Lagos Boosts Sanitation Infrastructure, Approves 200 New Public Toilets to End Open Defecation

The Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to expanding safe, accessible, and sustainable sanitation infrastructure across the state, with a renewed focus on ending open defecation through the construction of additional public toilets.

The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, represented by the Managing Director of the Lagos State Advertising and Signage Agency, Prince Fatiu Akinolu, said the state remained committed to achieving an open defecation-free Lagos in line with the national 2030 target.

Wahab announced recent efforts aimed at expanding toilet infrastructure, stating that the present administration had approved the construction of an additional twenty public toilets, comprising ten units each, bringing the total to two hundred units to be added to the existing one thousand seven hundred and ten toilets located across the state.

He added that the state was determined to strengthen the Lagos State Wastewater Management Office to enhance its capacity to manage faecal sludge efficiently.