Some traditional and religious leaders in Jema’a, Jaba, Zangon Kataf and Kachia Local Government Areas LGA of Kaduna State, have called on local government councils to enact laws to check Indiscriminate Open Defecation ODF.
The leaders made the call in Kafanchan during an ODF sensitisation meeting for traditional and religious leaders in the Local Government Area, organised by the United Nations Children Fund UNICEF.
According to the leaders, the lack of relevant laws at local levels on environmental sanitation and hygiene is negatively impacting on the campaign against open defecation in rural areas.
They unanimously agreed that the best way to eliminate ODF in local communities was for government to enact laws to prosecute offenders.
One of the leaders, District Head of Asso, Barnabas Samaila said the law has become imperative to strengthen traditional leaders’ effort in ensuring compliance to environmental cleanliness.Reacting to the call, Elias Manza, Chairman Zango-Kataf LGA said the local councils would look into the demand to see the possibility of enacting such laws.
