Lagos State Government […] unveiled one solar-powered toilet project recently constructed for the use of its residents living in Lekki.
The government also approved more than 100 of the same projects for rural communities across the state.
Speaking during an inspection tour, Commissioner for Rural Development, Prince Lanre Balogun, explained that the state government chose the projects because most people in Lagos communities “are defecating the environment because they do not have toilets.”
He added that the lack of toilet facilities in different Lagos communities informed the state government’s decision to build the communal toilet powered by solar energy to serve the community. He said: “In this area, people defecate in the open environment, this is bad. These solar-powered toilets, if properly maintained, could last for 25 years. It is of the same standard you can get anywhere in the world.”
Source: Gboyega Akinsanmi, This Day / allAfrica.com, 10 Sep 2009
Lagos —
Sanitation Updates 