Tag: OPEN DEFECATION

Jigawa spent N500m on toilets – Commissioner

Aminu Imam

The Jigawa State government says it has spent N500 million on the provision of improved latrines in schools, hospitals, markets and motor parks across the state. The Commissioner for Water Resources, Ibrahim Hannungiwa, who said this on Wednesday in Dutse, the State capital, also noted that the government had adopted pro-active measures to ensure the sustainability of its leading position as an ‘Open Defecation Free’ (ODF) State. According to Hannungiwa, the State is geared towards surpassing the nation’s ODF target by 2025. Hannungiwa said the feat was achieved by putting…

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Kaduna gets bamboo toilets to combat open defecation

Aminu Imam

An environmentalist, Ibrahim Salisu, has constructed an eco-friendly bamboo toilet and bathroom which can last for many years. Salisu, who made this disclosure while speaking with reporters yesterday, said that the aim of constructing the bamboo toilet and bathroom was to assist in the reduction of open defecation at both the rural and urban centres due to the scarcity of such conveniences in most of the houses across the country. According to him, the practice of open defecation brings with it serious health risks linked to deaths from diarrhoea, cholera,…

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997 communities are open defecation free in Kaduna – Official

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has supported 997 communities to be declared Open Defecation Free (ODF), in 2020, out of the 750 targeted for the year. John Samari, Director, Water Supply, Kaduna State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA), made this known in Kaduna on Wednesday, at the UNICEF and Kaduna State 2020 End of Year Review and Planning Meeting. Samari explained that the support, under the Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) project, said that the development led to 343,536 additional people living in ODF certified communities from…

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