{
  "id": 19832862,
  "title": "Gombe targets end to open defecation across state",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/gombe-targets-end-to-open-defecation-across-state",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-13T15:38:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/11/13/gombe-targets-end-to-open-defecation-across-state/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Gombe State Government has intensified its efforts to eradicate open defecation, with the Commissioner for Water Resources, Nasiru Adamu Degri, instructing the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, RUWASSA, to ensure all local government areas and Local Council Development Areas achieve Open Defecation-Free status. During a familiarisation meeting, Degri highlighted the certification of Dukku, Shongom, and Nafada LGAs as a significant milestone in the state's sanitation and public health improvement initiatives. He emphasized the importance of extending this certification to every local government and council development area in Gombe. Degri affirmed the government's commitment to partnerships and stressed the necessity of transparency, due process, integrity, and proper documentation in executing government programs. Meanwhile, RUWASSA's General Manager and Project Coordinator, Muhammad Gibraimu Ahmed, expressed congratulations to Degri on his appointment and pledged the agency's unwavering support in attaining government objectives. Ahmed further explained RUWASSA's mandate, which includes rural water supply, sanitation, and hygiene promotion, and highlighted ongoing interventions aimed at improving the state's sanitation conditions.",
  "summary": "The Gombe State Government has stepped up efforts to end open defecation, with the Commissioner for Water Resources, Nasiru Adamu Degri, directing the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, RUWASSA, to ensure that all local government areas, LGAs, and Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, attain Open Defecation-Free, ODF, status. Degri gave the directive on Thursday […] Gombe targets end to…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}