INTRODUCTION
Environmental sanitation has remained an intractable problem in Nigeria with serious public health consequences.
To address the enormous problems of environmental sanitation in Nigeria, the Federal Ministry of Environment
(FMOE) through the National Environmental Sanitation Policy, identified market and abattoir sanitations as areas of
concern. This was sequel to the overwhelming sanitation problems in markets and abattoirs that includes, improper
refuse disposal, inadequate water supply, and gross inadequacy of sanitary facilities that result in open defecation
and urination, as well as overcrowding and exposure of food and meat to flies, rodents and contaminants (FMOE,
2005). These problems were attributed to improper planning of markets and abattoirs; the springing up of illegal
markets and abattoirs (including slaughter slabs); lack of provision of adequate facilities such as potable water;
inadequate road networks, institutional regulations, enforcement and monitoring; and above all, corrupt and sharp
practices by the supervisors of markets and abattoirs (FMOE, 2005).
INTRODUCTION
Environmental sanitation has remained an intractable problem in Nigeria with serious public health consequences.
To address the enormous problems of environmental sanitation in Nigeria, the Federal Ministry of Environment
(FMOE) through the National Environmental Sanitation Policy, identified market and abattoir sanitations as areas of
concern. This was sequel to the overwhelming sanitation problems in markets and abattoirs that includes, improper
refuse disposal, inadequate water supply, and gross inadequacy of sanitary facilities that result in open defecation
and urination, as well as overcrowding and exposure of food and meat to flies, rodents and contaminants (FMOE,
2005). These problems were attributed to improper planning of markets and abattoirs; the springing up of illegal
markets and abattoirs (including slaughter slabs); lack of provision of adequate facilities such as potable water;
inadequate road networks, institutional regulations, enforcement and monitoring; and above all, corrupt and sharp
practices by the supervisors of markets and abattoirs (FMOE, 2005).
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