'Sealing off houses is not the right way to educate the public', readers say

Last week, Lagos state shut down houses without proper indoor toilets.

Mr Oluwatoyin Awosika, the Director of Public Enlightenment, said this was part of the government's plan to educate the public on the dangers associated with open defecation.

"Government cannot take all landlords and start inspecting all the houses, but the Ministry of Health, 'Wole, Wole’ Inspection Officers, the houses they go and they find that there are no toilets, they seal them off. That is an ongoing thing, their own is just to go round the environment, enter any residential or official premises, inspect; once they see any defect, they give them an ultimatum to put such things in order. And once they are not done, they are sanctioned according to the law."

Pulse readers were asked for their opinion.

They voted and the results showed that they disagreed with the government's method.

The readers think sealing off houses is not the right way to educate the public.

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What do you think?