Communication Lab

Welcome to Communication Lab, the Centre for Development Communication’s hub for rigorous analysis, research, and reflection on development communication. Here, we explore what communication should be—beyond publicity and PR—drawing on field experience, research, and theory to provide insights, resources, and guidance for practitioners, scholars, and policymakers. This is where ideas meet practice, shaping the future of participatory and transformative communication

The Forgotten Walls of Ujariyo: A Cry from Kebbi’s Silent Dispensary

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Just 15 kilometers from the Government House in Birnin Kebbi, where policy decisions are crafted and billion-naira budgets signed, lies Ujariyo Ward Dispensary—a health facility once full of life, now reduced to silence and sorrow. MonitNG, a public accountability organisation exposes. What we saw there was more than just decay. It was heartbreak in bricks […]

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Why communication targeting polio vaccine acceptance among rural populations fails

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My engagements with rural communities in Nigeria have shown that the state and non-state actors have not effectively communicated the polio vaccine in a way that will make the rural population accept it. Communication failure is hinged on many factors that need to be addressed to record success. For example, my engagements with the locals

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FCT-Abuja community relies on dirty ponds for safe drinking water

FCT-Abuja community relies on dirty ponds for safe drinking water

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Gurfata community in the Ibwa ward of Gwagwalada Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (FCT-Abuja) relies on dirty ponds for safe drinking water. MonITNG a public accountability organization that disclosed the condition says it is resulting in a public health crisis and death in the community. Mr. Ibrahim, a resident of Gwagwalada Area Council who spoke

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Kaida, FCT-Abuja has no road, safe drinking water

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Kaida community located about 11 kilomentres away from Gwagwalada Area Council of Federal Capital Territory Abuja has no road and safe drinking water. The community which has an estimated 1,000 population drinks from a dirty river and has no access road. The residents who are mainly rural farmers in different narratives recounted how access to

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Tatagyiya FCT community relies on dirty ponds for drinking water

Tatagyiya FCT community relies on dirty ponds for drinking water

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Residents of the Tatagyiya community in the Gwagwa area of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT-Abuja) Nigeria’s capital city rely on dirty ponds for safe drinking water. Monitng, civic public accountability exposed how the Tatagyiya community suffers a huge infrastructural deficit and relies on dirty ponds as a source of drinking water. We appeal

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Sumpe FCT community relies on dirty streams for drinking water

Sumpe FCT community relies on dirty streams for drinking water

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An estimated 1000 population of the Sumpe community in  Bwari Area Council of Federal Capital Territory (FCT-Abuja) Nigeria’s capital city relies on dirty streams for safe drinking water.  Monitng, civic public accountability exposed how the Sumpe community suffers a huge infrastructural deficit and relies on dirty streams as a source of drinking water.  We appeal

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Women, Children risk death in FCT community over collapsed health facility 

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Women and Children in the Kigbe community at Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT-Abuja), Nigeria’s capital city risk death over a collapsed healthcare facility.  This is even as the community residents rely on the collapsed health facility for their healthcare delivery. This is a circumstance that puts women and children in a

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Let Shapi community benefit from N1.15 trillion FCT Budget

Let Shapi community benefit from N1.15 trillion FCT Budget

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The Federal Capital Territory Authority (FCTA), should ensure that the Shapi community located at Gumbu ward in Kwali Area Council of FCT that relies on dirty ponds as a source of drinking water benefits from the N1.15 trillion 2024 FCT Budget.  Monitng, civic public accountability has exposed how the Shapi community suffers a huge infrastructural

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An estimated 5,000 population lack access to healthcare in Niger

An estimated 3,000 population lack access to healthcare in Niger

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An estimated 3,000 populations in the Zumba community, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State lack access to good healthcare delivery. A predominantly situation arising as a result of deplorable Primary Healthcare Centre in the area. Zumba community with an estimated 3,000 populated is located 47 kilometres away from Minna, the Niger State capital, and

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Nigeria public healthcare crisis heightens: many PHCs not functional

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The revelation by the Sun Media Development Foundation that Nigeria a country with over a population of 200 million people is facing a heightened public healthcare crisis, with many of its Primary Health Care (PHC) not functional should be a concern to every sane mind. Many would have thought that the outbreak of Covid-19 presented

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