even when weighed against the world’s worst forest fires. To fully grasp the damage, we could compare it with the Amazon forest fire and the California fire of 2019. Amazon burnt about 900,000 hectares of forest land; while California had about 1.8 million hectares scorched.

But this very season saw us scampering for blankets, for heaters, and for trench coats. It came without warning. The Almajiri children cut a pathetic picture of the climate impact, as they are seen trying to cover themselves with every scrap of clothing they can find. The social media was flooded with pictures of street children curled in the foetal position, trying to keep warm in Kano, Katsina, Abuja and Maiduguri.

Secondly, Nigeria is also going to suffer from the immediate and long term effects of the source of energy many of her citizens have turned to. This week, there is a media report that two friends died in Jos from inhaling charcoal fumes which they kindled to fight the cold. There are also other similar cases. The situation is that because we are not used to the extreme cold weather, many families do not have home-heating equipment.

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Lol & Is That The Face Of The Person Who Wrote This?

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then kuku'ma go jump into the Australia fire now!

The person that wrote this have werey ni....what nonsense!

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Will take that cold anytime and any day. The small cold ❄ only last two days. Girl gotta hustle to live near the beach soonest!!! ThursdayMotivation ThursdayThoughts thursdayvibes

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