Kano State To Implement FG’s Roadmap To Tackle Open Defecation

The Kano State Government says it remained committed
to ensuring effective implementation of Federal
Government’s roadmap on curbing open defecation in the
country.

Alhaji Abdullahi Sadiq, the Director, Water, Kano State
Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA),
gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency
of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Thursday.
He said the state government was determined to
implement the roadmap to check the ugly trend which had
become a source of serious concern for the government.
“The Federal Government developed the roadmap and
distributed the template to various states for
implementation by the respective state governments,” he
said.
He explained that states were expected to construct
public conveniences at market places, motor parks and
other public places as part of measures to check
indiscriminate open defecation across the country based
on the roadmap.
However, Sadiq attributed the delay in the implementation
of the roadmap in the state to the fact that it was capital
intensive, pointing out that without the support of the
federal government, the desired objective may not be
achieved early.
“We realised that the roadmap is capital intensive hence
the urgent need for the federal government to come to
the aid of states towards that direction,” the official said.
Sadiq urged the federal government to address the
problem which is threatening environmental health in the
state in particular and the country at large.
(NAN)