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Mongabay reported that about 5 million Nigerians gain access to clean cooking each year, but experts say that pace is not enough. The report centers on households in Uyo, southeastern Nigeria, where many people still cook over open fires. Mongabay described Happiness Emmanuel, who starts her cooking before dawn by lighting firewood doused in kerosene on a three-legged metal stand outside her home. She then sells akara, a bean fritter, to commuters and schoolchildren at a roadside stall, illustrating how daily cooking and income depend on fuel that is often polluting and unsafe.