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Expert Gives Tips On Harmattan Management
A climatologist, Prof. Temi Ologunorisa, has urged the public to put up protective and adaptive measures to reduce the effect of harmattan on them and their wards.
Ologunorisa told our correspondent in Lagos that more attention be given to children, old people and pregnant women during the period to avoid contact with wind-borne diseases.
“Though everybody needs protection, children, pregnant women and old people should be more protected this period, because they are the most vulnerable.
“They need to wear sweaters, overflowing clothes, eat warm food, stay indoors and out of dusty areas, rub cream on their bodies and wet their lips to avoid cracks of skin and lips,’’ he said.
Ologunrisa who is the Director of the Centre for Climate Change and Environmental Studies at the Osun State University, Osogbo said the period would result in high prevalence of respiratory, vocal and cold-induced diseases.
He also advised the public on the use of clean handkerchiefs and other protective materials in covering their mouths and noses against contact with dust.
Ologunorisa expressed the optimism that medical bills would be reduced when people know how best to conduct themselves during the period of harmattan season.
“A lot of people are presently exposing themselves to different diseases like cold, catarrh, cracked voices, pneumonia and nasal disorder because they failed to put protective measures in place.
“Before anybody leaves the confines of their rooms and houses, they should wear clothes that shield their skins, wet their lips and avoid dusty environment,’’ he said.
The climatologists appealed to motorist to within the period ensure the use of wipers, switch on their head lights early in the morning and evenings to avoid collision with people and other road users.
He, however, said the season would be favourable to the ripening of fruits and other agricultural produce, as well as being a natural panacea to healing of wounds and injuries.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
Nancy Briggs
