Hajiya Rakiya Datti, the Deputy Director, Niger Ministry of Health, has said that over 80 per cent of diseases such as cholera, diarrhoea, polio and Ebola are contacted through open defecation. Datti disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna.

She also explained that children who were vulnerable die daily from the outbreak of the disease which are transmitted through water and air.

“As long as open defecation is not put to an end, the society will be diseased, as there will be infection and re-infection even when government puts more efforts to curtail it.’’

“It is the responsibility of the Urban Development Board to ensure that toilets are incorporated in the master plan before any building can take place, she said.

She also explained that promotional c campaigns and programmes will help educate citizens of the hazards of defecating openly and also help in curtailing it.

She also urged the Federal Governmentand state governments to provide adequate facilities in public places while also advising private ventures to go into the business of building public toilets.


http://www.ladunliadinews.com/2014/11/80-of-diseases-nigerians-suffer-are.html?m=1

What? Where did she get that statistics from? Wait a minute... Did she actually mention polio and ebola there?

Jaymima:
What? Where did she get that statistics from? Wait a minute... Did she actually mention polio and ebola there?

lol.

I wonder oooo

Open defecation is common in d north, folowed by south south, then east and west

Fake,unresearched statistics is becoming a trend these days

maxism2:
Open defecation is common in d north, folowed by south south, then east and west

guy, talk wetin you know. north and west comes first

asandigbo:
guy, talk wetin you know. north and west comes first

Of all things to argue about

asandigbo:
guy, talk wetin you know. north and west comes first

SORRY MA

maxism2:
SORRY MA

ok, dear

Haba. 80% of infections ke?

So true,cos it always find its way back to the water,and comes back to us..

But to mention polio,and ebola,I can't comprehend that.

Story story! but its bad to dat many dont hav access to gud convenience system in naija due to poverty

Polio and Ebola?