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Director of Water Quality Control and Sanitation

September 3, 2025

Attitudinal change crucial to achieving open defecation-free Nigeria: FG

Ms Ugoh reiterated that sustaining momentum would require Nigerians to embrace sanitation as a personal responsibility

Open defecation
October 12, 2023

FG says only 4% of Nigerians practice handwashing at critical times

Water resources minister Joseph Utsev commemorated the 2023 Global Handwashing Day, themed: ‘Clean Hands are within our Reach’.

Handwashing
May 21, 2021

Kwara, Plateau worst states in open defecation: FG

Nigeria still ranks the highest country with the highest number of persons defecating openly, losing no fewer than N455 billion annually to poor sanitation.

Open defecation

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