With over 48 million Nigerians still practising open defecation and a nationwide shortage of toilets, some public health physicians doubt the country’s ability to achieve open defecation-free status ...
Vice President Kashim Shettima has called on state governors to redouble their efforts at making Nigeria open-defecation-free within the next five years. He said the importance of the campaign cannot ...
In commemoration of the annual World Toilet Day, The Nation Journalism Foundation (tNJF), a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting media advocacy and social change has called for concerted ...
*Every year, Nigeria rolls out new campaigns to end open defecation. Billboards go up, slogans fly, and pledges pour in. But for millions, the bush remains their only bathroom. Not by choice, but by ...
Nigeria needs an additional 11.6 million toilets to meet its 2030 Open Defecation Free (ODF) target, says Prof. Joseph Utsev, Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation. Utsev, speaking with newsmen ...
The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Terlumun Utsev, made the declaration on Tuesday in Otukpo. Utsev, who was represented by the Director of Quality Control and Sanitation, Elizabeth ...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Every time she needs to go to the toilet, Shadima Irima recalls the moment Boko Haram militants stormed her home in northeast Nigeria and killed her ...