According to World Health Organization, 2.0 billion people still do not have basic sanitation facilities such as toilets or latrines. Of these, 673 million still defecate in the open, for example in street gutters, behind bushes or into open bodies of water.
In Africa, the situation of open defecation remains one of the most talked of banes as the UN estimates that 60 percent of the population do not have access to decent toilet facilities. This has contributed to the spread of bacterial diseases such as cholera, diarrhea and polio infections.
120,000 Nigerians including 60,000 children under age 5 die annually due to cholera outbreaks, typhoid and diarrhoea caused mainly by poor water and sanitation.
Open defecation is one of the greatest contributor to violence against girls and women in rural, riverine, and semi-urban areas.
Nigeria losses N455 billion annually due to poor sanitation.
47 Million (1 in 4) Nigerians defecate in the open.
Only 12% of markets and motor parks in Nigeria have access to toilets and only a few have hand washing facilities in them.
32 million Nigerians are using unimproved toilets and do not have access to clean water and proper sanitation.
