FG unveils plan to end open defecation by 2030

FG unveils plan to end open defecation by 2030

By Fly Cable News

The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Joseph Utsev, revealed on Friday that the Federal Government will unveil the Clean Nigeria Campaign Strategic Plan next Tuesday, aiming to accelerate progress towards the nationwide 2030 Open Defecation-Free target.

Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja ahead of the strategic plan’s launch and the commemoration of the 2024 World Toilet Day, themed “Toilets: A Place for Peace,” Utsev noted that only 135 Local Government Areas in the country had attained ODF status.

He explained that the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation, had implemented several initiatives to bridge gaps in basic sanitation services and actualise Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) for water and sanitation in Nigeria.

Some of the initiatives include the development of a National Action Plan to revitalise the sector, partnership for Expanded Water, Sanitation and Hygiene programme; Sustainable Urban and Rural Water Supply; Sanitation and Hygiene programme; and the “Clean Nigeria: Use the Toilet” Campaign supported by the Presidential Executive Order 009 on ODF Nigeria by 2025, and among others.