Tag: defecation

  • FG pledges to tackle open defecation

    FG pledges to tackle open defecation

    By Gabriel Okoro, Abuja As Nigeria joins the world to commemorate the 2018 World Toilet Day, 4.5 Billion people in the world live without safe toilet and 892 million people still practice open defecation, as many people still use the bush and water bodies as their regular means of excreta disposal says the United Nations.…

  • Abuja community urges prosecution of house owners without toilets

    Abuja community urges prosecution of house owners without toilets

    Kpaduma community of Asokoro Extension in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) wants the government to prosecute owners of houses without toilets to reduce open defecation. The community also solicits the enforcement of rules that will ensure that every house has toilets. Some of the community members made this appeal while speaking to the News Agency…