22 Feb 2016

2.5bn People Lack Access to Improved Sanitation Globally – UNICEF, EU


Olakiitan Victor in Ado Ekiti
The United Nations Children’s Fund and European Union have lamented that over 2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation globally. Of the figure, they said one billion were engaging  in open defecation.
Localizing the issue to Nigeria, the organizations revealed that  1.8 million Ekiti residents out of a total population of 2.7 million are
engaged in open defecation, saying the state contributes about 60.8% to the menace nationally.
They said these at the weekend during a 2-day media networking and alliance building workshop on organized by European Union/UNICEF on Water Sanitation and Hygiene and Open Defecation Free campaign  held at  Ijero Ekiti, Ijero Local Government area of Ekiti State.
The  UNICEF/EU delegation , led by Mohsena Islam,  a WASH specialist from UNICEF, went on a field trip with Ekiti Media WASH group to Asasa and  Temidire Olojofi farm settlements in Aramoko Ekiti,  to assess compliance with the campaign against open defecation .

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