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N119.4 million Agric Min Kuje road fails months after completion

N119.4 million Agric Min Kuje road fails months after completion

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The Nigeria Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in what appears corruption that has helped undermine Nigeria’s development has constructed a substandard road at the cost of N119.4 million. The project was constructing a 1.5-kilometre asphaltic road at Pasali 2 community Gaube farmland extension in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory-Abuja. The …

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Denied Farming on Their Ancestral Land The Anguish of Abuja Indigenous People

Denied Farming on Their Ancestral Land: The Anguish of Abuja Indigenous People

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For over four decades, dozens of Abuja indigenous people have been in conflicts with the Federal Government and Abuja Development Authorities over land ownership, access, and control. In the conflicts, indigenous ancestral lands have been forcefully taken over by the government and its officials, denying indigenous farmers access to land, forcing them into poverty and …

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N22.5 million education ministry hospital remains uncompleted two years after

N22.5 million education ministry hospital remains uncompleted two years after

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The construction of a Hospital at the Federal Government College Kwali in Federal Capital Territory (FCT-Abuja) has remained uncompleted one year after it was awarded to Jewel Construction and Engineering Services Limited at the price of N22,578,425.00 The hospital which is a federal government project is being supervised by the ministry of education and is …

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The poor lost landownership and control in FCT-Abuja

The poor lost landownership and control in FCT-Abuja

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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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FCT Dutse Alhaji PHC Hospital Remains Uncompleted Eight Years After

FCT Dutse Alhaji Hospital Remains Uncompleted Nine Years After

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The Dutse Alhaji residents’ hope of having Primary Health Care has been dashed as a hospital construction in their area has since remained uncompleted eight years after it was commenced. The project located at Zone 6 in Dutse Alhaji area of Bwari Area Council in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, was awarded in 2014. And, …

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FCT community kids learn under despicable condition

FCT community kids learn under despicable conditions

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Children of the Takpese community in kwali Area Council of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory are learning under despicable conditions. The government public primary school kids in the community and other neighboring villages depend on for their formal education has since collapsed, forcing the kids to learn under despicable conditions. A visit to the school that …

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Abuja estate developers don’t care about biodiversity loss

Abuja estate developers don’t care about biodiversity loss

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Environmental scientists say Abuja estate developers are only interested in making money and do not care about biodiversity loss. They pointed out that their clearing of forests and vegetation for housing estates could lead to wildlife loss forever. Environmentalists who spoke to MAWA Foundation say the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and its Development Control, …

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Climate change reduces Banana production,

Climate change reduces Banana production, affects child education in FCT community

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Small-scale farmers at the Bmuko Community in Bwari Area Council of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have continued to lament how climate change is affecting Banana production and impacting their children’s education. Mr. Liberty Oseni, the Coordinator of MAWA Foundation, under the organization’s “Community Voice Project” led a team of journalists and researchers to the …

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FCT community kids learn under despicable condition

FCT Children learn under despicable condition

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Paikon Kore Community Children of Gwagwalada Area Council in Nigeria Federal Capital Territory are learning under a despicable condition as the school is near collapse over government negligence. A visit to the Government Secondary School that was built in 2017 according to the community inhabitants, shows the deplorable condition of the classrooms without windows and …

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FCT residents rely on a dirty pond as only source of water

FCT residents rely on a dirty pond as only source of water

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Residents of Anguwan Kudi Nuku Community in Abaji Area Council of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) rely upon dirty ponds as their only source of drinking water. The community lack access to safe drinking water, a situation that has since forced them to drink from a dirty pond that is meant for animals. This is …

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