Wakili Abdu, 63, returned from his farm at sunset in Sabon-Gida, looking uneasy. A few minutes later, he headed into the shrub behind his hut with a plastic kettle and hoe, gazed around, bent over, and pulled down his trousers.
When nature calls, Mr Abdu prefers to answer as his forefathers had taught him. He believes toilets are for women while the men should defecate in the open.
“Using toilets is a practice mainly for women. Even if toilets were built, it is mainly for women and children. We [men] prefer going to the bush, which is our traditional belief,” he told DUBAWA as he settled under a tree in front of his house.
