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Land Value Tax in FCT Community Viewpoint

Land Value Tax in FCT: Community Viewpoint

The Nigeria Land Value Taxation Baseline Study supported by the International Union for Land Value Taxation is a document that examines the experience of Nigeria’s Land Value Taxation using the six Area Councils in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) namely, Abaji, Abuja Municipal, Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kwali, and Kuje Area Councils as a pilot study. In …

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FCT-Abuja community children learn under deplorable condition

FCT-Abuja community children learn under deplorable condition

Deshi Paikon Kore Community Children of Gwagwalada Area Council in Nigeria Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are learning under a despicable condition that is not fit for kids’ education. A visit to the LEA Primary School Deshi Paikon Kore shows the deplorable condition of the classrooms with kids seen learning on a bare floor. Monitng a …

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The poor lost landownership and control in FCT-Abuja

The poor lost landownership and control in FCT-Abuja

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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Tatagyiya FCT community relies on dirty ponds for drinking water

Tatagyiya FCT community relies on dirty ponds for drinking water

Residents of the Tatagyiya community in the Gwagwa area of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT-Abuja) Nigeria’s capital city rely on dirty ponds for safe drinking water. Monitng, civic public accountability exposed how the Tatagyiya community suffers a huge infrastructural deficit and relies on dirty ponds as a source of drinking water. We appeal …

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Sumpe FCT community relies on dirty streams for drinking water

Sumpe FCT community relies on dirty streams for drinking water

An estimated 1000 population of the Sumpe community in  Bwari Area Council of Federal Capital Territory (FCT-Abuja) Nigeria’s capital city relies on dirty streams for safe drinking water.  Monitng, civic public accountability exposed how the Sumpe community suffers a huge infrastructural deficit and relies on dirty streams as a source of drinking water.  We appeal …

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Women, Children risk death in FCT community over collapsed health facility 

Women, Children risk death in FCT community over collapsed health facility 

Women and Children in the Kigbe community at Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT-Abuja), Nigeria’s capital city risk death over a collapsed healthcare facility.  This is even as the community residents rely on the collapsed health facility for their healthcare delivery. This is a circumstance that puts women and children in a …

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Let Shapi community benefit from N1.15 trillion FCT Budget

Let Shapi community benefit from N1.15 trillion FCT Budget

The Federal Capital Territory Authority (FCTA), should ensure that the Shapi community located at Gumbu ward in Kwali Area Council of FCT that relies on dirty ponds as a source of drinking water benefits from the N1.15 trillion 2024 FCT Budget.  Monitng, civic public accountability has exposed how the Shapi community suffers a huge infrastructural …

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Dutse Alhaji's first gate becomes terribly deplorable

Dutse Alhaji’s first gate becomes terribly deplorable

Dutse Alhaji’s first gate located directly opposite Zenith Bank on the right-hand side when driving from Abuja – city centre to Bwari Area Council of FCT has become terribly deplorable. The terrible portion of the road that is less than two kilometres from First Gate to the popular Koro Mosque has become a predicament for …

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Climate Change Impacts FCT women farmers, widens inequality

Climate Change Impacts FCT women farmers, widens inequality

Women farmers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the Nigerian capital city are recounting how climate change impact is hitting them and widening economic inequality in the communities they live. The small holders’ women farmers who spoke to MAWA-Foundation at Jiwa community, in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Kuje and Abaji recounted how shortage in …

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Poor infrastructure in FCT worsen urban poor burden

Poor infrastructure in FCT worsens urban poor burden

Residents in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the Nigerian capital city have continued to lament how poor infrastructure is worsening their living conditions and making their lives miserable. At Dutse Alhaji, Dutse Bokuma, Sokale, and Dawaki communities located at Bwari Area Council of FCT, residents in different accounts narrated a similar experience of how deplorable …

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