By Adeniyi Adedoyin
The Ogun State government has criminalized open urination and defecation in line with SDG Goal 6.
The State Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Ola Oresanya made the announcement, while handing over four new public toilets with bio-digesters to various communities in the border towns of Berger, Isheri, Warewa and Magboro; along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, as part of programme to commemorate this year's World Toilet Day.
The toilets which brings to twenty, the number of public toilets in the area and eighty statewide, is to put a permanent stop to open defecation and make the state open defecation free.
Oresanya, said criminalizing open urination and defecation in the state aside aiding the attainment of SDG Goal 6, which involves water accessibility, sanitation and hygiene for all, signals the commencement of massive enforcement and tough punishments for offenders of open defecation in the state.
These, he said will further enhance aesthetic beauty of the environment and promote the well-being of the residents.
On his part, Adeyinka Oyediran who partnered with the State government to build the Magboro public toilet, said the toilet will not only eradicate open defecation, but also reduce communicable diseases in the area.
Also speaking, Abdulmalik Audu, a trader from Kara market enjoined those in the market to patronize the toilet situated in the area and stop the open defecation which the state government is determined to eradicate for a more conducive environment.
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