Dear forum,

It was a shock to read the other day that in a speech to commemorate Nigeria's 55 years of independence from the UK on 1 October, President Buhari urged his citizens to refrain from familiar ubiquitous and unruly behaviour:

- The invisible individuals who excrete piles of solid waste on the pavements, night after night

- The pile of excreta would be set alight, and a generous quantity of red pepper added to the flames.

- Doing this was believed to cause the culprit's anus to begin to burn and itch wherever he was. And this belief acted as deterrent against people defecating in public places.

I would request anyone in the forum to guide somebody from that country how to apply for funds from the WSSCC to end open defecation. This shouldn’t be happening at all.

Kind regards

Mwaniki