Throwback to the Days of Effective Sanitary Regulation in Nigeria.

Sanitary inspectors are government employees charged with the duty of supervising the sanitation of homes and neighborhoods in every region of Nigeria. They are known as “wole-wole” in Yorubaland, “Nwaole-ala” among the Igbo, and “duba-gari” among the Hausa. During Nigeria’s colonial era, the sanitary inspector’s office was established. They were initially referred to as “sanitary…