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Foreign AffairsRe: Israeli Minister Attacks Netanyahu Over Gaza Future: video by 72virginGATEWAY: 5:21pm On May 17, 2024
Destroy all slamming mohamudeen
PoliticsRe: Seun, Again, Regarding The Notorious NL Troller by 72virginGATEWAY: 5:12pm On May 17, 2024
helinues:
Create a new account and abandoned the one I am using because of a troller? Hell No

He has been the one going through the pain and stress of creating daily monikers for the trolling. My own is to dey report them

Imagine someone trolling me for over 6 years and still had the guts to be calling me jobless.

What radarada
Get a life
CrimeRe: Rev Fr. Gbuzuo Was Kidnapped After He Was Listed Among Top 10 Richest In Nigeria by 72virginGATEWAY: 4:39pm On May 17, 2024
PortHarcourtcit:
what do you mean? Was it helinues that kidnapped the Rev father? This allegation can put you behind Bars...
Shatap and advise the criminal to stop evil
PoliticsRe: Seun, Again, Regarding The Notorious NL Troller by 72virginGATEWAY: 4:31pm On May 17, 2024
Reality3080:
it’s annoying n those igbos are hypocrites

They can attack n bully anyone but they can’t take half of what they do to others

See their comments

When they bully it’s no big deal but no one must touch them
Seun mynd44 dominique justwise mukina fergie001

Rule 8 for false information

Rule 2 for labeling a tribe as evil

Rule 1 for name checking relating to crime
PoliticsRe: Seun, Again, Regarding The Notorious NL Troller by 72virginGATEWAY: 4:31pm On May 17, 2024
Reality3080:
u igbos started d madness

Imagine how u troll Tinubu?

Anyone trolling Peter obi today is reacting to how u igbos trolled tinubu

Just put yourself in tinubu shoes n see how stupid u sound
Seun mynd44 dominique justwise mukina fergie001

Rule 8 for false information

Rule 2 for labeling a tribe as evil

Rule 1 for name checking relating to crime
PoliticsRe: Pictures Of PDP Decampees, Dotun Babayemi & His Supporters In APC In Osogbo by 72virginGATEWAY: 4:25pm On May 17, 2024
Hungry people

Helinues come and meet your fellow owo mi bread ati naira people
PoliticsRe: No Shit How Jago, A Community In Oyo State, Is Going Open Defecation-free by 72virginGATEWAY: 4:21pm On May 17, 2024
God1blessBiafra:
If they don't have toilet,then where do they get toilet brooms they uses to prepare soup as I heard?
😂😂😂😂😂
EducationRe: SA Campuses Join US Student Protests In Solidarity With Palestine (PICS) by 72virginGATEWAY: 4:20pm On May 17, 2024
Lionessza6:
Mkpulimmiri addict , you're no Jew* just a self-hating nigger looking for a new identity because the slave-trading one has cast around the world grin. You are bended like prisoners the minute you enter different points of entries around the globe , that's what should worry you grin
Nation of apes
PoliticsRe: No Shit How Jago, A Community In Oyo State, Is Going Open Defecation-free by 72virginGATEWAY: 4:20pm On May 17, 2024
WaleBuraimoh:
Most of Oyo state still practises open defecation, but one progressive community is investing in toilets – and seeing public health dividends.

"There is no shit, there is no shit in Jago! There is no shit, there is no shit again! I walked around, no shit, no shit. I search around, no shit, no shit. I turned around, no shit, no shit! So therefore, no shit again in Jago," sang a jubilant chorus of community members one overcast Thursday as they welcomed a group of visiting journalists.

Jago, in Ona Ara Local Government Area (LGA), part of Nigeria's southwestern Oyo state, has earned its bragging rights: after a concerted public sanitation and toilet-building campaign, the community is well on its way to calling itself free of open defecation.

Downstream trouble
"Six months ago, I didn't know what a toilet looks like," said Pastor Ode John, a 35-year-old farmer from Jago. "I grew up defecating in the open. Our forefathers did it, so we follow suit. We would go to the bush whenever we want to defecate. After defecating, we would look for a leaf, to clean up.

"If it is too dark for us to go to the bush, we would dig up a hole at our backyard and defecate. That was our way of life."

Open defecation remains the norm across most of Oyo. A 2021 report, the WASH National Outcome Routine Mapping or WASHNORM, indicated that only 29.2% of the population of the state had access to even basic sanitation services. Some 53.7% of the population practised open defecation, while 43% of the population used unimproved toilet facilities.

If the evidence is clear that open defecation causes serious public health risks, the connection is not necessarily obvious to the people who practise it.

A few years ago, an outbreak of vomiting and diarrhoea hit Jago's kids. "My son was affected. We blamed it on the food he ate a night before the incident," Ode recalled.

The child's diarrhoea lasted for a week, Ode said. "I had to rush my son to the hospital, because he was so weak and I feared he could die. I spent almost half of my savings that year, before he could get better."

Monday Johnson, WASH specialist with UNICEF for Nigeria's South West Zone, told VaccinesWork that this is a common story in communities that practise open defecation.

"When faeces are left out in the open, rainwater washes them to the nearest water source, which for the Jago community is a creek, where they collect water to cook and wash clothes. They believe they have left the excrement in the bush, but it has found its way into their house and stomach," Johnson explained.

Diarrhoeal disease often follows, affecting mainly young kids. Those outbreaks usually have ranging knock-on effects. "The parents, especially the mother, in particular, won't be able to take action once this occurs. She will be caring for her child at home, therefore she won't be able to go to work. Economic activities are truncated, as the parents would use the small money they had saved on treatment.

"Open defecation is not something we should take lightly, because at the end of the day, it is going to affect the family, the child's health and education. Several studies have shown that open defecation can lead to disease outbreaks like cholera, reduced school attendance, stunting, wasting, malnutrition, poor productivity and loss of GDP," Johnson said.

Changing the narrative
Oyo's leadership seems to have heard that message. The statewide goal is to end open defecation by 2028, explained Obafemi Titilayo, director of sanitation at the Oyo State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA).

A roadmap, launched in July 2022 by the Oyo state government with support from UNICEF, spells out what this will entail. Titilayo describes the main thrust of the plan: "The strategic objective of Oyo State Open Defecation Free (ODF) plan is to eliminate open defecation and ensure equitable sanitation and hygiene (including handwashing) services for all by 2028 in households, institutions (schools, health facilities, workplaces) and public places in all urban, small-town, and rural communities of the state."

Eighty million nairas (US$ 192,368 in July 2022) has been pooled by the state government and UNICEF, Titilayo said, to be loaned to households at a 9% interest rate – approximately half of the benchmark interest rate set by Nigeria's central bank – for the construction of sanitation facilities.

At a UNICEF-convened event in October on the WASH situation in the state, Titilayo summarised the state of play in Egbeda and Ona Ara, the two Oyo LGAs selected for the pilot phase of the statewide effort.

"The two LGAs have 22 wards with about 1,285 communities. Four hundred and four communities are ODF-claiming and ready for certification (Egbeda 254 and Ona Ara 150). Twelve toilet business owners and 36 masons have been trained and are actively constructing household toilets across the triggered wards of the two LGAs, which has seen 473 toilets constructed," she said. Many more communities are under Oyo State RUWASSA monitoring.

Embracing the initiative
The tide may be turning, but Baale Olusegun Oparinde, head of Jago community, says Jago cannot yet call itself completely open defecation-free. "I may have done the right thing by constructing a toilet in my home, but [some of] my people still practise open defecation. It pains me so much, because I have seen how our children are missing school because of diarrhoea; how my people are struggling to treat themselves due to diseases that could be prevented with proper toilets," he said.

When officials of the Oyo state government came to Jago community, Baale said he quickly keyed into the initiative. "I ensured funds are available for my people to construct the toilet and I also stand as a guarantor for them, which is one of the requirements to access the 80 million nairas pooled together by our state government and UNICEF."

Presently, almost all the households have installed Satopan – a simple plastic attachment that can convert any pit latrine into a sanitary toilet. But this shift didn't happen overnight. Oparinde says he had to deploy diverse means to convince his people to buy into the initiative.

Carrot and stick method
Yellow Othuigbe, a native of Togo who migrated to Jago community 40 years ago, told VaccinesWork that it costs 60,000 to 70,000 nairas (US$ 68–78) to instal a Satopan. "That is huge money for us. We are mostly farmers in this village. Though our Baale told us that if we construct the Satopan in our homes, our children won't fall sick from diarrhoea again, we could not just come to terms with the fact that we would have to pay back the money."

Following his efforts to educate his community members about the advantages of building a toilet in their compound, Baale Oparinde claims he had to use a "carrot and stick" strategy, promising rewards to those who build their own and threatening to have the homes of those who refuse to build theirs locked up.

"That really helped most of them to construct their toilet. Today, the majority of them have paid back the money. As for those who are yet to complete their payment, they are paying according to the financial capability – no pressure. For those who cannot afford it at all, we, the community members, are raising funds for them. Presently, I have paid for the construction of four toilets for those who cannot afford it. While the Oyo state government is targeting open defecation-free status by 2028, we are targeting 2024," Oparinde disclosed.

"We have now seen the importance of defecating in the toilet. For the past eight months, none of my family members have fallen ill to diarrhoea. Though we gave our Baale a tough time, we are grateful to him for not giving up on us," Pastor Ode John stated.

Othuigbe, who was initially daunted by the high cost of constructing his toilet, said, "I finally paid my money. It wasn't difficult as I envisaged. Seeing my children growing healthier motivated me. I applaud the Baale of Jago community for standing by us, to achieve this giant stride in the community."

The next step
"While our community is [almost] free, neighbouring communities still practise the menace," Othuigbe said. The elders at Jago community are now going from one village to another to sensitise them on the importance of embracing the ODF initiative.

"We are doing this for free and our message is simple: we tell them why they are always sick and what they must do to change the narrative. It is working, as many communities are now constructing their toilets. We hope that before 2028, the whole Oyo state will be free of open defecation," Othuigbe stated.

https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/no-sh-how-jago-going-open-defecation-free
Hahahaha 😂
EducationRe: SA Campuses Join US Student Protests In Solidarity With Palestine (PICS) by 72virginGATEWAY: 4:18pm On May 17, 2024
Lionessza6:
LMFAO. Mr Biafran stop hiding behind Israel, you aren't from there , those white men can speak for themselves, stand for your Biafran where women get lynched for trading on a Monday grin
Animal nation

A nation that fought every other African that stood for them in solidarity.

Animals
BusinessRe: Trending; Nigerian Naira Conversations Rate Now.. by 72virginGATEWAY: 4:17pm On May 17, 2024
Jagaban2012:
Obi Peter will soon comment on this on his X account....he has all the time like some jobless youth here on nairaland to comment on nonsense news headlines
Nama

Na your mama when dey go market I dey pity because na she dey feel impact of high rise of currency

Not jobless grown men like you and helinues depending and stressing your parents
BusinessRe: Trending; Nigerian Naira Conversations Rate Now.. by 72virginGATEWAY: 4:15pm On May 17, 2024
Trendhunter:
I have clicked on the link...
Reply me
That is a scam link
EducationRe: SA Campuses Join US Student Protests In Solidarity With Palestine (PICS) by 72virginGATEWAY: 4:13pm On May 17, 2024
Lionessza6:
LMFAO. Then go and die there like a dog; that's your destiny as a Biafran, your life is value-lesss both home and abroad grin. And yes, Jews* would never acknowledge as their buddy, just another useless Marxist whom they can use and dispose of when they are done .
Mandela achievement is now a shadow even his own house electric bills are now too much.


Animal nation

Will you say the same for Israel?
EducationRe: SA Campuses Join US Student Protests In Solidarity With Palestine (PICS) by 72virginGATEWAY: 4:10pm On May 17, 2024
Fuckyoumod:
South Africans are animals! They stand for nothing, South Africa is a xenophobic country.

They are animals from caves and forest of zulu
A black monkey nation.
EducationRe: SA Campuses Join US Student Protests In Solidarity With Palestine (PICS) by 72virginGATEWAY: 4:10pm On May 17, 2024
YesDaddyTill203:
Zero IQ mumu, Bihger empires have fallen not to talk of a country that's been guided and funded by another country. Fvck Israel.
Borrow some sense kid.
Another angry black jihadist

Let me tell you Israel is not south Africa where you commit crime and hide in a refuse dump to consume hard drugs till your face change o.

They will find you, kill your Mohamed, dig deeper kill the person Mohamed prays to, then come back and send you to oblivion
EducationRe: SA Campuses Join US Student Protests In Solidarity With Palestine (PICS) by 72virginGATEWAY: 4:08pm On May 17, 2024
Lionessza6:
LMFAO. Bouncing up and down like a typical ipob member grin. Biafra will never exist and you will never see a Igbo boy become the president of Nigeria grin. You must forever agitate and scream in foreign prisons as that is your destiny. You are non-entities in Nigeria even minority groups can produce a president before you loudies and chest beaters , which shows how irrelevant you are in the national discourse.
Yen yen yen

Jews are many in Israel yet they don't sniff rocket fuel and consume nyope like the black monkey with Vodafone network 😭
EducationRe: SA Campuses Join US Student Protests In Solidarity With Palestine (PICS) by 72virginGATEWAY: 4:04pm On May 17, 2024
Lionessza6:
LMFAO. I know you must be a bitter flattino grin. A jew wannabe. The homeless idiots running around the world filling up jail cells whilst claiming a fake Jewish identity out of self hate . Oh , I'm really happy in my *shark* grin....why are the other Africans happy in their mansions ?
I prefer to die on the street of Israel like a dog

Than live in a racist and evil criminal infested South Africa like a prince
EducationRe: SA Campuses Join US Student Protests In Solidarity With Palestine (PICS) by 72virginGATEWAY: 4:03pm On May 17, 2024
YesDaddyTill203:
Blind hypocrite. When thr same thing happens to you and you will crying and wailing to the US, UN ans and others to come to your rescue.
Wailing wailer

Israel can never fall
EducationRe: SA Campuses Join US Student Protests In Solidarity With Palestine (PICS) by 72virginGATEWAY: 4:01pm On May 17, 2024
Lionessza6:
Mkpulimmiri addict , the *Jews *whose arse you lick everyday would never see you as a fellow Jew* no matter how much you try to please them grin. Not even their visa you would get, let alone admission into their circles. They will only use you as their street thugs and slaves as they have always done. You're nothing but a weapon to them not the friend you think you are .
After screaming free free Palestine your next line with be white leave out beloved land.

But them no help because Mandela who was supposed to beg African countries to help in the next phase of protest wailing is chilling in the grave with his own nyope
CrimeRe: Rev Fr. Gbuzuo Was Kidnapped After He Was Listed Among Top 10 Richest In Nigeria by 72virginGATEWAY: 3:57pm On May 17, 2024
Helinues will money from this kind of job sustain you ?

Why not release the innocent man and get a job
PoliticsRe: Why Is There A Ban On Foreigners Sending Money To Nigeria Via Western Union Gen by 72virginGATEWAY: 3:56pm On May 17, 2024
helinues:
Government should instruct all banks to be paying Naira when receiving the likes of Western Union, money gram.

They are one of the factors putting unnecessary pressure on Naira as those who normally receive money through the likes of Western Union received dollar when picking the money
No matter even if the government ban everything including your preferred barbing saloon where you steal swarve clippers to survive.

If you don't work you no go chop

Come and be useful now
PoliticsRe: Seun, Again, Regarding The Notorious NL Troller by 72virginGATEWAY: 3:54pm On May 17, 2024
Yorubafather:
The woman is a strong person and sad she was blessed with useless person as a son
That stupid man boy made the first and second father to sneak out like a rouge and run away.

This third one is not living with him and his mother with his daughter.

The ,man is a police officer his name is kunle, a yellow albino
PoliticsRe: Instead Of Peter Obi In 2027 Let The Power Return To The North by 72virginGATEWAY: 3:46pm On May 17, 2024
helinues:
Greeting an elderly woman. Would you have expected him to slap her?
Be useful so be people will talk about you

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