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November 13, 2019
TheMinster of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu has stressed the need forcollaborative efforts of every Nigerian to end open defecation in the country.
Adamuwho made the call at the Inter-Ministerial Dialogue on Sanitation in Abuja saidthe purpose of the dialogue, which was held twice a year, was to review theoutcome of the last dialogue held in April and get feedback from the technicalteam on what had been done so far.
TheMinister added that the meeting was also to intimate his colleagues on thelaunch of the open defecation campaign, which would be launched by PresidentBuhari on November 19. He said on the issue of sanitation, Nigeriawas lagging behind, adding that 24.4 per cent of Nigeria’s population stillpractised open defecation translating to 47 million people.
Also,Minister of Power and Works, Babatunde Fashola said Sanitation is important toany country’s prosperity, and called on Nigerians to commit to ending opendefecation in the country.
The end open defecation campaignwould be launched on November 19 in Abuja.