Tag:Open defecation

Water & Sanitation

Open defecation: Commissioner, colleagues donate toilet to Ogun community

Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, and colleagues in the School of Policy, Politics and Governance (SPPG), have donated a toilet block...

Michael Simire - January 8, 2023

Sustainable Devpt

Group builds toilets with waste plastic bottles to tackle pollution, open defecation

A group of environmental rights campaigners has announced a plan to launch their Plastic Eco-friendly Toilet (PET) project in response to the practice of...

Michael Simire - December 5, 2022

Water & Sanitation

Legislator builds 30 toilets to curb open defecation in Ebonyi

Practical steps have been taken by a legislator in House of Representatives, Iduma Igariwey Enwo, to tackle the many challenges posed by open defecation...

Michael Simire - November 9, 2022

Water & Sanitation

Osinbajo-led committee approves measures to end open defecation

The Clean Nigeria Steering Committee chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has approved measures to end open defecation in Nigeria by 2025. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu...

Michael Simire - August 18, 2022

Water & Sanitation

FCTA to construct 10,000 public toilets to end open defecation

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says 10,000 public toilets will be constructed in strategic locations across the territory to end open defecation in...

Michael Simire - May 9, 2022

Water & Sanitation

One toilet for one street: How open defecation pollutes rivers in Oyo community

Gbadegesin Adeyanju reports on the practice of open defecation in Masifa community, Oyo State, and how it pollutes the community’s river, air and impacts...

admin - April 25, 2022

Water & Sanitation

FCT sanitation agency, WaterAid partner to end open defecation

The FCT Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA) is partnering with WaterAid Nigeria to end open defecation in the nation’s capital. This was the...

Michael Simire - February 3, 2022

Water & Sanitation

UNICEF raises concern over rate of open defecation in Nigeria

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised concern over the high rate of open defecation in Nigeria. The Chief of UNICEF Field Office, Enugu, Dr...

Michael Simire - November 19, 2021

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