The United Nations Children’s Fund said on Thursday that Nigeria needed additional two million toilets annually from 2019 to 2025 to achieve the Universal Basic Sanitation target.
He, however, described the current effort as a drop in the ocean, saying that there was need for all stakeholders including the media, to redouble efforts toward ensuring access to improved toilet facilities for the populace, especially those in underserved rural communities. He, however, attributed the low access to toilet facilities as a contributing factor to the rate of open defecation in the country thereby impeding on national development.Mr Ogunjobi specifically noted that open defecation had an economic, social and health impact on national development.
“Open defecation impact on development as one in four children under five years exhibit severe stunting while one in 10 is wasted due to frequent episodes of diarrhoea and other WASH-related illnesses. Mr Ogunjobi explained that issue of ODF was of great importance adding that based on empirical study, every naira invested in water and sanitation sector results in economic benefits ranging from N1, 080 to N12, 240.
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