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We Are More Connected than We Think
Meet Mr Abdulazeez, the Liaison Officer @REED Initiative. Mr Abdulazeez speaks 4 languages fluently, and speaks another 2 Nigerian languages passably.He is fluent in: Arabic, Hausa, Fulani and English. He speaks Yoruba and Edo passably, not to mention Nigerian pidgin. At REED Initiative, we as a social venture, dream of a Lagos where reusable reed…
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Year after year Lagos shuts down in June July & August
There’s always something to blame – too much rain, coastal road, global warming; when sometimes, a simple shift in behavior can make a huge difference. The House Committee on Environment from the Lagos State House of Assembly, led by its Chairman, Honourable Shabi Rasheed Adekola, agrees. On a recent courtesy call, they gave their nod…
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Plastic Waste and the Future of Lagos
To live in Lagos State is to love her. Yet, in Africa’s fastest-growing megacity, the convenience of plastic has become an environmental curse. With a population exceeding 20 million, Lagos generates an estimated 13,000–15,000 tonnes of solid waste daily, and plastic accounts for roughly 15 percent of that volume. Annual plastic waste generation is about…
