Although Our country is awash with landlords who build houses with little or no provision for toilets and tenants and citizen who simply don’t like using them India and not Nigeria is the world’s capital of open defecation according to the world Health Organization.
A previous post tend to assume that that Nigeria leads the world in this unenviable menace but available data paints a different picture. Even though the country is the most populated nation on the African continent Ethiopia with 38 million people practicing Open defecation is the top in Africa when it comes to open defecation according to the World health organization WHO.
There are several unwanted consequences of open defecation some of which we have witnessed this year with a cholera outbreak that claimed the lives of thousands, as a nation that prides itself as the wealthiest black nation on the planet there is an urgent need for us to improve sanitation and hygiene.
Nigeria made the top ten on the list mainly because
1. Our school management make no room for cleaning toilets as such our toilets although available are themselves disease spreading spots because its either there is no water or it is constantly dirty or unkempt.
2. Our Landlords in their greed build 30 rooms but only make provision for 2 – 3 toilets to serve close to 100 people
3. Our shops , markets and shopping plaza make little or no room for convenience where they are available maintenance is a disaster
4. Our youths especially men have become accustomed to zipping and unzipping anywhere to discharge feacal matter
5. Our women have learnt the terrible habit of dumping sanitary pads in WC which leads to the blockage of toilet system and constrain others to use the bush.
6. Some of our people just love to defecate in the open without recourse to the health consequences of doing so.


Global Statistics on Open Defecation
1. India (626 million)
2. Indonesia (63 million)
3. Pakistan (40 million)
4. Ethiopia (38 million)
5. Nigeria (34 million)
6. Sudan (19 million)
7. Nepal (15 million)
8. China (14 million)
9. Niger (12 million)
10 Burkina Faso (9.7 million)
11. Mozambique (9.5 million)
12. Cambodia (8.6 million).
Source : http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/monitoring/jmp2012/fast_facts/en/


Open defecation increases the risk of disease and child mortality, in many cases it doubles or triples the cost of health care promoting poverty by increasing lack. If we must remove Nigeria from the list of nations where Open defecation and related diseases is widespread then legislation must be put in place to punish landlords and schools heads and others who by their actions and inaction's promote disease and open defecation practices .As citizens there is the need for all to join hands together with local health authorities and development partners like the WHO and UNICEF to eradicate this menace from our country

We must stop making headlines for all the wrong reasons, Eradicating Open Defecation in Nigeria is Possible.


Source: http://www.publichealth.com.ng/open-defecation-india-indonesia-pakistan-ethiopia-and-nigeria-top-list/

Dis country self,always appearing among top 10 Nations in every negative news.
But if it's a positive news ehh! it will be nowhere to be found.
What type of useless country is this nah

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Wow can't believe am the First To Comment, isn't that great, I dedicate this FTC to all the beautiful people of Nairaland u guys are too mush

Chai! Cry my beloved Country.

This has been known.

It's only because Nigerians are too stupid to ask question that they assume that every bad is exclusively Nigerian or that Nigeria is the worst for everything.

Abegi, Its better we are painted No. 1 so the relevant Government agencies can sit up.

Federal & Public Schools - No functioning Toilets
Most Public Parks, Gardens, Centers - No or poorly maintained Toilets

Lets not justify nonsense.
Thank God for Fast Food Restaurants and Banks , if not person go don ....

Btw i agree with your 6 points, particularly No 4. Guys don't try. They just bring that thing out anywhere anytime. No culture. The one i HATE most sef is spitting publicly.

Thank God

Exactly, OP

There was even a documentary on it on BBC years ago

Nigeria isn't as bad as that jare

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Please I want to know...Who are the people counting people that shitt in public?

because "Slum dog millionaire"

See? We arent that bad.

which kind toilet be this..

One thing I know is that whether or not it is the capital of open defication, no one can deny it is the capital of Flat Heads, while China comes in as a distant second.

Nigeria how many times i go call your name

And those wicked Indians will come and acting like God in Nigeria, as if thier country is better than ours....... I don't blame them though

expensiveguyman:
Dis country self, always appear among top 10 Nations in every negative news.
But if it's a positive news ehh! it will be nowhere to be found.
What a useless nation

You dumbass. Did you even read the article or look at the list of nations?

We

Too much pepper for food too de cause poopoo wallahi, ask my Southwest blothers, them know


But India too much abeg, 3x population of Nigeria de defecate for open space Shooooooor

Ehn, nigeria still follows

Nigerians are dirty normally, no surprises.

Rick9:
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Wow can't believe am the First To Comment, isn't that great, I dedicate this FTC to all the beautiful people of Nairaland u guys are too mush

Baba...which first to comment

Afonjas are the reason why we qualify to participate in this competition

drey22:
MY COUNTRY ALWAYS IN THE NEWS FOR BAD REASONS.

Where did we get it wrong?

Dear Nigeria, I pray from today you will rise to your true position.

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Which like and Amen?. Unlike and Godforbid

Rick9:
Funny


Wow can't believe am the First To Comment, isn't that great, I dedicate this FTC to all the beautiful people of Nairaland u guys are too mush

I pity u

9ja??

Na badt tn dm dey alway dey top