Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), on Sunday commended the efforts of David Alaba, a Real Madrid Football Player, for donating the sum of N13.3 million to curb open defecation in the country. She gave the appreciation message when officials from Ecobank and the National Coordinator, Organised Private Sector, Water, Sanitation and […]
*As 46million Nigerians still lack access to toilets *Seek reflection of toilets in national, states budgets *136,712 people are currently living in ODF certified communities – Borno RUWASSA By Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the World Toilet Day (WTD), the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF is calling […]
A Federal Government agency, Clean Nigeria Campaign, has said that Nigeria requires the construction of about 20 million household toilets and 43,000 toilets in schools, health centres and public places to achieve Open Defection Free environment, Daily Times gathered. According to the CNC, with 46 million people in Nigeria practising open defecation, achieving such construction […]
Mr Garba Magaji, the General Manager (GM), Bauchi State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASA), on Friday said 3 million people practice open defecation in the state. Magaji disclosed this at a one-day sensitisation and partnership meeting organised for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Coordinators and Community radio personnel in Bauchi. READ ALSO: Court […]
In line with President Buhari’s declaration of state of emergency on water, sanitation and hygiene in the country, the FCT Minister, Mallam Muhammad Bello has reiterated the administration’s commitment to address the challenge of open defecation and general sanitation challenges in the nation’s capital. Speaking at an event organized to commemorate the 2019 world toilet […]
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja signed Executive Order 009 entitled, The Open Defecation-Free Nigeria by 2025 and Other Related Matters Order, 2019. The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. According to the statement, the Order declares as follows: […]
Some environment health officers on Wednesday demanded the provision of toilet facilities in public areas to stop people from indulging in open defecation. The officers said that the availability of convenience facilities would help change people’s attitude to open defecation. The UN has designated Nov.13 of every year as the WTD to arouse public consciousness […]
United Nations Children Fund ranks Nigeria second globally among countries practising open defecation. This was made known by Dr Geoffrey Njoku, Communication Specialist, UNICEF at a Two-Day Media Dialogue in Calabar State on Wednesday. The theme of the dialogue “Clean Nigeria: Use the Toilet” is aimed at creating awareness to end the habit by 2025. […]
An environmental Health expert with the College of Health Science, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Dr Aluko Olufemi has revealed that about 23.5 per cent of households in Nigeria practice open defecation. Dr Olufemi stated this yesterday during a stake holders meeting organized by WaterAid to review Bauchi state government’s policy on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene […]
As the health hazard of open defecation continues to rage in the nation’s capital, the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has called on the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) to enact a law that will authorise demolishing homes without toilet facilities in the area council which is the centre of the nation’s capital. This […]