Zamfara govt,committed to end open defecation,collaborates with UNICEF, FCDO.
Editor The Zamfara State Government in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), have intensified efforts on sustainable sanitation in the State. The state government has reaffirmed it commitment towards achieving a Sustainable Open Defecation Free Zamfara State,saying sustainable sanitation goes beyond ending open defecation. The collaborative have organized capacity building programme for traditional pit emptiers and faecal sludge evacuators across four Local Government Areas (LGAs): Anka, Bukkuyum, Kaura Namoda and Maru in the state. Speaking on behalf of the Zamfara State Government, the Programme Manager of the Zamfara State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWATSAN), Dr Abubakar Nasir Galadima represented by the Director of Sanitation, reaffirmed the government's commitment towards achieving a Sustainable Open Defecation Free Zamfara State. He emphasised that ach...