Harpic Partners Lagos To Commemorate World Toilet Day

L-R: Mr. Rahul Murgai, Managing Director, RB West Africa; Dr. Babatunde Adejare, Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment; Mr. Babatunde Hunpe, Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Environment, and Aliza Leferink, Marketing Director, RB West Africa, during 2017 World Toilet Day ceremony sponsored by RB in Lagos. By Chioma Umeha Following growing incidence of water-borne diseases, cholera, dysentery, typhoid and polio, leading toilet cleaning brand, Harpic took a sensitisation programme on the treatment and proper disposal of sewage or wastewater to Ojodu Berger, a Lagos suburb to mark this year’s World Toilet Day (WTD). Due to lack of safe water, poor sanitation and hygiene, 842,000 people die yearly, some experts said during the sensitisation programme. According to them, 1.8 billion people use source of drinking water contaminated with faeces, putting them at risk of contracting cholera, dysentery, typhoid and polio. The event was organised