In a report issued yesterday by Ijeoma Onuoha-Ogwe, UNICEF
‘A Field Office’ Communication Officer (Advocacy, Media and External Relations)
on behalf of Sanjay Wijesekera, head of UNICEF’s global water, sanitation and
hygiene programmes, to coincide with World Toilet Day, It disclosed that over
50million Nigerians do not have access to toilets hence resort to open
defecation.
‘A Field Office’ Communication Officer (Advocacy, Media and External Relations)
on behalf of Sanjay Wijesekera, head of UNICEF’s global water, sanitation and
hygiene programmes, to coincide with World Toilet Day, It disclosed that over
50million Nigerians do not have access to toilets hence resort to open
defecation.
The world body also revealed that Nigeria ranks among the
five countries in the world with the greatest rates of open defecation.
five countries in the world with the greatest rates of open defecation.
Wijesekera was also quoted to have said “Nigeria loses over
150,000 children to diarrhea annually. After pneumonia, it is the biggest
killer of Nigeria’s under-fives; 88 per cent of diarrhoea cases in Nigeria are
attributed to unsafe water and sanitation. Where rates of toilet use are low,
rates of diarrhoea tend to be high’’.
150,000 children to diarrhea annually. After pneumonia, it is the biggest
killer of Nigeria’s under-fives; 88 per cent of diarrhoea cases in Nigeria are
attributed to unsafe water and sanitation. Where rates of toilet use are low,
rates of diarrhoea tend to be high’’.
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