Lara Adejoro Following an increase in the number of deaths an cases of cholera, the Federal Government has enjoined Nigerians to imbibe good personal environmental hygiene to curb further spread across the country. The advice was given by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Environment, Mahmud Kambari at an event held ahead of the 2024 National Environmental Sanitation Day in Piwoyi, a suburb community in the Federal Capital Territory. The National Environmental Sanitation Day is held on June 28 yearly to create adequate awareness of the significance of personal and environmental hygiene among Nigerians.
Kambari who was represented by the Director of Pollution Control and Environmental Health in the Ministry, Olubunmi Olusanya said the purpose is to create awareness among the Nigerian populace on the importance of sanitation practices as a veritable means of controlling and preventing communicable diseases. He said, “Currently in the country, we are faced with the challenge of a cholera outbreak as you all know is caused by bacteria infection, which is spread through contaminated water or food as a result of unhygienic practices. “For us to stop this, we need to embed good environmental sanitation practices, for example, open defecation is one of the primary causes of cholera.
” He stated that the government will continue to partner with the community to ensure that the community is adequately clean. “Open defecation is one of the primary causes of cholera bef.
