Yes, we can be open defecation-free by 2030

In 2019, former President Muhammadu Buhari signed Executive Order 009, titled “The Open Defecation-Free Nigeria by 2025 and Other Related Matters Order”. With this, the government set its mind on ensuring that no Nigerian would go to the toilet in the open by the year 2025. At that time, 47 million Nigerians engaged in open defecation. Now, we are in 2026, and 46 million Nigerians still defecate in the open. So, the government shifted the…