What We are Doing
National Targets on Sanitation vs. Current Progress
Two Million Toilets
Nigeria needs to add two million toilets per year between 2019 and 2025 to achieve the target of Universal Basic Sanitation.
Improved Toilets
Nigeria's current delivery of improved toilet is approximately 160,000 per year.
What are Nigeria's Priorities
Sanitation
Sanitation and hygiene promotion and awareness promotion
What the Government is Doing
The Nigerian Government has made some progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 6 and eliminating inequalities in the WASH sector.
The Partnership for Expanded Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (PEWASH) Programme was formulated and launched in 2016 in direct response to the challenges affecting the rural WASH sector, with the aim of achieving 100% WASH coverage in rural areas.
The “Clean Nigeria: Use the Toilet” campaign to end open defecation is a key initiative that will reach many unserved populations
Sanitation financing mechanism, through the engagement of Micro Finance Institutions, Community-Based savings and loans schemes, as well as a Government Pool Fund, are also being used to make loans available for households, especially the rural poor, to construct improved toilets.
A National Village Level Operation Maintenance (VLOM) strategy for managing water supply facilities in all rural communities in Nigeria has been launched. National guidelines are also being drafted by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources to appropriately mainstream gender issues in WASH programming in the sector
The WASH National Outcome Routine Mapping survey disaggregates National WASH data across regions, sub-sectors, and household wealth, gender, literacy and disabilities status, and also explores equity and dignity indicators, such as gender-separate toilets for privacy in public institutions and safety of water systems and toilets for children and people living with disabilities.
What We Need
Political Commitment
Strong political commitment in leadership at all levels to improve sanitation and end open defecation; and increased budgetary allocation.
Media Support
Increased support from the media for the dissemination of behaviour change messages, institutional advocacy, and increased coverage of human interest stories on sanitation.
WASH Funding
Increased and well-targeted WASH funding at all levels, especially for rural areas.
Collaboration
Increased collaboration amongst development organizations and civil society organizations working to improve sanitation and end open defecation.
Private Sector Investments
Increased private sector engagement in the WASH sector through business investment and corporate citizenship and corporate social responsibility. And sanitation and hygiene awareness creation through branding and promotion.
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