An ex-Corps member, Josiah Undoemi Living, says he built a four-modern water system toilet for a secondary school in Dange Shuni local government area of Sokoto within five months.
Living, who just completed his NYSC, said the facility represents his contribution to fight against open defecation in the country. He lamented that students defecated in the bushes, which according to him “is not safe in many ways and mostly unhygienic”.
On what motivated the project, he alleged that students miss classes as a result of this state dysfunction, adding that he was inspired to construct the toilet to “reinstate normalcy in the school system”.
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Meanwhile, a global survey has identified Nigeria as the second in the world among countries where open defecation is prevalent. Only India is ranked worse than Nigeria in the Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH NORM) survey conducted by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The Nigerian Ministry of Water Resources and National Bureau of Statistics took part in the Nigerian survey, an official said.
Apart from Nigeria, five other African countries are among the worst 10 where open defecation is prevalent. They include Ethiopia (third), Niger (seventh), Sudan (eighth), Chad (ninth) and Mozambique (tenth)…”
Living said the project, which cost N308,000, was executed in partnership with some generous individuals in the community, who contributed immensely towards the completion of the project.
The Corps member, Josiah Undoemi Living, with the state code: Code SO/20B/0231, hails from Bayelsa State. He graduated from the Niger Delta University, Amasoma.
