Gombe targets end to open defecation across state

The Gombe State Government has stepped up efforts to extremity unfastened defecation, with the Commissioner for Water Resources, Nasiru Adamu Degri, directing the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, RUWASSA, to guarantee that each section authorities areas, LGAs, and Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, attain Open Defecation-Free, ODF, status.

Degri gave the directive connected Thursday erstwhile helium received the absorption of RUWASSA during a familiarisation gathering with agencies, projects and programmes nether the Ministry of Water Resources.

The commissioner described the ODF certification of Dukku, Shongom and Nafada LGAs arsenic a important accomplishment successful the state's efforts to amended sanitation and nationalist health.

He urged the bureau to physique connected the advancement and widen the certification to each section authorities and assembly improvement country successful Gombe.

Degri said: “The certification of Dukku, Shongom and Nafada LGAs arsenic Open Defecation-Free is simply a important accomplishment that volition fortify the authorities government's thrust towards improved sanitation and nationalist health.”

He further charged RUWASSA to intensify its activities to guarantee that the remaining section councils attain the aforesaid status.

The commissioner besides assured the bureau of his committedness to sustaining practice and effectual partnerships, portion emphasising the value of transparency, owed process, integrity and due documentation successful implementing authorities programmes.

Earlier, RUWASSA's Gen...