In spite of former President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 Executive Order 009 directing the Ministry of Water Resources to take steps to end open defecation by 2025, actions and results have been scarce.

So, I congratulate Plateau State and I’m hopeful that the state will join other states that will be Open Defecation free by 2030 because when I met His Excellency, the executive governor, I saw ...

Open defecation is directly connected with the incidence of diarrheal diseases, ... that kids are healthier and live through childhood. That we know for sure, and then the question is, ...

Bassey said there was an urgent need for stakeholders to localise the national strategy to end open defecation by 2030 in the FCT. He added: “With over 40 million Nigerians lacking access to ...

Mushin Local Council Development Area (LCDA) boss Mr. Emmanuel Olanrewaju Bamigboye has urged the residents to desist from open defecation. He said this at the launch of ‘Clean Lagos Initiative ...

Open defecation is a common practice in Cameroon. Still, it is considered a shameful topic for young women to discuss, so Yvette requested her last name be withheld. Moreover, public defecation ...

The Lagos State Government has detained eight individuals for open defecation in the Berger area of the state. The action comes after the state administration issued repeated warnings about the ...

Elizabeth Ugoh, stated that about 48 million people in Nigeria were practising open defecation. 48m Nigerians still defecate openly according to the Federal Government. N News Agency Of Nigeria ...

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By 2019, India was officially declared open defecation free (ODF). But in Bhopal, the reality on the ground tells a. Close this menu. Tuesday, 08 July 2025 . Tuesday, 08 July 2025. Home; Delhi; ...

In the final part of this report, BOLA BAMIGBOLA writes that Owena Ijesa, Osun State is in danger of another epidemic as refuse dumps and open defecation dot the community, which relies on the ...