For Uganda, a country whose millions of citizens still practice open defecation, it must use students to go into communities and sensitize them against this vice, Dr. Moses Ntaro has recommended. Dr.

In 2018, former President Muhammadu Buhari declared a state of emergency on open defecation, with the launch of the National Action Plan to end open defecation by 2025. With less than two years to the ...

A UNICEF representative, Mr Uba Lawal, said the review meeting was timely as 2025 was drawing near. The National Coordinator, Clean Nigeria Campaign, said this at a two-day “2023 North East Review ...

Of the 774 local government areas in Nigeria, only 78 have achieved an Open Defecation Free (ODF) status as at May 2022, it has been learnt. This was highlighted yesterday during the opening of the ...

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 ...

The JICA Alumni Association of Nigeria (JAAN), in collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and key institutions in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has renewed efforts ...

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The Federal Government on Thursday declared that Jigawa State has been validated as the first open defecation-free state in Nigeria. Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, made the announcement ...

From mothers leading their children to vacant lots at daybreak, to government bid to enforce new sanitation laws, Niger State finds itself grappling with a deepening crisis of open defecation — and ...

The Madikeri City Municipal Council (CMC) has strictly prohibited open defecation and urination in public places. According to a statement, all the 23 wards under the Madikeri CMC limits had followed ...

Caroline Akinyi, a member of Bar Agulu Community Group shows members the different types of Unicef-funded SATO toilet bowls at Bar Agulu Health Center. [Denish Ochieng, Standard] Mary Achieng walks ...