{"id":145182,"date":"2025-01-06T21:52:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T20:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/governor-queries-officials-over-poor-sanitation-in-public-facilities"},"modified":"2025-01-06T23:01:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T22:01:46","slug":"governor-queries-officials-over-poor-sanitation-in-public-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/governor-queries-officials-over-poor-sanitation-in-public-facilities","title":{"rendered":"Governor queries officials over poor sanitation in public facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Governor of Jigawa State, Malam Umar Namadi, has called on authorities to prioritize improved sanitation in Primary Healthcare (PHC) centers and Local Government (LG) secretariats across the state.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the distribution of consumables and non-consumables to PHC facilities, the governor, represented by his Technical Adviser on Health, Malam Isah Surajo, raised concerns over the unhygienic state of some PHC clinics and LG offices, describing them as unsuitable for human use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sad reality is the poor hygiene in many of our public spaces, especially in health facilities and local government secretariats,\u201d the governor\u2019s representative stated.<\/p>\n<p>He further criticized the situation, adding, \u201cIt is troubling to visit secretariats and find offices where basic activities, such as sitting or drinking water, are impossible due to unsanitary conditions. It is your duty to ensure proper hygiene in these areas and other public facilities under your jurisdiction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Malam Surajo urged the Heads of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Departments in all 27 local government councils to go beyond the monthly environmental sanitation exercise, typically observed on the last Saturday of every month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSanitation should not be limited to one day a month; it must be a continuous process. Expand your activities to cover all public spaces and work with health facility managers to create cleaner environments,\u201d he advised.<\/p>\n<p>He warned that poor hygiene in public offices and health facilities poses significant health risks, particularly to children, as it increases their exposure to communicable diseases.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Governor of Jigawa State, Malam Umar Namadi, has called on authorities to prioritize improved sanitation in Primary Healthcare (PHC) centers and Local Government (LG) secretariats across the state. Speaking during the distribution of consumables and non-consumables to PHC facilities, the governor, represented by his Technical Adviser on Health, Malam Isah Surajo, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":145181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[708,15478,254,15477],"class_list":["post-145182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-jigawa","tag-malam-umar-namadi","tag-nigeria","tag-sanitation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Governor queries officials over poor sanitation in public facilities - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Governor of Jigawa State, Malam Umar Namadi, has called on authorities to prioritize improved sanitation in Primary ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/governor-queries-officials-over-poor-sanitation-in-public-facilities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Governor queries officials over poor sanitation in public facilities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Governor of Jigawa State, Malam Umar Namadi, has called on authorities to prioritize improved sanitation in Primary ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/governor-queries-officials-over-poor-sanitation-in-public-facilities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-06T20:52:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-06T22:01:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/sm_1736188276.90028.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"799\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/governor-queries-officials-over-poor-sanitation-in-public-facilities#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/governor-queries-officials-over-poor-sanitation-in-public-facilities\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Governor queries officials over poor sanitation in public facilities\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-06T20:52:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-06T22:01:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/governor-queries-officials-over-poor-sanitation-in-public-facilities\"},\"wordCount\":263,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/governor-queries-officials-over-poor-sanitation-in-public-facilities#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/01\/sm_1736188276.90028.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Jigawa\",\"Malam Umar Namadi\",\"Nigeria\",\"sanitation\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/governor-queries-officials-over-poor-sanitation-in-public-facilities#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/governor-queries-officials-over-poor-sanitation-in-public-facilities\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/governor-queries-officials-over-poor-sanitation-in-public-facilities\",\"name\":\"Governor queries officials over poor sanitation in public facilities - 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