Imagine being a student forced to choose between a filthy toilet or the open bush to relieve yourself. This is…
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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.
Open defecation appears to be a common practice in Niger and Sokoto states due to the lack of functional toilets…
Nigeria needs an additional 11.6 million toilets to meet its 2030 Open Defecation Free (ODF) target, says the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev.
Dons of Ebonyi State University (EBSU), Abakaliki, have advised residents of the state against open defecation and encouraged them to improve environmental hygiene to check parasitic diseases.
To eliminate open defecation by 2030, Nigeria urgently needs to install 20 million new toilets, according to UNICEF’s Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Chief, Jane Bevan.