Farmers at the Kwaita community in Kwali Area Council of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nigeria’s capital city have continued to recount how they lost over 65% of their yam harvest to excessive heat caused by hot weather as a result of climate change. In the community that is predominantly farmers located a few kilometres from …
Farmers in the Yaba community in Abaji Area Council of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nigeria’s capital city are recounting how climate change is impacting them and pushing them into hunger and poverty. Driving from Abaji Area Council Secretariat to the Yaba community is about 47 kilometres. From the Lokoja-Abuja highway junction close to the Kwaita …
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Farmers at Baragoni community in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory-FCT, the Nigerian capital, are recounting how climate change is adversely affecting them, pushing them into poverty and hunger. Driving into the Baragoni community, 15 kilometres away from Bwari’s main town, on your right where the Caritas University is located has a clear …
The Media Advocacy West Africa (MAWA Foundation) has established a Community Climate Advocacy Network across the six Area Councils in the Federal Capital Territory FCT-Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. The Community Climate Advocacy Network which comprises Area Council environmental officials, community change agents, and journalists from each of the six Area Councils, was created as part …
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Farmers in the Bmuko community in Bwari Area Council of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have continued to narrate how climate change is affecting them by reducing maize yield. Bmuko is about one kilometre away from the Tipper Garage, opposite Dutse Mkaranta along Bwari road, and about 18 kilometres away from Abuja city centre. On entering …
The Nigeria Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in what appears corruption that has helped undermine Nigeria’s development has constructed a substandard road at the cost of N119.4 million. The project was constructing a 1.5-kilometre asphaltic road at Pasali 2 community Gaube farmland extension in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory-Abuja. The …
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For over four decades, dozens of Abuja indigenous people have been in conflicts with the Federal Government and Abuja Development Authorities over land ownership, access, and control. In the conflicts, indigenous ancestral lands have been forcefully taken over by the government and its officials, denying indigenous farmers access to land, forcing them into poverty and …
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Mr. Chikaodili popularly known as Papa Ejima among the Bmuko community inhabitants of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT-Abuja) has narrated how he lost his beans farm to the impact of climate change. Papa Ejima who spoke to MAWA-Foundation on his farm, said the sudden stop of rainfall, stunted the growth of the beans he cultivated …
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The Water Resource Ministry in what appears a common practice in Nigeria that has helped undermine the country’s growth and development has abandoned N47.89 million 3 Kilometre road even after money has been paid to the contractor. Under the deal, the Water Resources Ministry in collaboration with the Lower Benue River Basin Development Authority is …
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The construction of a Hospital at the Federal Government College Kwali in Federal Capital Territory (FCT-Abuja) has remained uncompleted one year after it was awarded to Jewel Construction and Engineering Services Limited at the price of N22,578,425.00 The hospital which is a federal government project is being supervised by the ministry of education and is …
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