Only 4 % of markets and motor parks have access to basic gender-sensitive water, sanitation and hygiene services

• Only 4 % of markets and motor parks have access to basic gender-sensitive water, sanitation and hygiene services
• 13 % of markets and motor parks have basic gender-sensitive water supply and sanitation services
• About 33 % of markets and motor parks have access to basic water supply services
• Access for markets and motor parks in urban areas is 41%, while in rural areas is 25% Tube wells/boreholes were the predominant water supply sources, constituting about half of all improved water sources in markets and motor parks

Access to WASH Services in Public Places in Nigeria

• Only 20 % of the markets and motor parks have improved water supply facilities within their premises that are accessible to People living with disabilities
• Only 17 % of markets and motor parks have access to basic sanitation services.
• Access for markets and motor parks in urban areas are (28 %), while those in rural areas (11 %)
• The predominant latrine type in markets and motor parks are the flush and pour-flush systems constituting 57 % of all toilet facilities
• Only 8 % of markets and motor parks have access to basic hygiene services with only13 % having handwashing facilities by the toilet blocks One in five markets and motor parks (20 %) have improved and usable toilets that are cleaned at least once every day
• Only 36 % of markets and motor parks have dedicated committees to serve as custodians and caretakers of WASH facilities in public places

Source: Water Sanitation and Hygiene National Outcome Routine Mapping (WASHNORM) survey, 2021

The survey is a collaboration between the Federal Ministry of Water Resource and the National Bureau of Statistics with support from UNICEF, the World Bank, WHO and other development partners.