Ms Aliyu stated that 39.4 per cent of the FCT population and 47 million people in the country practised open defecation.
No fewer than 77 persons were arrested and arraigned before mobile courts in 2021.
Mr Obaseki gave the directive as Edo has been identified among states with the high prevalence of open defecation practice in Nigeria.
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has declared a state of emergency on open defecation in Kano.
According to a World Health Organisation (WHO) report, about 47 million people still practise open defecation.
