Dayo OjerindeThe Brand Manager, Hypo Toilet Cleaner, Akintayo Akinseloyin, has called for an end to open defecation in Nigeria. Akinseloyin, in a statement on Monday, said there was the need for the government at all levels to educate Nigerians on behavioural change towards using safe toilets and eschewing open defecation. “We took the World Toilet Day sensitisation and awareness campaign to Berger, Oshodi and Ojo areas of Lagos State, offering free defecation service at these identified public facilities. The Director, Health Education, Lagos State Ministry of Health, Ms. Shola Hassan, commended the firm for partnering the state government in discouraging the culture of open defecation, unhygienic practice among the people thereby imbibe the habit of cleanliness, adding that hygiene should be considered and treated as an individual task. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.

Source: Punch November 23, 2020 23:03 UTC