The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says Nigeria needs to construct about 3.9 million toilets to achieve the open-defecation-free goal by 2025. Jane Beva, UNICEF chief of water, sanitation and
The United Nations Children’s Fund says Nigeria needs to construct about 3.9 million toilets to achieve the open-defecation-free goal by 2025.
Beva said Nigeria has insufficient toilet facilities, adding that only about 180,000 to 200,000 washrooms are built annually. “About 1.3 per cent of GDP or N455 billion is lost annually due to poor access to sanitation – health, health care savings and productivity,” NAN quoted Beva as saying.
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