40% of FCT residents into open defecation
RUWASA, NGOs Move To Build 2, 000 public toilets
A report by the Federal Capital Territory Rural Water Supply, Sanitation Agency (RUWASA) has revealed that 40 per cent of Federal Capital City (FCT) residents still defecate in the open.
This is just as the agency has called for collaboration from the private sector to construct 2, 000 toilets in public places to enable the territory to achieve open defecation free status in the six area councils by 2025.
The Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister of State, Mohammed Usman, while speaking at a workshop to review the public toilet design for the FCT, noted that the administration was putting all efforts into ensuring that Abuja and its environs are ODF free by 2025.
While mentioning that some communities in the FCT were already attaining the ODF status, he urged RUWASA to increase the tempo to ensure that more communities are free of the menace.
He stressed the need for all stakeholders, the private sector to collaborate with the administration in realising its objective.
The Acting Executive Director of RUWASA, Dr. Mohammed Dan-Hassan, noted that open defecation has impacted negatively on the health of FCT residents hence the need to think outside the box when it comes to sanitation.
The Head of Advocacy, Policy and Communication, WaterAid Nigeria, Kolawole Banwo, said with only 76 of the 774 LGAs attaining open defecation free status in the country, the sanitation crisis remains a critical issue that is demanding urgent action.
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