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Defecation
Dutse, Oct. 19, 2016 (NAN) The Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of Jigawa says United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has classified it top on the list of areas fighting open defecation in the State.
Information Officer in the council, Alhaji Mustafa Namadi, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Dutse on Wednesday.
Namadi said UNICEF’s representative in the area, Malam Bala Adam, announced the status during the 2016 World Hand Washing Day in the area.
According to Namadi, UNICEF is conducting anti open defecation campaign in 277 villages and communities of the council.
He said the organisation conferred the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the council, Malam Adamu Garba, with National Ambassador of Environmental Sanitation.
He stressed that the council also attached seriousness to provision of potable water and environmental sanitation. (NAN)
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Edited by Deji Abdulwahab/Idahosa Asowata