Inside Bauchi community where open defecation attracts 2-month jail term, other penalties

By Charly Agwam

THE campaign against open defecation has taken a new dimension in two Bauchi local government areas: Ganjuwa and Toro local councils, which have formally enacted by-laws making it an offence for any of the residents to defecate in any open space.

Under the law, which came into effect this week, any person who defecates openly would be jailed for two months or…