By Mansur Danjuma Sanchi
The National Task Group on Sanitation NTGS has declared Shanga Local Government Area of the State as Open Defecation Free, ODF.
This remarkable achievement bring the Local Government among the one hundred and twenty seven Local government areas in Nigeria with validation of ODF status.
This achievement is coming at a time when Governor Nasir Idris Kauran Gwandu is transforming the State by collaborating with different development partners who are contributing to the development of the State.
It could be recalled that Shanga is among the three Local governments of Bagudo and Arewa who are currently benefiting with Improved Water Sanitation and Hygiene, IWASH under UNICEF/USAID intervention project in the State.
The project enabled the three LGAs benefit much from the constructions and rehabilitations of solar motorized boreholes, construction of toilets, construction of water pump boreholes as well as training and retraining of community volunteers as Village Level Operation and Maintenance VILOM for sustainability of the equipments.
In an efforts to ensure another achievement in the Kebbi, the State Commissioner for Water Resources, Alhaji Abdullahi Kaoje and General Manager of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, RUWASSA, Eng Adamu Shehu are planning to invite National Task Group on Sanitation NTGS for Validation of Bagudo Local Government Area of the State.
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