LAGOS State Government has embarked on measures to eradicate defaecation in public places by adopting the Community Led Total Sanitation, CLTS, model.

CLTS model seeks to eradicate open defaecation and promote household latrine construction.

The CLTS approach is used globally for scaling up sanitation and has been piloted in Nigeria and found to be appropriate in scaling up sanitation with contributions of all stakeholders.

Commissioner for Rural Development, Cornelius Ojelabi, said yesterday, at a six-day Train the Trainers’ Workshop on CLTS held in Lekki, Lagos, saying government was adopting the model to eradicate open defaecation in the state, while government would concentrate on providing sanitation facilities in public places.

“The adoption of this model is sequel to the global and national successes recorded by the approach and our quest for excellence,” adding that the adoption would help to improve sanitary condition of communities in Lagos.

“Lagos State aims to be one of the top ten megacities in the world in terms of living indices.

“To achieve this noble desire, there is need to intensify efforts to scale up sanitation, most especially as a proactive measure to the report of WHO/UNICEF joint monitoring programme for water and sanitation which states that about 1.1 billion people in the world still defecate openly and that 81 per cent of the reported data is accounted for by just 10 countries in the world, of which Nigeria is inclusive,” he stated

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/01/lagos-to-eradicate-public-defaecation/

It possible with fashola

Kcxee: It possible with fashola

ONLY if Nigerians can make this guy their president come 2015....I see this country changing for good.
This is a leader who wants to serve, and who wants this job. Not some complete accidental retaard.

The funny thing is that as commendable as this move by the Lagos state govt is, some bitter low lifes who will never live in their states will still find fault wit this hardworkin Lagos state government. Brf is worth thousands of the mediocre state governors we have in Nigeria

The rate wey people take dey poo-poo for public in Naija dey fear me o! Odi egwu...Ona tu mu ujo

Step in and saw allot of funny comments, get angry and defecate on this public forum and step out

They should build mega-toilets all over the state to curtail public defecation.

Afam4eva: They should build mega-toilets all over the state to curtail public defecation.

lol @ mega toilets! .even if you build one toilet per street,that wont stop people from defaecating anywhere they want.

ItsModella:
and employ mega cleaners...

cos Nigerians sh_it like nobody's business

I don't wanna be in the shoes of those cleaners.

Great !

This is so important now in Lagos as some unscrupulous fellows have invaded Lagos,they bath,eat and defaecate publicly in Lagos.

The task force should take note of these areas as quickly as possible.

-Orile Iganmu-The hausas and truck drivers at that Truck Park have totally messed that place,I cover my nose or wind-up each time i pass through esp.when traffic holds you up.

-Mile 2-just around the destroyed complex,people have continued to dump human excreta within and around the residential estate as they have moved their shops closer to the residential estate.

-Costain-the Lagos state new Rail cònstruction and the bridge passways still habours miscreants who pollute these places and yet we all drive pass without taking action esp.the government officials.

This act of defaecating publicly is completely barbaric and crazy !

In some coutries abroad,this despicable act is a capital Punishment that calls for your head and that is if you are not cross-examined to be insane.

Lagos please ensure this is faded out ! Its a crazy act.

they can NEVER eradicate it. what about those that sheet in pots at home and in the morning they empty it on the streets.

so people still defeacate in the public on LAGOS?

al-qaeda:
they can NEVER eradicate it. what about those that sheet in pots at home and in the morning they empty it on the streets.

Damn!! *pukes*. unfollows thread.

Hahahahahahahaah, where all d sikira, tajudeen, tunde go dey shiiit now? Fashola, leave dat tin, ur pple need big canal for every local government wey ur brodas and sistas go dump their ynash discharge d tin. Them dey toiletphobic.

it depends on wia d stuff hook u ;

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