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...

ARREST OF STREET SOLAR LIGHTS VANDALS/THIEVES AND RECOVERY OF EXHIBITS. (PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE


 RIVERS STATE POLICE COMMAND PRESS RELEASE.


ARREST OF STREET SOLAR LIGHTS VANDALS/THIEVES AND RECOVERY OF EXHIBITS. 


The Trans-Amadi Division of the  Rivers State Police Command,  on the 26th of January 2025 at about 0300hrs, acting on a credible piece of intelligence, has made a significant breakthrough in combating vandalism with the arrest of two suspects, caught  vandalizing and attempting to steal NDDC Street Solar Lights along Danjuma Drive, off Trans-Amadi road in Port- Harcourt.


 The suspects, Shaibu Yusuf 'm' aged 30yrs, an indigene of Bolari Town in Gombe LGA of Gombe State and Ibrahim Abubakar 'm' aged 28yrs, an indigene of Katsina LGA of Katsina State, but all resident at Okuru scrap dump, Abuloma Community, Port- Harcourt.


Items recovered from the suspects include:


 * Solar Light Poles,


* Solar Light Panels, 


* Solar Light  Panel Bolts,


* Solar Light Panel Nuts, 


* A  knife. 


The arrested suspects confessed to being part of a syndicate responsible for vandalizing and stealing Street Solar Lights and manhole covers in the area.


The suspects have been charged to court, and efforts are ongoing to apprehend other members of the syndicate to face justice accordingly.


This arrest is part of a larger effort to tackle vandalism and theft of Street Solar Lights and manhole covers in the state.


SP GRACE IRINGE-KOKO, ANIPR 

POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,

RIVERS STATE POLICE COMMAND.

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