WaterAid Nigeria, an NGO, Plan International and UNICEF are developing a guide to deliver equitable sustainable rural sanitation programme.
This is contained in a statement by WaterAid Country Director, Evelyn Mere, in Kaduna on Thursday.
Mere explained that fast-tracking progress requires a new way of thinking and planning for rural sanitation, adding that the cost of facilitating and delivering sanitation approaches was often not well-understood or monitored.
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She said that the guidance on programming for rural sanitation would be developed for policymakers, planners, and implementer, outlining how to design an equitable and sustainable rural sanitation programme at scale.
The country director equally said that WaterAid Nigeria and the National Water Resources Institute (NWRI) have signed a three-year partnership to deliver equitable sustainable total sanitation at scale in Nigeria.
She explained that the partnership would combine the WASH expertise of WaterAid and the training expertise of NWRI to improve and support sector capacity for sanitation programme design and development in Nigeria.