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Shocking: Nigerian Rural Electrification says 8 street light cost N20 million in Katsina

The Nigerian Rural Electrification Agency (REA), saddled with a mandate to promote rural electrification and co-ordinate rural electrification programs, in a clear example of what appears to be a corruption practice, has installed eight solar street lights in the Katsina community for N20 million. Under the deal, the federal government under the Zonal Intervention Project …

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N60 million Ikot Omin drainage construction diverted, job not done

The N60 million drainage and road construction at Ikot Omin community in Calabar the Cross River State capital has been abandoned. Under the deal, the sum of N60m was allocated in the 2020 by the federal government to carry out the construction as a zonal intervention project. Tracka a public accountability organisation that visited the …

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N120 million Osisioma Ngwa mini stadium abandoned despite funds release by FG

N120 million Abia state stadium construction has been abandoned despite 50% fund been released by the Federal Government. Under the deal, a construction of mini-stadium at Osisioma Ngwa in Osiosioma/Ugwunagbo/Obingwa Federal Constituency of Abia State was assigned as a constituency project. The federal government in 2019 allocated the sum of N60 million to the project …

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How Road Safety, VIO wrongly register cars, force owners to pay N37K for new plate number, N5, 500 for error correction

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), an agency established to eradicate road traffic crashes and create a safe motoring environment in Nigeria, and its sister agency, Directorate Of Road Traffic Services popularly known as VIO which has motor vehicle administration as its core mandate has been caught in the act of wrongly registering cars while …

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For effective family planning, our husband must be educated

Abaji area council women in the Abuja community have said the only way family planning can be effective and child spacing achieved is when their husbands are educated about its importance. The women who spoke during a training conducted by the MAWA Foundation to empower rural voices said many of the women cannot keep to …

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25 Kwara rural women contribute monies, built community school

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, N12.9 Billion Akpanya, Odolu-Enugu Ezike Road Remains Abandoned  

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 groan as contractor abandons N538 million Ojutu bridge

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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Osun community residents lament as govt abandons PHC hospital

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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Shocking: Imo lawmaker says a single classroom block costs N14 million

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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