Nine out of 10 schools in Nigeria lack handwashing facilities for children – UNICEF

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund has stated that nine out of 10 schools in Nigeria lack handwashing facilities for children.

This was contained in the UNICEF report released on Friday, in commemoration of the Global Handwashing Day tagged, ‘Our Future is at Hand – Let’s Move Forward Together’ this year.

According to the report, four in 10 schools worldwide do not have basic hygiene services with water and soap, affecting 818 million students, of which 462 million attend schools with no facility at all. In Nigeria, nine out of 10 schools have no place for children to wash their hands.