The Federal Government has revealed plans to commence the prosecution of open defection offenders in the Federal Capital Territory FCT.
The minister of FCT Malam Muhammad Bello, disclosed this at the World Toilet Day celebration organised by Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) on Thursday in Abuja.
Represented by Dr Bawuro Yahaya, AEPB Board Chairman, Bello said that the AEPB Act was being reviewed to achieve the prosecution.
The theme for 2019 World Toilet Day is “Toilet for All” Leaving no one behind.
He said that the FCT Administration was committed to addressing OD and general sanitation challenges in the FCT in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s declaration of state of emergency on water, sanitation and hygiene in the country.
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He said that the territory had put in place a ministerial committee saddled with the responsibility to come up with modalities for the provision of additional toilet facilities.
He called on all stakeholders to key into the renewed drive of the administration to ensure that no one was left behind in the quest to end open defecation in the FCT.
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