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 …
The Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has undertaken a poorly constructed road in the Katsina community at the cost of N300 million The Unguwar Iliya – Burdugau – Kwantakwaram -Tsiga road in Kafur and Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina state constructed by FERMA, was awarded to A.I.C. Allied Technical and Construction Company Limited. The …
Mr. Kabir Abdullahi Barkiya, a Katsina lawmaker single motorcycle distributed as his constituency project costs N1.9 million MAWA FOUNDATION has learned. Mr. Barkiya, who represents the people of Katsina Central Senatorial District in the Senate, had in 2020 nominated purchase of motorcycles to be distributed to his people as part of his constituency project. The …
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