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By Sani Bala Karo, Kano A couple of weeks ago, Kano State made a historic,era-defining outing at the North-West Zonal Meeting of agencies saddled with the responsibility of providing water, sanitation and hygiene services (WASH) in the seven states of the zone. During the meeting, Kano State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASA) under Engr. Shamwilu Abdulkadir Isa, the Managing Director (MD), surprised everyone in the hall by announcing that 20 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the State have been certified free of open defecation, all at once, while six others were expecting certification soon. The free LGAs are…