Tag: open defecation

  • 2.4m practice open defecation in Plateau , says sanitation GM

    2.4m practice open defecation in Plateau , says sanitation GM

    Mr Peter Kassam , General Manger, Plateau Rural Water Supply And Sanitation Agency (PRUWASSA) has said that no fewer than  2.4 million people practice open defecation. Kassam disclosed this on Thursday in Jos, at a one-day sensitisation capacity building workshop . The workshop was organised by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources in collaboration with…

  • UNICEF says,1,500 Bauchi communities now open defecation free

    UNICEF says,1,500 Bauchi communities now open defecation free

    The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has said that 1,500 communities in four Local Government Areas of Bauchi State have been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) as validated by the National Task Group on Sanitation (NTGS). Mr Bhanu Pathak, the Chief of UNICEF Bauchi Field Office, who disclosed this at the exit meeting for  the…