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The Executive Director, Poly Products, Lagos, Mr. Pavan Gwalani on Thursday said Lagos state needs 5,000 mobile toilets to eliminate the menace of open defecation. Gwalani, in an interview in Lagos, said: “With a population of almost 20 million people, 5,000 mobile toilets should serve about 40 people daily.“ He, however, urged stricter sanctions which he said would greatly reduce ...

The Nigerian Senate has called on Federal, State, and Local Governments to construct more public toilets to battle the growing scourge of open defecation in the country. The upper legislative chamber said it was not enough to complain or acknowledge the rise in open defecation, but that practical action must be taken to solve the problem. The appeal by the ...