As part of its move to end open defecation by 2025 in Nigeria, the Federal government has commenced a campaign against the practice among school teachers, pupils, and communities to safeguard public health and foster environmental sustainability in Kwara state.
Speaking in Ilorin, the State capital, at the closing ceremony of a three-day training program on Campaign Against Open Defection: Sanitation and Hygiene Awareness for Teachers, Pupils, and Communities, the Managing Director of the Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority, Adeniyi Aremu, noted that the campaign is aimed at bringing together and training key stakeholders on various aspects of sanitation and hygiene.
Aremu said the program would educate people who will serve as ambassadors, while other speakers called on participants to transfer knowledge gathered to members of their various communities to make the environment green and clean.
Similarly, in her submission, one of the facilitators, Afusat Ameen, said about 120 million Nigerians lack basic sanitation facilities while 25% have poor access to clean water, saying it is part of what the campaign seeks to address.
The submission of the experts and participants was that timely training will go a long way to curb the rising challenge of open defecation in the state.
(Editor: Okechukwu Eze)
