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Nigeria: Buhari Signs Executive Order to Tackle Open Defecation
Premium Times, 20 November 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari Buhari Wednesday signed Executive Order 009 which is titled 'The Open Defecation-Free Nigeria by 2025 and Other Related Matters Order.' Read more »
Nigeria Launches Campaign to End Open Defecation by 2025
In a bid to end open defecation in Nigeria by 2025, President Muhammadu Buhari has launched a national programme tagged: "Clean Nigeria: Use the Toilet". The campaign aims to achieve universal access to sanitation, with toilets available to all. At least 46 million Nigerians are said to practice open defecation, an unhealthy practice that poses major health risks.
Baba Awolu is attends to a man who wants to use his local toilet and washroom facility "Gidan Wanka" in Jahi Abuja, Nov. 18, 2019.
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Nigeria: 4.7 Million Nigerians Practice Open Defecation - Govt
Vanguard, 20 November 2019
The Federal Government, Tuesday, vowed to frontally confront sanitation challenges facing the nation, noting that a situation where over 4. 7 million Nigerians live without… Read more »
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Nigeria: Authorities Launch Campaign Against Open Defecation
VOA, 20 November 2019
Baba Awolu reports for work at 5 a.m. each day at a local toilet and washroom facility he owns in the Jahi district of Abuja. The facility, known in the native Hausa language as… Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt Launches Campaign to End Open Defecation by 2025
This Day, 21 November 2019
In commemoration of the 2019 World Toilet Day and as part of efforts towards achieving the national target of ending open defecation in the country by 2025, the Nigerian… Read more »
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Nigeria: Buhari Launches Clean Nigeria Campaign
This Day, 20 November 2019
In a bid to end the menace of open defecation in Nigeria by 2025, President Muhammadu Buhari has launched a national programme tagged: 'Clean Nigeria: Use the toilet' campaign. Read more »
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Nigeria: World Toilet Day - Govt to Ensure Toilets Are Eco-Friendly
Daily Trust, 20 November 2019
The Minister of State for Environment, Barr Sharon Ikeazor said with 47 million Nigerians still practicing open defecation, there is need to reawaken societal consciousness on the… Read more »
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Nigeria: 673 Million People Practise Open Defecation, Say WHO, UNICEF
This Day, 19 November 2019
As humanity marks World Toilet Day (WTD) today, data by WHO/UNICEF, released this year, states that "Today, 4.2 billion people live without safely managed sanitation and 673… Read more »
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Ending the practice of defecating in the open, rather than in a toilet, will have "transformational benefits" for some of the world's most vulnerable people, says the UN's partner ... Read more »
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Nigerians face the threat of an epidemic as indications show that in less than two months the country may top the global list for open defecation. At least 24% of Nigeria's ... Read more »
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A global survey has identified Nigeria as the second in the world among countries where open defecation is prevalent. According to UNICEF, at least 47 million Nigerians still do ... Read more »
