ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Enugu State government in partnership with WaterAid Nigeria and UNICEF, have commenced a three-day entrepreneurial training on Sanitation Marketing for Toilet Business Owners (TBOs) and Masons.
This is part of activities put in place by the Enugu State government with support from development partners and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) stakeholders to push the state towards attaining Open Defecation Free (ODF) status.
Voiceofnaija.ng gathered that the training which started on Wednesday is aimed at building the capacity of Toilet Business Owners and Masons on entrepreneurship and developmental skills.
It is targeted also at exposing them to various toilet construction technologies using Water Easy Toilet.
Participants are trained to construct models of the sanitation, marketing smart toilet platform and also, to effectively market their products & services in an affordable, profitable and sustainable manner.
The participants are drawn from all the 20 political wards in Igbo Etiti LGA of Enugu State and other selected LGAs from Benue State.
It’s expected that with support and monitoring from the State and Local governments, those trained will go back to their various communities & trigger the adoption of improved sanitation resulting to all households using decent toilets.