Metro
Ogun govt seals off houses to curb open defecation
Ogun State government on Thursday sealed four houses in Abeokuta for lack of toilets, and practicing of open defecations.
The government also threatened to seal more houses as it embarked on the implementation of the law against open defecation in the state.
It was gathered that officials of the state Environmental Health Management sealed some houses in Igbore and Isale-Ake, all in Abeokuta South Local Government Area.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Mrs. Yetunde Dina who spoke with newsmen after the houses were sealed maintained that the government will employ every possible measure to end the unhealthy act.
Read also: UNICEF urges Kano govt to declare state of emergency on open defecation
She added that the exercise will be extended to other parts of the state, saying, the Ministry will not stop until the state achieves zero tolerance for open defecation which she said would, in turn, improve public health.
Earlier, the state government had through the Ministry of Environment served a 21-day abatement notice to owners of houses without toilets in some parts of the state, warning them to either provide toilet facilities or have their houses sealed.
Dina said, “The state government could no longer allow them to flout the earlier warnings to them to provide toilets, as it has been discovered that majority of their inhabitants, if not all are involved in Open Defecation.”
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
German Police bust alleged Nigerian scam dating ring
German authorities have arrested eleven individuals suspected of being members of a Nigerian mafia group involved in a large-scale dating...
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...