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FCT community residents rely on dirty water as only source of drinking

Residents of Dapa Community in Kwali Area Council of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) rely upon dirty water from floating gutters as their only source of drinking water. The community that has an estimated 1,500 inhabitants lack access to safe drinking water, a situation that has since forced them to drink from dirty gutters that […]

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Niger community groan over terribly deplorable hospital

Tungan Gari community residents in Kontagora Local Government of Nigeria state are lamenting the deplorable condition of a Healthcare Centre they rely on for healthcare delivery. Nigeria Health Watch, which first exposed the deplorable condition of the Tungan Gari community Healthcare Centre that has made it unable to provide healthcare delivery to the inhabitants, says

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FCT residents lament over poor healthcare condition

Residents of the Dagiri community in Gwagwalada Area Council of Abuja, are lamenting over poor healthcare conditions. The Dagiri Comprehensive Primary Health Center which is meant to serve an estimated 5,000 population has no staff, a situation that makes it impossible for it to deliver healthcare to the people. Tracka, a public accountability organization that

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Kano community pregnant women trek 3km in search of healthcare

Pregnant women in the Tabanni community at Wagara ward, Tofa Local Government Area of Kano state trek over three kilometres to other communities in search of healthcare delivery as a healthcare centre in their area has since become deplorable and collapsed. The Tabanni Kano community health centre which serves an estimated 10,000 population has no

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Sokoto residents dying over deplorable healthcare centre

Katami community residents in Silame Local Government Area of Sokoto State continue to recount how many of them are dying because a health centre in their area has become deplorable and can no longer provide healthcare delivery. On a visit to the community, one is confronted with a deplorable healthcare centre that has tattered roofs

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No health worker in Bauchi community hospital 11 years after completion

Gwarangah community residents in Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State lack access to healthcare delivery as the government could not deploy health workers in the community health centre 11 years after its completion. In a visit to the community, residents in different accounts narrated how the hospital that was constructed and equipped has been

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Nasarawa community lament as access bridge collapses

Local residents in Guto/Aisa Ward at Nasarawa Local Government of Nasarawa State are lamenting over a local collapsed bridge in their area that has since cut them off and is affecting business and social life. The locals that spoke about the collapsed bridge that was exposed by “Nasarawa Mirror” a community media, in different accounts,

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Poverty and inequality in FCT unbearable

Abuja residents are now calling on the government and other development partners to roll out interventions that will have to address poverty and inequality at their centre of implementation while pointing out that the poverty and inequity they’re facing are becoming unbearable. Some the of residents who spoke to MAWA-Foundation at Mbumoko, an informal settlement

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