2Baba To Host World Hand washing Day in Nigeria

As countries and nations face various crisis that needs collective efforts to tackle, Nigerians are not left out of the struggle in ensuring an enabling environment for all as two eminent Nigerian artistes have come out to use music to spread the gospel of cleanliness to all.

The new songs by Sunny Neji and 2face Idibia, have been released to coincide with the governments preaching of washing of hands with soap and water to avoid the Ebola virus with Global Hand washing Day which is on Wednesday, 15th October 2014.




To get the messages speedily across, citizens will get text messages which will help educate them on the need of cleanliness. Carex Hand Wash Soap is the campaign’s lead sponsor and adds Nigeria to the growing list of African countries in which it has led hygiene promotion activities in recent years.

Global Hand washing Day is a worldwide celebration involving over 200 million people coming together on one day each year to promote a simple and life-saving message. This year, Nigeria promises to host one of the largest and most creative celebrations of the Day ever seen and with people across Nigeria, Africa and the world singing ‘wash your hands o.’

The event which is hosted by Concern Universal Nigeria will run for a month, with special events and musical performances, text messages and media coverage and will involve thousands of school children who will become 'hygiene heroes' for their schools, families, and communities.