Health
2021: Air pollution killed 22,500 children in Lagos — LASEPA
The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) says that 22,500 children died from air pollution in the state in 2021.
It stated that the figure was 75 per cent of 30,000 people who died in 2021 in the state due to the bad environment.
The General Manager, LASEPA, Dr Dolapo Fasawe, disclosed this to newsmen on the sidelines of the official kick-off ceremony for the “EKO Clean Air” project on Saturday in Lagos.
Fasawe said that the figures were derived from a report which recorded the impact of air pollution on the health of residents.
