CURBING OPEN DEFECATION: LASG, WATERAID, PRIVATE SECTOR COLLABORATE TO BUILD 350 PUBLIC TOILETS IN LAGOS. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 CURBING OPEN DEFECATION: LASG, WATERAID, PRIVATE SECTOR COLLABORATE TO BUILD 350 PUBLIC TOILETS IN LAGOS  The Lagos State Government, in collaboration with WaterAid Plan and private operators, is set to build 350 more public toilets across the state to curb widespread open defecation and maintain hygiene and sanitation.  This is just as the State WaterAid team lead gave a projection that by 2028, the organisation will reach 10 million residents directly and another 17 million indirectly through interventions with basic Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) access. Speaking at a roundtable over the weekend, the Special Adviser on Environment, Engr. Olakunle Rotimi-Akodu said work has started on some of the toilets including identifying the locations for them. He stated that the State government will adopt the three-way approach in tackling the issue of open defecation, which is to put infrastructure in place, engage in massive advocacy and lastly, undertake an enforcement d...

A MAN SEGUN OMOTOLA,BROUGHT BEFORE EJIGBO MAGISTRATE COURT FOR KIDNAPPING HIS DAUGHTER TO NIGER REPUBLIC.

                       According to sources,there was drama at Ejigbo Magistrates curt after a 30 year old man arrested for stealing a 4 year old girl turned out to be the father of the girl in question in Lagos state.The police at Ejigbo division arrested Segun Omotola and charged him before the court with stealing Titilayo Omotayo Omotola.The happened after he had a quarrel with his wife,Olujoke,who abandoned the child to him and left their matrimonial home.The incident happened at 7,Tunde Bello street Ejigbo,Lagos where he resided with hid family.Omotola too the little girl to his mother in Niger Republic and came back to Lagos and continued his mechanic work.When his wife later returned to her matrimonial home and did not find the little girl,she went to the police and reported that Omotola had stolen the girl.She did not disclose to the police that Omotola was her husband.The police arrested Omotola and charged him to court with stealing under the criminal code.The real drama started when Omotola was arraigned and he pleaded not guilty on the two count charge of assault and stealing the girl.The prosecutor,Mr Femi Adeleye objected to his bail on the ground that he would escape out of the country if granted bail.Omotola's counsel,Barrister {Mrs} Jacinta Ogbedelote informed the court that the victim was his daughter and the complainant was his wife who abandoned the girl for him before he took the girl to hid mother for care in Niger Republic.The complainant,Olujoke Owolabi who refused to use her husband's name,then confirmed before the court that Omotola was actually her husband with whom she had three kids and the child in question was their daughter.The revelationn by his wife,however,did not change the course of the proceedings as the presiding Magistrate,Mr Peter Nwaka,admitted Omotola on bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in the lie sum.The court also ordered that Omotola should deposit his ECOWAS passport before the court pending the determination if little Titilayo was his daughter.However,Omotola was remanded in Prison custody pending when he will perfect his bail condition.The matter was adjourned till 16 September,2015.

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