76 Open Defecation-free LGAs not impressive

76 Open Defecation-free LGAs not impressive — FG

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By Pelumi Emmanuel

Published: March 1, 2022 | 5:03 PM

Open defecation

The Federal Ministry of Water Resources has called for more commitment from states towards eliminating open defecation, saying that only 76 open defecation-free local government areas in the country is not impressive.

The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mrs Didi Walson-Jack, said this at the opening of the National Retreat for states on the Clean Nigeria campaign in Abuja.

According to her, the Clean Nigeria campaign was informed by Nigeria’s unfortunate position among top countries, with the highest number of people practising open defecation, estimated at 46 million.

She said that the campaign was aimed at mobilising high level political support, resources and the entire populace towards building a new culture of safe sanitation.

“Following the national launch of the campaign, many states followed suit with the launch of their state-level campaigns and target dates which ranged from 2022 to 2025.

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