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COVID-19: Ministry spends N2 billion on youth training

The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has spent the sum of N2 billion on youth training as part of the COVID-19 intervention programme, documents from the Federal Ministry of Finance have shown. In the document made available by the Ministry of Finance in response to the Freedom of Information (FOI) request, the Ministry of …

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COVID-19 Agric Ministry spends N2.5 billion on land clearing

COVID-19: Agric Ministry spends N2.5 billion on land clearing

Documents obtained from the Federal Ministry of Finance have shown that Nigeria’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has spent the sum of N2.5 billion on land clearing as part of its COVID-19 intervention programme. The Agric Ministry says N2.5 billion that it expended on land clearing is for jobs and food for all, a …

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Deplorable Abuja community hospital pushing residents to death

Ijah Pada Abuja community suffer poor healthcare delivery

Residents of the Ijah Pada community in Federal Capital Territory FCT – Abuja the Nigerian capital city are facing difficulties accessing healthcare delivery as the only hospital in the area has since become deplorable with no hope of fixing it. This is even as the hospital that is located at the Yangoji Ward in Kwali …

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Edo community hospital in deplorable condition despite funds released by FG

Makeke community hospital in Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo State has continued to be in a deplorable condition despite N11.250 million release that is 75% of N15 million allocated to renovate the hospital. Mr. Akpatason Peter, a federal lawmaker from Edo State had facilitated the project as his constituency project using the National …

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COVID-19: Agric Ministry spends N2.78 billion to register farmers

Documents from the Federal Ministry of Finance have shown that the Ministry of  Agriculture and Rural Development has spent the sum of N2.78 billion on farmers’ registration as part of its COVID-19 intervention programme. In the document made available by the Ministry of Finance in response to the Freedom of Information (FOI) request, part of …

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MAWA Foundation calls for National Teachers Minimum Wage

The Media Advocacy West Africa Foundation having carried out a study on teachers wages across the Nigerian state, which findings revealed teachers receive terrible wages, is calling on the Nigerian government to put in place a National Teacher Minimum Wage legislation to address the poor teachers welfare which is a core component of reform in …

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Again Sokoto Rima Basin spends N57.55 million on hand pump borehole

The Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority says it has expended the sum of N57.55 million on hand pump borehole under the Zonal Intervention Project (ZIP) In a Freedom of Information (FOI) response to Tracka, Rima Basin claimed to have expended the sum of N57, 557,843.32 for the construction of hand pump boreholes in Zamfara …

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Shocking: Sokoto Rima Basin constructs a single borehole for N159 .122 million

In a typical example of contract inflation that has helped undermine development in Nigeria, the Sokoto Rima River Basin Development Authority has constructed a single borehole for N159 .122 million. Under the deal, the Rima Basin implemented the project under the 2018 Zonal Intervention Project (ZIP) and awarded the contract to Hedeco Nigeria Limited, registered …

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Ogun School in deplorable condition as N12 million project remains abandoned

Ogun community children continue to learn in a deplorable condition as N12 million classroom construction project remains abandoned. This is even as the Federal Government under the 2021 Zonal Intervention Project (ZIP) approved the sum of N12 million for the construction of a three classroom block at LGA Primary School, Egan-Moro, Oke-Agbo, Ijebu Igbo, Ijebu …

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