The Lagos State Government on Tuesday reassured residents that the present administration has put adequate measures in place to sustain the campaign against Eradication of Open Defecation by 2025
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He spoke on Tuesday at a media dialogue organised by UNICEF, with the theme: “Eliminating Open Defecation in South West.”
A meeting of the committee presided over by Prof. Osinbajo virtually, on Wednesday approved prayers contained in the “Clean Nigeria: Use the Toilet Campaign”, 2022 mid-year report.
Investigation by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent in Otun Ekiti, Ido Ekiti, Ikole Ekiti, Oye Ekiti and Ifaki Ekiti, among others in Ekiti North Senatorial District, reveals that many buildings were undergoing renovation to include toilets.
This is contained in a statement issued in Ibadan on Thursday by the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun.
He made the call during a training programme for Community Orientation and Mobilisation Officers (COMOs) by the NOA in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Water Resources in Niger State.
No fewer than 9.4 million toilets are needed to be constructed annually if Nigeria will meet its Open Defecation-Free target by 2025.
Built with support from the European Union, the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene facilities will go a long way towards ensuring that people in Nigeria have access to safe WASH services
Kayode Opeifa, Executive Vice Chairman, Presidential Task Force on Restoration of Law and Order to Apapa, has called for the support of Apapa residents toward cleaner environment and an end to open defecation.
The Executive Director, Poly Products, Lagos, Pavan Gwalani on Thursday said Lagos state needed 5,000 mobile toilets to eliminate the menace of open defecation.
As part of efforts to curb the menace of open defecation across the country, the Federal Government on Friday called on State Governors to emulate President Muhammadu Buhari and sign Executive Orders so as to meet the 2025 target.
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.
While addressing a technical session at the 26th National Council on Water Resources on Wednesday in Minna, Niger State, the Managing Partner/Chief Executive Officer of Mangrove and Partners Limited, Timeyin Uwejamomere, said the establishment of these toilets will help to restore good health and free people from various illnesses.
Since excretion is inevitable, it has taken several forms in all the various stages of human civilizations.
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has declared a State of Emergency to address the decline in water, sanitation and hygiene services in the state.
Suleiman Adamu, Minster of Water Resources, has stressed the need for collaborative efforts of every Nigerian to end open defecation in the country.
Jurji said this at the Forum on Sanitation organised by Private Sector in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Abuja on Monday.
Suleiman Adamu, the Minister, Ministry of Water Resources, disclosed this while declaring open a two-day Private Sector Forum on Sanitation, on Monday in Abuja.
Jurji said this at the Private Sector Forum on Sanitation organised by Private Sector in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Abuja on Monday.
The rate of open defecation and bad roads in the Oshodi-Isolo Constituency 1 are parts of the major concerns of the constituents, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.