Nigeria experience just like other African countries has shown that women and children are mostly affected by the environmental hazard coming from extractive activities particularly the mining sector. The most concern is that in spite the adverse effect on women, evidence across Nigeria and other African countries shows women do not participate in consultation and …
Women, children suffer huge exclusion in mining benefit Read More »
A Nigerian Federal Lawmaker Mr. Ali Ndume, a Senator from Borno has refused to account for the N22 million he nominated as constituency project in 2017. Under the deal, Ndume said he was going to supply empowerment equipment to residents of Borno South Senatorial District, the constituency he represents at the National Assembly. Checks by …
Ali Ndume Refuses to Account For N222 Million Constituency Funds Read More »
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 …
Despite N100 million allocation, no single building renovated in Idah collage of health Read More »
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 …
We are afraid when pregnant; if you give birth to twin they will be killed Read More »
Rural residents of Kanzo community in the Kuje Area Council of Abuja, the Nigerian capital city have commenced building their healthcare hospital after they were educated on the importance of healthcare, healthy living, community organizing, and advocacy. The community had no hospital since its existence decades ago. This is even as residents say many women …
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 …
Oyo Community Healthcare Despite N83.6 Billion Capital Allocation Read More »
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 …
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 …
Inequality a challenge to our economic liberation – Abaji women Read More »
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 …
Only our unified voices will address poverty inequality– Mpape Residents Read More »
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 …
Contractor paid N63.2 million, NDDC Bayelsa state office building abandoned Read More »