Oyo State Government on Thursday inaugurated a 20-member State Task Group on Sanitation (STGS) toward eradicating open defecation across the state.
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Jigawa state governor, Umar Namadi has restated his commitment to sustain the Open Defecation Free (ODF) in the state.
Clean Nigeria, Use the Toilet Campaign Conference, said that only 142 Local Government Areas out of the 744 Local Government Areas, (LGAs) in Nigeria have been certified open defecation free by the Federal Government.
Stakeholders in the environment space and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) have expressed mixed reactions on the feasibility of Nigeria achieving an open defecation-free target by 2030 with over 48 million Nigerians still practising open defecation.
Imagine being a student forced to choose between a filthy toilet or the open bush to relieve yourself. This is…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it will continue to strengthen collaboration with Katsina State Government to achieve Open Defecation Free (ODF) status by 2025.
Students and staff at Government Day Secondary School in Shagari Local Government in Sokoto state are grappling with a dire…
In Nigeria, open defecation continues to be a widespread challenge, with over 24.4% of households, representing 48 million people, practising it.
The Federal Government has urged Environmental Health Officers/Sanitary inspectors across all levels of government to step up their routine sanitary inspection of premises in their various jurisdictions.
The Borno Government, in collaboration with UNICEF, will launch a comprehensive roadmap to eliminate open defecation as part of activities marking the 2024 World Toilet Day on November 19.