Nigeria, July 8 -- The Ekiti State Government has set 2021 as the target for the eradication of open defecation in the state.

The state Commissioner for Public Utilities and Infrastructure, Bamidele Faparusi, disclosed this to journalists in Ado Ekiti on Monday at the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations Children Endowment Fund (UNICEF).

Mr Faparusi said the memorandum with UNICEF was reached following the damning report that Ekiti was the second in open defecation practice in the country.

He said UNICEF had used Ekiti West and Gboyin local governments for the pilot scheme and that the two councils have almost recorded zero open defecation, following the provision of low-cost toilet facility at every househo...