I-LAGOS, eNigeria-Inkungu etyheli yehla kulo lonke elaseNigeria, yacima ilanga, yarhoxisa iinqwelomoya zeenqwelomoya kwaye yagquma yonke into ngothuli olucolekileyo.
Uqhwithela lwequbuliso lwabangela imiyalezo eyothusayo ephathelele imvula eneasidi ebulalayo, kodwa izazi ngemozulu zithi imozulu iphuma kwiharmattan, umoya worhwebo waminyaka le ozisa uthuli olusuka kwiNtlango yeSahara utyhutyhe eNigeria nakweminye iNtshona Afrika. Kulo nyaka, nangona kunjalo, i-harmattan ifike ngexesha elingaqhelekanga, umphumo onokwenzeka wokufudumala kwehlabathi. Iingcali zithi lingalibazisa ixesha lemvula kweli lizwe linabantu abaninzi e-Afrika kwaye kukho amaxhala okuba inokuthi ilahlekise utshintsho lwexesha elizayo.
"Kuyinxalenye yokutshintsha kwemozulu," utshilo uTemi Ologunorisa, unjingalwazi wemozulu kwiYunivesithi yaseOsun State. “Ngokuza kolu thuli, awunakuba nemvula.”
I<em>harmattan, ebangelwa kukutshintsha kwemozulu, ithetha “ukukrazula umoya wakho” ngesiTwi, ulwimi lwaseNtshona Afrika. Ixesha le-harmattan liqala ngasekupheleni kukaNovemba, njengoko ixesha elomileyo laseNigeria liqala ukuphela. Imimoya ithwala intlabathi nothuli lweSahara isingise emazantsi, ize ithabathe umhlaba otyebileyo wezityalo okwiSahel esemantla eNigeria.
Kulo nyaka, i-harmattan yavela ngokufutshane ngoJanuwari. Iphela ngoFebruwari, utshilo uSampson Wilson, usekela-manejala jikelele kwi-Arhente yeMeteorological yaseNigeria eqhutywa ngurhulumente. Kodwa yavuthuza yabuyela eNigeria ngaphandle kwesilumkiso kwimpelaveki ephelileyo, yaqala yagubungele ilizwe emantla eluthulini kwaye yehla ukubonakala kwayo phantse zero, ngokukaWilson, kwaye inyanzelise iinqwelomoya ezininzi ukuba zirhoxise iinqwelomoya kwilizwe labantu abazizigidi ezili-150.
Njengoko wawusiya emazantsi, uqhwithela lwagubungela idolophu enkulu yaseLagos kwinkungu etyheli eyabangela ukuba ilanga lasekutshoneni likhuphe ukukhanya okungaphezu kwenyanga.
Umntla weNigeria ujongene nokukhula kokukhula kwentlango njengoko amaqondo obushushu anyukayo avumela umda weNtlango yeSahara ukuba urhubuluze kufutshane nelizwe. Olo thuli olongezelelweyo longeza amafutha kwimimoya ye-harmattan, utshilo u-Ologunorisa, ingcali yokutshintsha kwemozulu.
“Okukhona unothuli olungakumbi, oko kubonisa ukuba sinentlango,” utshilo.
I-harmattan yenze ukuba kube nzima ukuphefumla eLagos, umoya wayo osele ungcoliswe yintlaninge yeemoto ezibethayo ezihamba kwizitrato ezinemingxuma kunye neejenereyitha zombane ezibonelela ngamandla ngexesha lokucima umbane rhoqo. Abasemagunyeni kwezempilo balumkise uluntu ukuba lugqume ubuso ngamalaphu amanzi kwaye luhlale ezindlini, kodwa abaninzi kuye kwafuneka bangene ezitratweni ukuze baziphilise kwilizwe apho uninzi luphila ngemali engaphantsi kwe-$1 ngosuku.
Oogqirha babelindele ukuba i-harmattan kade izise imikhuhlane, umkhuhlane kunye nokuhlaselwa sisifuba, njengoko uthuli olukhatywayo emoyeni lutshisa imiphunga kunye neempumlo.
Ukutshintsha iipatheni kwimimoya yorhwebo nayo ichaphazela xa i-harmattan iya kufika, utshilo u-Ologunorisa. Ukuphazamiseka kwezo pateni kuphosa imvula kunye namaxesha onyaka omileyo eNigeria ngokunjalo-ixesha elide elixhomekeke kumafama ukuze alazi ixesha lokutyala kulo lonke ibhanti eliphakathi elichumileyo lelizwe.
Ababikezeli baqikelela ukuba le harmattan iya kunyuka kancinci kwilizwe liphela kwiveki ezayo. Kodwa uloyiko lokutshintsha kwemozulu yaseNigeria luya kuhlala luhleli.
