The Kano state government has launched distribution of 3,400 clean cooking stoves donated by Federal Ministry of Environment, to vulnerable women in the state.
The state’s Commissioner of Environment, Water and Climate Change, Dr Dahir M. Hashim, supervised the launch of the programme, beginning with the distribution of 800 clean stoves to women in Kano on Sunday.
Speaking at the event, Hashim also announced that the state governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf had supported each of the 800 beneficiaries with N25,000 to boost their small businesses.
He said the intervention aligns with the government’s broader mission of cutting down emissions to the barest minimum.
Dr. Dahir M. Hashim, Commissioner for Water, Environment and Climate Change, Kano State.
According to him, part of the efforts was the solarisation of street lights and many of the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).
Hashim noted that for years, women had endured severe health hazards from inhaling toxic firewood smoke, saying that it was an exposure equivalent to smoking multiple packs of cigarettes daily.
He pointed out that the new stoves would ‘drastically’.reduce these risks and protect the.women from respiratory diseases.
“This intervention aligns with our broader mission of cutting down emissions to the barest minimum. We have already witnessed the solarisation of our street lights and many of our MDAs.
“For years, our women have endured severe health hazards from inhaling toxic firewood smoke, an exposure equivalent to smoking multiple packs of cigarettes daily.
“These new stoves will drastically reduce these risks and protect them from respiratory diseases,” he said.
One of the beneficiaries receiving the stove.
The Commissioner also expressed appreciation to the Governor for “his visionary leadership in combating climate change and continuously empowering our grassroots communities”.
