Children in the Government Primary School at Ikot Effanga in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, South-South Nigeria continue to learn under terrible conditions as the school has become deplorable. Mr. Agba Jalingo, a journalist exposed how children in the government public primary school learn sitting on a bare floor that is dusty and tattered. …
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Development practitioners must do away with the arrogant belief that they have superior knowledge over issues that affect communities. In designing a community intervention approach, overall participation in the process is fundamental. In doing that, community involvement rooted in indigenous knowledge brings acceptability, success, and sustainability. In designing Climate Change Solutions, indigenous knowledge integration and …
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The Nigerian state says it will pursue LAND VALUE CAPTURE through property tax as a way to raise money from land dealings for infrastructural development and to solve the housing deficit. The state says it will pursue LAND VALUE CAPTURE vigorously by charging owners of completed, unoccupied houses triple ground rents. Ground Rent in Nigerian …
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By Lukman Abdulmalik No fewer than 11 communities in 3 Local Government Areas of Kano State are experiencing multiple power cuts and suffer loss of business daily due to failed constituency electrification projects. Stallion Times reporter Lukman Abdulmalik visited 3 communities in 3 LGAs to check out the real situation of the electricity power cuts. Discovery showed …
Local transformative initiatives in Borno and Kogi states of Northeast and North-central Nigeria are addressing energy transition that is moving away from fossil fuel and addressing climate change. Phoenix Renewables Limited, led by Mr. Mustapha A. Gajibo is making a remarkable effort in the Nigeria Energy Transition targeted at phasing out fossil fuel and embracing …
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Farmers in Anambra state have continued to bear the climate change burden. Flooding as a result of rising sea levels caused by climate change, led to the destruction of more than 2,500 chickens in a poultry farm in Anambra state, Southeast Nigeria. The Matuuci Farms Ltd located at Agbobo Umuoga Ossomala Community in the Ogbaru …
Climate change threat to education becomes prominent in Kogi State, North-Central Nigeria. Frequent floods as a result of rising sea level caused by climate has destroyed many schools and denied a huge number of persons access to education. According to official figures from the Kogi State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), over 1,380 schools and about …
Women farmers who cultivate Pepper at Edemu Ani community in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, Southeast Nigeria, appear to be the worst hit by shortage of rainfall as a result of climate change. The women who cannot drill boreholes for irrigation farming and are largely dependent on tanker drivers to water their farms …
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Our experience has shown that poor funding is making environmental justice Organizations struggle in their climate justice advocacy. This poses a challenge to them, making them not to effectively carry out evidence-based advocacy and analysis that will help to communicate Climate Change in a way that will resonate with the people for adaptation and resilience …
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Approaches to addressing climate justice, often neglect community voices while outsourcing issues of advocacies, mitigation, and adaptation to experts who do not have an understanding of how the communities are impacted by climate change. Community voice must be at the center of CLIMATE JUSTICE since over one billion people globally live in informal settlements. Many …
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