Global Day: UNICEF Says 94% Nigerians Do Not Practice Proper Hand Washing - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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October 16, 2019
The United Nations International Children’s EmergencyFund, UNICEF says 94 per cent Nigerians do not practice proper hand washing inthe country.
A UNICEF representative  Oumar Doumbouya saidthis in Abuja at the 2019 Global Hand washing Day Celebration with the theme:“Clean Hands for All’’ .
He said that the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, WASHsector in Nigeria was facing an interesting time with the recent declaration ofstate of emergency in the sector, the target to end open defecation by 2025 andgovernment commitment’s to revitalise the sector. He also noted that more than100 thousand children under five die each year due to diarrhea, of which 90 percent were directly attributed to unsafe water and sanitation.
Doumbouya said that Nigeria has a national strategyfor the promotion of hygiene, which prioritises hand washing before eating,after using the toilet, and after cleaning a child who defecated.The National Coordinator, Water, Supply,Sanitation Collaborative Council Elizabeth Jeiyol, said the global hand washingday was critical to collective aspirations for a healthier society and to setthe target for SDGs