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How NPHCDA officials collects N5000 issues COVID-19 card without vaccination

How NPHCDA officials collects N5000 issues COVID-19 card without vaccination

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The Media Advocacy West Africa Foundation has uncovered how the National Primary Health Development Agency (NPHCDA) officials collect N5000 and issue COVID-19 cards without vaccination. Under the arrangement, those who want the COVID-19 card and do not want to take the vaccine are made to pay  N5000 and above while the card will be issued […]

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Special Report: Wedding Industry worse hit by COVID-19

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As we continue to recount the impact of COVID-19 on business and income, many do not pay attention to how the pandemic negatively impacted the wedding industry, with support from the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) MAWA FOUNDATION examined the impact of COVID-19 on the wedding industry. The wedding industry is one area

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Special Report: How COVID-19 boosts e-commerce in Nigeria small business

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The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic brought a huge change to the social order including how businesses are conducted. In this Special Report supported by Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), MAWA Foundation examined how the COVID-19 pandemic led to small businesses in Nigeria embracing e-commerce that is rapidly changing the old order. The pandemic

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Special Report: Impact of COVID-19 on Nigeria’s urban poor

Special Report: COVID-19 Impact Hits Nigeria Urban Poor Hardest

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In Nigeria, the government does not have a full understanding of how COVID-19 has negatively impacted the urban poor, and that many are in dire situations desperately looking for help. In this special report supported by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), MAWA FOUNDATION uncovers how the pandemic is impacting the urban poor.

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COVID-19 Lockdown, how we were assaulted by the police

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Men of the Nigerian police during the coronavirus lockdown assaulted and collected bribes from us to allow free movement, Uke residents have said. Uke community residents in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarwa state made this known while speaking to the Media Advocacy West Africa Foundation team who visited the community to interact with the

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COVID -19: Social distance practice in Abuja makes no sense, 11 persons live in a single room – Urban slum residents

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Residents of the Mpape community located at Bwari Area Council, five kilometres away from Abuja city centre have begun questioning social distancing considering that in some instances, 11 persons live in a single room. At the Ajegunle area of the informal settlement, Miss Blessed Okhar, a resident told MAWA FOUNDATION that in many of the

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