In commemoration of World Toilet Day, the Ogun State Government has officially criminalised open defecation and urination as part of its efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6, which focuses on water accessibility, sanitation, and hygiene for all.
The World Toilet Day is celebrated annually on November 19.
The year’s campaign, themed ‘Toilets – A Place for Peace,’ is to highlight how broken or inadequate sanitation systems affect people’s lives and show how sustainable sanitation is essential to a healthy and stable society.
The campaign, which began in 2019, seeks to eliminate open defecation nationwide by 2025.
DAILY POST reports that the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, had lamented that Nigeria is among the nations in the world with the highest number of people practising open defecation, estimated at over 46 million people.
Commissioner for Environment Ola Oresanya announced the plan to criminalise offenders during the commissioning of four new public toilets equipped with bio-digesters in border communities along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, including Berger, Isheri, Warewa, and Magboro, on Tuesday