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Ogun School in deplorable condition as N12 million project remains abandoned

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Ogun community children continue to learn in a deplorable condition as N12 million classroom construction project remains abandoned. This is even as the Federal Government under the 2021 Zonal Intervention Project (ZIP) approved the sum of N12 million for the construction of a three classroom block at LGA Primary School, Egan-Moro, Oke-Agbo, Ijebu Igbo, Ijebu …

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Special Report In Nigeria, Teachers are depressed over poor wages

Special Report: In Nigeria, Teachers are depressed over poor wages

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As investors in education build new schools across communities in Nigeria and the government brags about the increase in enrollment, little or no attention is been made to probe into the teachers’ welfare and how they feel over poor wages. In this Special Report, MAWA Foundation spoke to teachers in different schools to find out …

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Work resumes on abandoned school project a month after MAWA exposed officials

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Mr. Francis Waive, the Delta State lawmaker, Ministry of Water Resources, and Niger Delta RBDA have returned to the site a month after the MAWA Foundation story exposed how the Agbarho Grammer School project was abandoned after N59.63 million was paid to a contractor. MAWA Foundation had in September, in a report, supported by the …

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Abuja community where bad road kills residents

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Residents of Tunga Sarki community Kwali Area Council of Abuja the Nigerian capital city are dying and children are cut off from attending schools as a result of an inaccessible road in their area. The road that connects the community to schools, markets, and other towns has been terrible and inaccessible since 2018, making residents …

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Govt Science School Akpanya students learn under terrible condition

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Students of Government Science Secondary School Akpanya in Igalamela Local Government Area of Kogi state learn under terrible conditions despite multi-million education allocation by the state government. A visit to the school by MAWA Foundation shows the students learn under destroyed floors and leaking roofs. Apart from the leaking roofs and destroyed floors, the school …

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Nigerian agency, NDE pays N26.250 million to renovate six classrooms block

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The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in a shocking example of procurement abuse that has helped undermine Nigeria’s development has spent the sum of N25.250 million to renovate six classrooms block in Delta State. In the deal, NDE awarded the contract for the renovation of six classrooms block at Zoukumor Primary School, Ojobo in Burutu …

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UBEC constructs two classroom blocks for N11.84 million refuse response to FOI request

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A Nigerian agency, the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) saddled with the responsibility for providing access to basic education throughout Nigeria in a clear example of contract inflation has constructed two classrooms block at the sum of N11.84 million in Delta State. In the deal that was struck under the Federal Ministry of Education, the …

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Deplorable Kebbi school govt claims spend N280 million monthly feeding kids

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Children in Kebbi state are learning under a deplorable condition despite the state government claim it spends N280 million every month feeding the children under the school feeding programme. Mr. Mohammed Magawata, the Kebbi Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education while speaking at training on Cash Transfer Programme organized by the United Nations Children Education …

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Only four percent of northern girls completed secondary school: Report

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Only four percent of northern girls complete secondary school, says a survey by the Centre for Girl Child Education (CGE). The centre’s board member Binta Muhammad disclosed this on Thursday in Sokoto. Ms. Muhammad stated that CGE was established in 2007 with 64 girls in rural communities in Kaduna after a baseline survey was conducted. …

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