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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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Land Value Tax in FCT Community Viewpoint

Land Value Development Financing: FCT-Abuja Community Viewpoint

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The Nigeria Land Value Development Financing Baseline Study supported by the International Union for Land Value Taxation is a document that examines the experience of Nigeria’s Land Value Development Financing using the six Area Councils in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) namely, Abaji, Abuja Municipal, Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kwali, and Kuje Area Councils as a pilot …

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Subsidy Removal: Where Are The 2012 Activists?

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As Nigerians now buy a litre of petrol at N900 it becomes fundamental to interrogate the action that led to the 2012 uprising where Nigerians poured out on the streets when the government of Mr. Goodluck Jonathan, former Nigerian president increased the price of petrol from N65 to N141 per litre. The Civil society organizations, …

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The poor lost landownership and control in FCT-Abuja

2 Comments / Special Reports/ Interviews / By MAWA-Foundation

The poor farmers that spoke to MAWA-Foundation at the FO1 area of Kubwa in Bwari Area Council of FCT, in different narratives, gave accounts of how their lands located around the Military Pension Board along Daughters of Charity Hospital were taking over without any form of compensation. They gave accounts of how they lost ownership …

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Nigeria’s Non-Compliance With Disclosure a Challenge to Extractive Transparency

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The Nigerian state’s non-compliance with disclosure continues to be a challenge confronting its extractive industry transparency. Nowhere does non-compliance happen like the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), saddled with the responsibility of managing and harnessing Nigeria’s oil and gas. The non-disclosure by the NPPC in the way it carries out activities in the extractive sector …

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Tatagyiya FCT community relies on dirty ponds for drinking water

Leave a Comment / Health, Special Reports/ Interviews / By Audu Liberty Oseni

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

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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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Kano Gas Project: It is the Citizen’s Right to Know Extractive Deal

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Residents of the Rigar Duka community in Kura Local Government Area of Kano state say they do not have concrete information regarding the Gas Pipeline project taking place in their area. This affirms the secrecy in the activities of Nigeria’s extractive deal that makes it seem citizens have no right to information about the extractive …

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NNPC refuses disclosure, abandons Jos Oil Pipeline Project

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) saddled with the responsibility of managing and harnessing Nigeria’s oil and gas in what appears an attitude to a disregard for accountability that has helped undermine its country’s extractive sector, has refused to disclose contract deals, and has abandoned the Jos oil pipeline project. Under the deal, NNPC awarded …

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The Role of Participatory Communication in Community Development

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Policymakers, development agents, and communicators often disregard the involvement of the people in the dialogue and negotiation on issues affecting them. Rather, we often impose ready-made solutions as a replacement for local knowledge and solutions. Policymakers and development practitioners often fail to realize that participatory communication holds the key to an inclusive decision-making process that …

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