The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal, says the Federal Government will be taking a more serious approach to address the issue of Open Defecation, as the ministry will deploy all regulatory frameworks, to ensure adequate enforcement of sanitation laws in Nigeria.
The minister made the declaration while commemorating the 2024 World Toilet Day, WTD, in Kano, organized by the Federal Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with the Kano State Ministry of Environment and Climate Change.
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Lawal, represented by the ministry’s Director, Pollution and Environmental Health, Bahija Abubakar, said that as a country, there is need for a deliberate commitment, and actions to meet SDG six, on safe toilets, and water for all by 2030, adding that 3.5 billion people lack safely managed sanitation globally, while 47 million people in Nigeria still practice open defecation.
(Editor : Ena Agbanoma)
