The Ogun State Government has blamed open defecation for the 217 cases of cholera recorded in Ijebu North, Abeokuta North and Abeokuta South Local Government Areas of the state. The government blamed open defecation for the spread of the disease, stating that faecal materials find their way into shallow wells in various communities.
In an attempt to curtail the recent outbreak of cholera in Ijebu North and Abeokuta, the state government said it has begun chlorinating wells in the affected areas. The State Ministry of Health has also collaborated with the Ministry of Environment and other relevant government agencies to contain the spread of the deadly disease. The Commissioner for Health, Tomi Coker, made this known during a stakeholders meeting in Abeokuta on Wednesday.
She said: “It is unfortunate that our people still engage in open defecation, unaware that faecal materials enter shallow wells, which many of them use as water sources. “For instance, in Ijebu-North Local Government, we found 52 shallow wells and microbiological testing revealed that 75 percent of these wells had evidence of faecal contamination with coliform bacteria.
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