The minister also said President MUHAMMADU BUHARI will sign an Executive Order to back the law.
ADAMU explained that the law would not coarse Nigerians but promote behavioural change in hygiene promotion aimed at curbing the menace of open defecation.
The minister said that the menace currently dents the image of the country before the international community.
He made the disclosure during a media briefing on in Abuja where he said Nigeria presently ranked number one on countries practicing open defecation, as over forty seven million citizens indulge in the practice.
While unveiling the ‘Clean Nigeria: Use the toilet campaign’ in Abuja the minister noted that government would do everything to ensure that Nigerians desist from the unwholesome practice.
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