By Joyce Remi-Babayeju
To commemorate the 2024 World Toilet Day in Nigeria, the Vice President , Kashim Shettima officially launched the reversed Clean Nigeria Campaign, CNC, Strategic Plan to highlight the urgent need to achieve an open defecation free country by the year 2030.
“With nearly 48 million Nigerians still engaging in open defecation and less having access to safely managed sanitation services, the CNC Strategic Plan will mobilize efforts to declare all 774 local government areas, LGAs, open defecation-free , ODF, by 2030.”
Achieving this ambitious goal will necessitate a fourfold increase in the current rate of progress, he stated.
Vice President Shettima disclosed that the reinforced initiative is to ensure that access to safe and clean toilets is not just about infrastructure; it is about dignity, health, and safety for all Nigerians.’
He said, ” By this strategic plan we are committed to ensuring that no one falls behind in our journey to end open defecation, as evidenced by this strategic plan.
We urge all levels of government and partners to work collaboratively for this goal, he emphasized.
