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Your empowerment gave us influential unified voices for our liberation

Residents of Kabusa community, a satellite town in Abuja have commended MAWA Foundation for empowering them through human rights education training and community mobilizing for advocacy. The residents said Housing Rights training conducted by MAWA Foundation empowered them for unified voices to confront the authority and present superior arguments that compelled the government to discard …

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Ali Ndume Refuses to Account For N222 Million Constituency Funds

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 …

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

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

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

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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Only our unified voices will address poverty inequality– Mpape Residents

Only our unified voices will address poverty inequality– Mpape Residents

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

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

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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