Abuja — Every November 19, the world celebrates the World Toilet Day (WTD) as it is a day set aside to inform governments all over the world of the dangers that the sanitation sector is witnessing.
It has been estimated that about 780,000 children die yearly from diarrheal diseases in Africa, which is caused by poor sanitation and unsafe drinking water which accounts for 88% of these death.
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