Mr. Orji Uzo Kalu, the Abia State Senator and a former Governor, and, the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) have renovated two primary school blocks for N20 million as a constituency project. Mr. Kanu last year, using the National Directorate of Employment, nominated the rehabilitation of two primary school blocks in Ohafia Local Government Area …
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Residents of Kpoto community in Kuje Area Council of Abuja the Nigerian capital city continue to drink contaminated water from a dirty pond, despite the sum of N62.4 billion expended by the Abuja authority on capital projects in the year 2020. This is even as the community residents say many of them have developed various …
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As we continue to recount the impact of COVID-19 on business and income, many do not pay attention to how the pandemic negatively impacted the wedding industry, with support from the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) MAWA FOUNDATION examined the impact of COVID-19 on the wedding industry. The wedding industry is one area …
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Oloke Ali community in the Ajebandele area of Ogun State has no government public school despite the sum of N238.346 billion the state government had expended on education in three years. Because there is no government school in the area, the community has only one terrible dilapidated private school that serves as the only source …
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The Otuocha-Ibaji-Idah Road in Kogi state has remained abandoned 12 years after it was awarded for the sum of N7.2 billion. The road that connects Ibaji and Idah Local Government Areas of Kogi state was awarded to Nigercat Nigeria Limited at the sum of N7.2 billion in 2009 with contract number C/6024. After the contract …
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Mr. Olufemi Fakeye, an Osun lawmaker, and the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) have constructed three classrooms block for N35 million as a constituency project. Mr. Fakeye, a federal lawmaker at the House of Representatives, had in 2020 using the UBEC, facilitated the renovation of a block of classrooms at Oke-Irun Community Primary School in …
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Abuja residents have continues to buy a bag of local rice at the price of N25k and N27k despite Nigerian government claim that it has attained rice sufficiency. MAWA FOUNDATION visits at the Dutse Alhaji, Kubwa, Deidei, and Bwari markets shows that the claim about rice sufficiency by the Nigerian government is yet to reflect …
Residents of Awgwu in Enugu State are going predicament trying to access medical care as the only hospital in the area has since collapsed. Residents while lamenting the dilapidated nature of the hospital appealed to the state government to help fix it. This is even as the Enugu state government had expended N7.6 billion on health …
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Sex workers in Abuja have since cut down their service charge to 90% as a result of the economic hardship thrown up by the COVID-19 pandemic that is making them record huge low patronage. Some of the sex workers in Abuja who spoke to MAWA FOUNDATION say the COVID-19 has led to low patronage which …
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Kaduna community school is yet to be fixed while students learn in a dilapidated environment despite over N149.64 billion the Kaduna state government allocated to education in three years. Children of Kahugu, a community with over 40, 000 residents in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna state continue to learn under a deplorable condition as …