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Terrible Nasarawa community hospital despite million expended on health

Residents of Shamage, a community in the Nasarawa Local Government of Nasarawa State are finding it difficult to access healthcare as the only Primary Health Care in their area has since collapsed. Tracka, a public accountability organization that exposed the terrible nature of the hospital said it lacks equipment, personnel and needs urgent renovation. A …

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Exposed: How Edo state govt diverting farmers loan using Sterling Bank

MAWA Foundation has uncovered how the Edo State Government is diverting Agric Loans given to farmers using Sterling Bank. Under the deal, the Edo State government instructed Sterling Bank to restrict bank account of the farmers who benefited from the Agric Loan while the government is withdrawing the money without the farmers’ knowledge and approval. …

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Abuja community hospital patients are dying over health workers negligence

Residents of Dukpa, a community of over 2000 inhabitants in Gwagwalada Area Council Abuja the Nigerian capital city have continued to recount how the negligence of health workers in Primary Healthcare in their area is leading to the death of patients. A community champion in Dukpa who spoke to MAWA FOUNDATION and does not want …

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How Abuja residents organize, push for community hospital

MAWA Foundation has learned how Abuja residents challenged the Gwagwalada Area Council Authority over Mr. Abubakar Jibrin, the former chairman of Gwagwalada Area Council of Abuja, the Nigerian capital city for diverting money meant for a community hospital. Mr. Jibrin was said to have snapped pictures from another location and inserted them in the file …

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Community in Abuja inhabitants drink from a dirty pond

Residents of Dota -Kaida Tsoho community in Dobi ward at Gwagwalada Area Council of Abuja the Nigerian capital city rely solely on the dirty ponds as their only source of drinking water. This is even as the residents are recounting how they have written several letters to the government (Area Council Authority) begging that they …

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Substandard construction: Rainstorm destroys bridges in Bauchi

MAWA FOUNDATION has learned how rainstorms destroyed two bridges in Bauchi State as a result of substandard construction. Local sources told MAWA via telephone conversations that the bridge connecting roads leading to Jos and Kano was destroyed on Thursday night after heavy rainfall. Mr. Ibrahim Isa, one of the locals, told MAWA that the bridge …

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Only four percent of northern girls completed secondary school: Report

Only four percent of northern girls complete secondary school, says a survey by the Centre for Girl Child Education (CGE). The centre’s board member Binta Muhammad disclosed this on Thursday in Sokoto. Ms. Muhammad stated that CGE was established in 2007 with 64 girls in rural communities in Kaduna after a baseline survey was conducted. …

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Despite spending billions, Katsina community PHC in terrible condition

Residents of the Daudawa community in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State cannot access healthcare as the only hospital in their area has since collapsed. This is even as the community residents say that is the only hospital they rely on for healthcare delivery. Apart from the dilapidated nature of the hospital, it lacks …

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Katsina lawmaker gets N80 million, distributes less than 100 fertilizer bags

Mr. Bello Mandiya, a lawmaker from Katsina State has distributed less than 100 bags of fertilizers as a constituency project after getting N80 million allocation from the Federal Government. The lawmaker, who is representing the people of Katsina South at the Senate, told party loyalist in his constituent that got the fertilizer that he will …

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Insecurity: How Abuja residents pay local vigilante to secure them

Residents of Dutse Alhaji in Bwari Area Council, Abuja, the Nigerian capital city have resorted to the use of local vigilantes to secure their environment as insecurity worsens. The residents are been robbed every night without the police making real efforts to secure the people and stop the incessant robbery. Some of the residents who …

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