Worried by Nigeria's unenviable record as the country with the highest rate of open defecation after India, a Non Governmental Organization, U-Save
The Country Director enjoined the students of the College to maintain of the renovated and constructed toilets, urging them to sensitize their communities against open defecation.
“The Foundation come into the College of Education Minna and after a pre-intervention survey, realized the need to provide an improved form of sanitation facilities in the school. Commending the Foundation for the initiative, the the Niger State governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, lamented that no Local Government Area in the state is open defecation free.Bello represented by the Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Lucky Barau, noted that the state government is not pleased with the status of open defecation in the state and is doing its best to reverse the trend.
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