United Nations International Children Education Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with Goal Prime Organization Nigeria (GPON), Borno State Environmental Protection Agency (BOSEPA) and other partners Tuesday organised Water and Sanitation Health (WASH) drama and demonstrations to mark 2022 World Toilet Day at BOSEPA complex office.
The drama and demonstration took place in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.
The Commissioner of Environment, Architect Sale Kida, expressed appreciation to the organisers, partners and other collaborators for the remarkable health and sanitation event in the overall interest of humanity.
He also assured that government will continue to work closely with the development partners and ensure healthy environment and availability of public toilets for better health, safety and healthy environment through implementation of health sanitation and environmental protection policies while thanking all the collaborating NGOs.
UNICEF WASH Manager, Ms Mamita Bura Thakkar, said,
“Lack of sanitation has a profound impact on public health, economic productivity, environmental integrity, and educational attainment, especially for girls and women who are disproportionately affected by deplorable sanitation conditions.
”In 2020, the JMP estimated that 3.6 billion people globally lacked safely managed services, and that the rate at which sanitation coverage was increasing would need to quadruple to achieve universal access to safely managed services by 2030,” Mamita said.
