A Dive into the Challenges of Community-Led Total Sanitation [CLTS] in Nigeria

Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) is a modern tool that has proven to be effective in improving sanitation in many countries. It is a self-realizing approach adopted by the community members to stop open defecation (OD) and promote a feces free environment. Nigeria has adopted CLTS which has been scaled up to some remote areas but significant challenges exist which should serve as a point of evaluation and possible areas of improvement for the Nigeria Government, hence, the need for this article. The methodology adopted was on content analysis of secondary data through a comprehensive search using electronic databases. Related published articles (2010-2020) were reviewed from Web of Science, PubMed, Publon, goggle scholar and Researchgate databases. Related documents with in-depth analysis of CLTS problems in Nigeria were also considered. This review identifies some challenges of CLTS in Nigeria ranging from Socio-cultural factors Over-dependence on subsidy, Population, Literacy, untrained personnel among others. Government’s commitment by grooming of skilled facilitator, building of stakeholdership, collaboration of the public health sector and empowerments of Health Institutions to scale up CLST program to remote communities should be considered. Other areas for further reviews were also identified.