There are issues with running water, electricity and food, with reports of open sewage and passengers being asked to defecate in bags and urinate in showers.

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Toby Barlow's wife Ann told him there was "sewage running down the walls and floors" with passengers being asked to defecate in bags and urinate in showers due to a lack of functioning toilets.

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Barlow's husband, Toby, said she told him there was "sewage running down the walls and floors" with passengers being asked to defecate in bags and urinate in showers due to the lack of functioning toilets.

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Around 1.1 billion people are forced to defecate and urinate in the open.

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According to World Toilet Day organizers, 1.1 billion people around the world defecate out in the open.

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Also in 2008, it was reported that Mr Rickards had allowed a dog to defecate on the artwork after he bought the wall.

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This is not only a costly situation but especially harmful to women, children, the elderly and disabled, who risk their safety visiting public facilities at night. 4.8 million Ghanaians (approximately 1 in 5) have no latrine at all and defecate in the open, and that the poorest quintile is 22 times more likely to practice open defection than the richest.

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