Agency aims to provide 1,000 toilets in Abuja to combat open defecation
The organization declared that it would deliver water to communities in some communities in Abuja that experience problems with their water supply.
Usman Sunday, a representative of the agency, revealed this during a town hall meeting with FCT residents in Abaji, Abuja, that was organized by the Hipcity Foundation in collaboration with the MacArthur Foundation.
He noted, “Our agency is in the process of carrying out a baseline survey on the water on those communities that have water to determine those that are functional, those that can be repaired, and those that can have new ones. The agency is a collaboration with others to construct toilets in parks, marketplaces, gardens and where people gather so that people will not practice open defecation.
“Our responsibility is how to provide water to the communities while the communities’ response is how to construct their household toilets and use them.”
In his remarks, the Federal Capital Territory's Abaji Area Council's Speaker, Haruna Farouk, reaffirmed the council's commitment to meeting the area's residents' most basic requirements.
He stated, “We have the budget for 2023, and all that they mentioned are already captured in the budget. The chairman is a working type, and I am sure he will do all that is possible to take care of the drainages, bad roads, and open defecation.
“All the complaints raised by the people of Abaji area council are on our table, and we have prepared to go round the ten wards to see things for ourselves even.
“On the area of priority, I have given out scholarships to some pupils in the area council, and I am going to do more.”
References
Punchng, 'Open defecation: Agency targets 1,000 toilets in Abuja' (online, 2022) <https://punchng.com/open-defecation-agency-targets-1000-toilets-in-abuja/>.
