Some council chairmen and stakeholders in Lagos State yesterday, warned residents against open defecation, insisting that offenders would be punished.

They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews that open defecation could be dangerous and could be the easiest way to contact diseases.

NAN recalls that the Federal Government on September 12 said the country required more than 20 million toilet facilities to combat open defecation. Mrs Chizoma Opara, the Deputy Director of the “Clean Nigeria: Use the Toilet” campaign, Federal Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation, corroborated this in an event in Lagos.

The Chairman, Ikorodu Local Government, Mr Wasiu Adesina, said he would punish anyone caught indulging in the act. Adesina urged residents to adhere to the council’s sanitation rules, adding that his administration had built 20 more public toilets to complement existing ones.

Also, Mr Kazeem Sulaimon, the Chairman, Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area (LCDA), urged residents to continue to imbibe good sanitary practices to avert outbreak of diseases.

Mr Lateef Rasheed, the Chairman, Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Badagry, also urged government to ensure that every house and business centres had convenient toilets and to enforce it.

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