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UNICEF Declares Six Cross River LGAs ODF
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has declared six out of 18 local government areas of Cross River State as Open Defecation Free (ODF).
The UNICEF Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Specialist, Mr Bioye Ogunjobi, made the declaration at a two-day Media Dialogue in Calabar, yesterday.
The Dialogue has “Clean Nigeria: Use the Toilets’’ as its theme.
He listed the ODF-free council areas as Obanliku, Bekwarra, Yala, Ikom, Boki and Yakurr.
He explained that UNICEF, in collaboration with the state’s Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA) carried out a research and found that six of the 18 council areas of Cross River are ODF, the highest in the country.
He said “Cross River has the highest number of council areas with toilet facilities. Six of the 18 local government areas of the state are ODF.
“However, in terms of geopolitical zone, North Central has the highest percentage of 53.9 per cent of its population still practicing open defecation.”
He said the North-East has 21.8 per cent of population also practicing open defecation, while North-West has 10.3 per cent, South-East; 22.4 per cent, South-South; 17.9 per cent and South-West; 28.0 per cent.
Ogunjobi said that one in four Nigerians defecate in the open and 16million of those who practice open defecation live in the North-Central part of the country.
He also said that “35million Nigerians practice unimproved sanitation, while 30million practice limited sanitation.
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