Ibekimi Oriamaja Reports
According to Track News, the World Toilet Summit is a global event that will provide an opportunity to raise awareness about the issue of ending open defecation in Nigeria.
It is expected to strengthen Nigeria’s capacity to meet the target of eliminating open defecation by 2025.
In his address to a world press conference heralding the Summit, Engr. Suleiman H. Adamu, Minister of Water Resources, said Nigeria would be much better after hosting the global event.
He stated that the country was committed to ending open defecation because, as of 2017, only one local government area in the country was certified as Open Defecation Free, and now 85 more have been certified.
“It may interest you to know that Jigawa State was the first state to become ODF,” he said. They deserve to be recognized for their dedication.
“The 2022 World Toilet Summit, which Nigeria is hosting, is a one-of-a-kind global platform where stakeholders, NGOs, development partners, and high-level decision makers will convene to strategize and address sanitation challenges, as well as offer solutions to the issues surrounding open defecation.”
According to the minister, the hosting rights were granted to Nigeria by the World Toilet Organization, which was founded by Mr Jack Sim, a Singaporean philanthropist.
The World Toilet Summit, founded on November 19, 2001, is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving toilet and sanitation conditions around the world in accordance with the founding father’s vision.
Since 2013, the United Nations has designated November 19 as World Toilet Day, and Nigeria will be the second African country to host the summit.
