Any house owner who fails to comply with the provision of open defecation law in Oyo State is liable on conviction to three months imprisonment or a fine of N50,000 or both.
This followed the passage of the law by the Oyo State House of Assembly, OYHA, at its plenary presided over by the speaker, Mr. Adebo Ogundoyin.
The bill also makes it an offense for anyone to defecate in the open or deposit faeces indiscriminately in the state while anyone caught and prosecuted is liable to a fine of N5000 or an option of non-custodial punishment of one week.
Speaking shortly after the passage of the Oyo State Open Defecation Prohibition Bill into law, Mr. Ogundoyin described open defecation as an uncivilized practice which must stop in communities of the state.
He expressed joy that the bill was passed, which he said makes it eighty bills that have been passed by the house within the space of two years.
“This is a new development in our dear state. The idea of our people throwing their faeces about must stop. This habit spreads some diseases and it is unhealthy hence the new law is meant to discourage this harmful practice. Our companies and associations need to also assist in erecting and providing toilets in public places”. Mr. Ogundoyin counseled
“With the passage of the bill, it is now compulsory for house owners and companies to make provision for toilets facilities”.
The speaker said the passage of the bill into law is in conformity with the mandate of President Muhammadu Buhari while signing executive order 009 titled “the open defecation free by 2025 and other related matters order.
Mosope Kehinde
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