Open Defecation: UNICEF, Others Seek National Housing Policy Implementation - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 14, 2019
Stakeholders have called for the implementation ofthe National Housing Policy as a means to mitigate the problem of OpenDefecation in the country.
Speaking at a Media Dialogue on ‘Clean Nigeria: Usethe Toilet’ Campaign organised by UNICEF in collaboration with the Child RightsBureau, Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, UNICEF WASH specialist,Bioye Ogunjobi noted that a lot of houses in Nigeria are built without toilets,adding that this encourages open defecation practice.
He stressed the need for state governments to engagethe services of environmental workers, especially sanitary inspectors to ensurefull enforcement and compliance to the national housing policy.
Ogunjobi observed that Nigeria needs eight milliontoilets within the next four years in order to be open defecation free by 2025.
He lamented that over 47 million Nigerians practice Open defecation adding that out of the number, 16 million live in the north central part of the country.