The Plateau Government has warned that any landlords who failed to provide toilets in their houses would be prosecuted.

Issuing the warning on Tuesday, Mrs Sarah Yusuf, Plateau state Commissioner for Environment said that the state government would no longer tolerate a situation where people went outside their houses to defecate due to the lack of toilets in their houses.

“We want to send a warning signal to all landlords who have no toilets in their houses to begin to build them before the wrath of the authorities catch up with them. It has been discovered that defecating outside indiscriminately, constitutes a serious danger to public health in most communities like we had in Namu town, where cholera epidemic broke out last month.

The Plateau Government has warned that any landlords who failed to provide toilets in their houses would be prosecuted.

Issuing the warning on Tuesday, Mrs Sarah Yusuf, Plateau state Commissioner for Environment said that the state government would no longer tolerate a situation where people went outside their houses to defecate due to the lack of toilets in their houses.

“We want to send a warning signal to all landlords who have no toilets in their houses to begin to build them before the wrath of the authorities catch up with them. It has been discovered that defecating outside indiscriminately, constitutes a serious danger to public health in most communities like we had in Namu town, where cholera epidemic broke out last month.

“No matter the clean water a community enjoys, as long as some people within the community defecate outside, the water can be contaminated by flies.

“It can also be contaminated by the hands of the people in such community”,the commissioner said.

She said the ministry, in conjunction with that of health, would send out inspectors across the state, to ensure that defaulting landlords were dealt with, accordingly.

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Plateau state government to prosecute Landlords who build houses without toilets