Federal Ministry of Water Resources has declared four additional local government areas open defecation free, having met the requirements slated in the ODF protocol for hygiene promotion.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the LGAs are: Ganjuwa in Bauchi, Machina in Yobe as well as Giwa and Kaura in Kaduna state, making it 61 out of the 774 council areas in the country free of open defecation.
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At the monthly meeting of the National Task Group on Sanitation, held virtually by the ministry in Abuja on Wednesday, the Chairman, Mr Emmanuel Awe, noted that the feat was laudable.
NAN reports that before attaining the ODF status, communities would have eliminated open defecation and imbibed total sanitation practices, which include personal, environmental and domestic hygiene.
The communities would have also had 100 per cent toilet use and increased ownership and sustainability of hygiene and sanitation services. (NAN)
