20 Local Government Areas have received certificates of attaining Open Defecation Free (ODF) in Kano State, making a total of 26 local government councils certified as ODF.
The Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, who was awarded with the Great Achiever on the Open Defecation Campaign, said with the aggressive campaigns and putting more efforts other remaining local government councils would soon reached the ODF.
In a statement issued by Mustapha Muhammad, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, said 6 more local government areas are on the road to attain the ODF, added on the already 26 certified ODF councils.
“Kano would soon be Open Defecation Free State,” the Governor said.
Abba Kabir Yusuf, represented by his Deputy, Comrade Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, has shown concern in the Open Defecation Campaign, providing laterines and other sanitary materials to keep Kano clean and stop the open Defecation in totality.
Earlier on, the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr, Richard Pheelangwah, said Clean Nigeria Campaign is part of the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
He called on all the state governments to give maximum support and political will to get rid of open defecation across the country.
The Commissioner of Rural and Community Development, Honourable Abdulkadir Abdussalam, stated that Abba Kabir Yusuf’s led administration is winning the campaign on open defecation.
In his good will message, the commissioner of health, Dr Abubakar Labaran Yusuf said the successes recorded on the open defecation campaigns has reduce the cases of waterborne diseases in Kano.
Open Defecation Campaign is a global campaign to stop people from defecating on the streets or any place; except in the toilets.
Any local government council or state that attains the ODF, it means over 95 percent of the people in the areas are not defecating outside.
Featuring at the event is the presentation of the certificates to the 20 Local government councils and award to the Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, as the Great Achiever on the Open Defecation Free Campaign.
