Nigeria: Nasarawa to Sanction People Defecating in the Open

25 January 2017

Lafia — The Director Public Health at the Nasarawa State Ministry of Health, Dr Ibrahim Alhassan, says the ministry has concluded plans to sanction anybody caught defecating openly in the state.

Alhassan who stated this yesterday in an interview with newsmen in Lafia, said the ministry was collaborating with relevant agencies to enforce the law against open defecation.

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