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...

AT LEAST 17 STUDENTS DIE IN FIRE IN NORTHERN NIGERIA. (PHOTO).


 At least 17 students die in fire in northern Nigeria


At least 17 students died in a fire in northern Nigeria's Zamfara state on Tuesday night, a state police spokesperson said on Wednesday, Reuters reported.


The students at an Islamic school in Kauran Namoda town in Zamfara State, who were between seven and 17 years old, died in the blaze while around 12 others were taken to hospital with severe burns, the police said.


Police spokesperson Yazid Abubakar said an investigation was ongoing to ascertain the cause of the blaze.


Hussaini Adamu, who lost two children to the inferno, said the fire started in a nearby house and spread to the Islamic school.

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