Residents in north Chennai resort to open defecation due to dilapidated public toilets, prompting outsourcing for maintenance and improvement.

“Once open defecation is tack­led ... There would be reduced rape because women or girls that enter the bush to go and defecate will not go there, if there is a safe toilet that they can ...

“As a result, women are forced to use dangerous open defecation areas, where they risk snake and scorpion bites, among other dangers.” Interestingly, Ibrahim Maalim in Garissa explains that ...

Lakes and rivers that used to be trusted sources of potable water in the country now pose danger to women's fertility ...

He also encouraged the states including the FCT yet to attain the open defecation free status to take deliberate measures while supporting Nigeria to attain upon defecation-free status ...

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, have expressed worry over the menace of open defecation across the state, calling on relevant authorities to curb the act immediately through massive ...

To discourage open defecation, senior health professionals have called on the state and local governments to make public toilets usage free of charge for the populace. They noted that the required ...

The Federal Government is to introduce a National Performance Scorecard as a ranking system to measure and compare states’ efforts towards achieving Open Defecation Free Nigeria by the year 2030.