48m Nigerians defecate in the Open

The Nigeria WASH sector has made modest progress in the last couple of years, with the presidential declaration of a state of emergency in the WASH sector and the national flag-off of the clean Nigeria campaign towards achieving an open defecation free (ODF) Nigeria by 2025. However, as revealed by the 2021 WASHNORM report, about 48 million Nigerians still defecate in the open.

Source: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene National Outcome Routine Mapping Report 2021. A report of findings