Despite efforts toward improved water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), experts have expressed worry that Nigeria may not achieve WASH targets in the 2030 agenda.
SDG 6.1 and 6.2 target universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all, sanitation and hygiene for all and ending open defecation by 2030.
However, a recent data from the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene National Outcome Routine Mapping (WASH NORM) showed only 16 per cent of schools and 6 per cent of health facilities in Nigeria have access to basic water and sanitation services.
A report on sanitation also described Nigeria as one of a handful of countries around the world where access to basic sanitation is falling rather than rising as 47million people still practice open defecation in the country while 33 million use unimproved toilets.
Chief of WASH, UNICEF, Zaid Jurji, in his paper titled ‘Towards An Open Defecation Free Nigeria Using Local Solutions,’ presented at a forum on…
Source: Leadership Newspaper
