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Despite N100 million allocation, no single building renovated in Idah collage of health

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There is no single new building to show for the N100 million allocation by the Kogi State government in its 2020 budget for the construction and upgrading facilities at College of Health Technology Idah. Under the deal, the state government had in its 2020 budget allocated the sum of N100 million for the renovation of …

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We are afraid when pregnant; if you give birth to twin they will be killed

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Women of Tugbudu community in the Basa Komo in Kwali Area Council of Abuja-Nigeria capital city, who are of the Gbajingala clan, have said they get afraid when they are pregnant because if you give birth to twin they are collected from them and killed. Some of the Women spoke to the MAWA Foundation team …

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Oyo Community Healthcare Despite N83.6 Billion Capital Allocation

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Residents of the Idi-Iroko/Adewole community of Oluyole Local Government Area of Oyo State are suffering from acute healthcare challenges. A Healthcare center in the community is in the state of dilapidation while only one matron attends to a huge number of patients who go to healthcare to get treated from their illness. This is even …

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MAWA Foundation faults Nigerian govt’s claim of deregulating oil sector, cautions against hardship

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A non-governmental organisation, the Media Advocacy West Africa Foundation (MAWA-Foundation), has expressed worry and faulted the claim by the President Muhammadu Buhari government’s claim of removing subsidy and deregulated the oil sector. In a statement by the Coordinator, Media Advocacy West Africa Foundation (MAWA-Foundation), Audu Liberty Oseni, the group described the alleged oil subsidy removal …

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Inequality a challenge to our economic liberation – Abaji women

Inequality a challenge to our economic liberation – Abaji women

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Women in Abaji Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT-Abuja) have continued to lament how inequality placed on them by society is pushing them to poverty and contributing to what they described as a man-made predicament that is being sustained by culture. The women say a solution to what they term ‘unbearable inequality’ is …

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Only our unified voices will address poverty inequality– Mpape Residents

Only our unified voices will address poverty inequality– Mpape Residents

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Residents of Mpape, an informal settlement that is 5 kilometres away from Abuja city centre have said only their unified and louder voices will address the huge poverty and inequality that plays out in the community. Some of the residents who spoke to MAWA Foundation on Monday at Mpape say the fight against gross inequality …

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Contractor paid N63.2 million, NDDC Bayelsa state office building abandoned

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The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Bayelsa state office building has been abandoned despite the contractor having been paid a huge amount of money, MAWA Foundation has learned. The contract was awarded to Timipah Ifidi and Sons Limited while a mobilization fee of N36.2 million was paid. Worse still a visit to the project site …

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Because we are PWDs, our voices not heard, discriminated against, not allowed to enter public offices

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Mr. Suileman Abubakar has narrated how People With Disabilities (PWDs) are been discriminated against and not allowed to enter public offices at the Abaji Area Council of Abuja, the Nigerian capital city. Abubakar who spoke in pain during MAWA Foundation community capacity training on raising voices for accountability demand at the Abaji community, said they …

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Ondo community N23.7 million police post abandoned, despite fund allocation

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The construction of police station at the Ero community in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State has been abandoned despite the sum of N23.7 million allocated to the project. Mr. Tajudeen Adefisoye, a lawmaker representing Idare and Ifedore nominated the construction of police station in the place as his constituency project. Part of the …

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