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November 20, 2019
PresidentMuhammadu Buhari Buhari on Wednesday signed Executive Order-009 titled: ‘TheOpen Defecation-Free Nigeria by 2025 and Other Related Matters Order. The orderis to ensure the country becomes open defecation free by 2025.
At least 46million Nigerians are said to defecate openly making Nigeria the second in theworld.
The FederalMinistry of Water Resources and National Bureau of Statistics took part in asurvey conducted by the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF showed that onlyIndia rated worse than Nigeria in the Water Sanitation and Hygiene, WASHstandard.
It alsofound that only 11 of the 774 local government areas in Nigeria are free from opendefecation.