Rivers Community Hails SEEFOR For Provision Of Toilet Facility

Residents of Somiari Ama community in Rivers State have commended the World Bank for the construction of a model toilet facility for the community.
A cross section of residents of the community told newsmen during a media tour organised by the State Employment and Expenditure for Results (SEEFOR) project that the existing facility in the community which is a pier latrine is no longer accessible by old women.
They said that the situation has increased the rate of open defecation in the area.
The toilet facility which was built by the Somiar-Tere Ama Unity Cooperative under FADAMA III of subcomponent of the State Employment and Expenditure for Results (SEEFOR) project has a female section with three rooms and a male section with two rooms.
FADAMA III SEEFOR focal person, Richard Fubara during an inspection of the facility that the project will end said the culture of open defecation in the community.
Fubara said when commissioned, residents of the community will only be charged twenty naira for the maintenance of the facility.
He described the facility as a big relief to the people of the area as the already existing pier latrine facility is no longer accessible to the people.
According to him, the development was in line with Federal Government policy of ending open defecation in Nigeria before 2025.
Meanwhile the Ewika community in Eleme Local Government Area has thanked the World Bank for the provision of potable water to the community.
Paramount ruler of Ewika community, Chief Jacob Mkpo, said the project has saved the community from the agony of searching for potable drinking water, adding that for 70 years, Ewika community was without potable drinking water.
Chief Mkpo said the community will ensure the maintenance of the facility.