Digital inequality is a core reason online learning cannot succeed in Nigeria even as the country is working to adopt online learning as an alternative to attending physical classes. A move the Nigerian state said is targeted at ensuring social distancing and preventing COVID-19 spread. Interviews conducted by MAWA Foundation show that online learning in …
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25 women in Agindigbi and Onila communities in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State have contributed monies and built community school because there was no school for their children. The women began the community school project in 2017 by contributing some part of the money they got from Conditional Cash Transfer paid to them …
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Five years after the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) led government re-awarded Akpanya, Odolu-Enugu Ezike Road, the road has continued to remain uncompleted and abandoned. The road was awarded by People Democratic Party (PDP) in 2017 was re-awarded by APC in 2018. The road was started by the contractors but was abandoned halfway leaving residents …
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Residents of Ilobu and commuters along the Osogbo – Ogbomoso road in Orolu Local Government Area of Osun state are groaning, as the N538 million Ojutu bridge has been abandoned. The construction of the bridge was awarded to Preconsmith Construction Limited in March 2017. Tall as the initiative was, residents told the Urban Alert team …
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Residents of Okefia area of Osun State are lamenting over government abandonment of a Primary Health Care (PHC) hospital in their community. Residents while showing their frustration over the abandoned hospital, told Urban Alert team who visited the community that they are finding it very difficult to access healthcare delivery while appealing to the Osun …
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Mr. Ikenna Elezieanya, a federal lawmaker from Imo State has said a single block of classroom costs the sum of N14 million. The lawmaker had nominated the construction of a single block of classroom at Ndegwu community primary school in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State as part of his constituency project. The …
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Mr. Rochas Okorocha, a former Imo State Governor and the current federal lawmaker in the Senate has constructed 20 stalls for the sum of N8.8 million as a constituency project. Okorocha had nominated the construction of two blocks of 40 K-clamp open stalls at Nkwo Onyeukwu market Abajah in Nwangele Local Government Area of Imo …
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Anambra lawmaker has constructed two classrooms for the sum of N15 million as a constituency project. Mr. Sam Onwuaso, a federal lawmaker, representing the people of Awka North in the House of Representatives, nominated the construction of four classrooms block at Ikwodiaku primary school as part of his constituency project. In 2020, the sum of N15 …
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Although the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak brought lots of economic hardship and predicament with many losing jobs and business, it brought a boost in mobile money and its acceptance in communities across Nigeria especially in Nasarawa state and Abuja communities. Mobile money operators at the Ado area of Nasarawa state have said they are making good …
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Government Secondary School Akpanya in Igalamela Local Government Area of Kogi state is in terrible condition despite multi million education allocation. A visit to the school by MAWA Foundation shows the school with destroyed floor and leaking roofs. Apart from the leaking roofs and destroyed floor, the school library that used to be the best …