Residents of Zone 5 Area, by the Catholic Church at Dutse Alhaji in Bwari Area Council of Abuja, have contributed money and are fixing their road. Residents who spoke to MAWA FOUNDATION say they began contributing monies to fix their road when it became obvious to them that government isn’t going to help them fix …
Awkunanaw Street in Enugu, the Enugu state capital has become a death trap despite the N43 billion state capital allocations in the year 2019 and other allocations that have been made from 2020 to 2021. Residents of Awkunanaw Street located by the Etudo area are lamenting how they go through predicament using the road to …
The Coronavirus economic crisis has led to the separation of husband and wife at the Masaka area of Nasarawa state, the Media Advocacy West Africa Foundation (MAWA Foundation) has learned. The couples, who lived in the Tundun Wada area of Masaka, separated when the husband could not provide food for the family as a result …
Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says a single borehole at Amaukwu community in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia state cost N100 million in what appears a shocking example of contract inflation that has helped undermine the Commission’s ability to achieve its mandate. Drilling a single borehole in Abia averages N1.5 million. A hydrology firm told MAWA …
In Nigeria, private schools make up a huge contribution to education while over 40 percent of students are enrolled in private schools. In this special report supported by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), MAWA FOUNDATION took a look at how COVID-19 is impacting private schools and their teachers. From interviews conducted by …
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Residents of Pandagi and Nanda communities in Abaji area of Abuja the Nigerian capital city are at risk of grave casualties as the only access road to their area is a wooden bridge. Pandagi and Nanda communities in Abaji area of Abuja risk dying using wooden bridge as the only means of accessing their homes …
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By: Paul Edoh Jnr Residents of Ikobi in Apa local government area of Benue state are groaning over the collapse of a wooden bridge that links the communities and the government’s inability to fix it and help reduces their sufferings. Ngbede Baba Itodo one of the residents, who made the call in separate interviews with …
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Mr. Dino Melaye, a former Nigerian Senator had facilitated a sine bore at the price of N19.7 million in Felele community in Lokoja, the Kogi state capital as a constituency project. This is even as checks by MAWA FOUNDATION shows that drilling a single borehole in the community averages N600k. A hydrology firm told MAWA …
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Mr. Ahmed Wase, a lawmaker from Plateau state and Deputy Speaker of the Nigerian 9th House of Representatives, has been caught in the act of branding his name on constituency projects. MAWA FOUNDATION on Thursday reported how Wase was alleged to have stopped Tracka official from inspecting his constituency projects at the Wase Local Government …
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Mr. Idris Wase, a lawmaker from Plateau state and Deputy Speaker of the Nigerian 9th House of Representatives, has allegedly blocked Tracka from tracking and inspecting his constituency Projects. Wase whose Personal Assistant (PA), Mr. Danjuma allegedly blocked Tracka official from tracking and inspecting his constituency projects at the Wase Local Government Area of Plateau …