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Nigeria's Struggles with Fossil Fuel Dependency, E-Waste Pollution, and Coastal Erosion: A Triple Threat

Nigeria grapples with financial strain from cut petrol subsidies, toxic e-waste disposal, and severe climate change impacts on coastal communities.

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Nigeria faces multiple crises: economic turmoil following the removal of petrol subsidies driving transport costs up, toxic air pollution from e-waste burning in Ghana, and climate change causing severe coastal erosion impacting communities in Lagos. As citizens adapt to a resource-scarce environment, reliance on natural gas rises, hazardous e-waste trade continues, and vulnerable coastal populations contend with flooding and loss of land, homes and livelihood. Government measures and international treaties are called upon to alleviate these challenges.

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