Mahlobo at World Toilet Summit

David Mahlobo, the Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation, is now attending the World Toilet Summit in Abuja, Nigeria.
The summit convenes policymakers, non-profit organizations, academics, and other sector leaders to address the sanitation crisis that affects the vast majority of the world’s population.
The summit aims, among other things, to improve collaboration among stakeholders in driving accelerated access to sustainable sanitation services, to mobilise investment in the sanitation subsector, and to create an enabling environment for sanitation service delivery through private sector participation.
The Organised Private Sector in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (OPS-WASH) in conjunction with the World Toilet Organisation and the Federal Ministry of Water Resources in Nigeria will hold the two-day summit from 18 to 19 November 2022.
The summit, held under the topic “Sanitation Innovations for Economic Development,” aims to provide a forum for sharing, learning, and interacting with diverse stakeholders on various sanitation subthemes, as well as a venue for showcasing sanitation products and services.
According to the Department of Water and Sanitation, the summit is a one-of-a-kind worldwide forum where stakeholders come together to confront sanitation issues and discover solutions.
“This summit is a symbol of ongoing efforts to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6), which says that by 2030, countries must have achieved access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for everyone, and must stop open defecation,” the statement read.
The resolution of sanitary issues
Friday, during a World Toilet Day Dialogue in Mulderdrift, Johannesburg, the department’s Deputy Director-General for Water Services, Risimati Mathye, emphasized the necessity for collaborations with the business sector to address sanitation issues.
“The message that the supply of alternative sanitation is a major responsibility of the department and that via cooperation with a variety of different sector partners, we can reach the target by 2030,” said Mathye.
During the debate, participants examined ways to rethink the supply of sanitary services in the building and construction sector.