Nigeria needs to build about four million toilets every year - UNICEF According to the United Nations Children's Fund, Nigeria must co...
Nigeria needs to build about four million toilets every year - UNICEF
According to the United Nations Children's Fund, Nigeria must construct at least 3.9 million toilets annually if it is to succeed in ending the practise of some citizens of the nation defaming others in public. 2025, as scheduled.
This was said on Monday during the opening ceremony of the conference of buffalo homes in the nation's capital, Abuja, by Dr. Jane Bevan, the head of the fund's department of water management and environmental cleansing.
Bevan claimed that between 180,000 and 200,000 new homes are now being built in Nigeria annually. They have a significant part to play in putting an end to the problem of squatters in God the Almighty's domain.
The private sector will play a part in sustaining and bolstering the business of cleaning the environment in the nation, according to her, and there is a need to change the way things are now done by developing places to fulfil the needs.
According to the findings of a UNICEF study, 48 million people in Nigeria defecate while 95 million do not have access to even the most basic sanitary services.
She claimed that due to poor sanitation, Nigeria loses between 1% and 3% of its annual revenue, or 455 billion naira, and that the money spent on water supply and sanitation is usurped by the profits that are made.