In the heart of Agatu Local Government Area in Benue State, lies a fading structure called Adeka Primary School. Once a place of promise, it now stands with broken walls, missing windows, and a roof so tattered that sunlight and rain take turns teaching the children. Monit NG, a public accountability NGO in Nigeria, has …
“Forgotten Classrooms: The Story of Adeka’s Children” Read More »
The Federal Capital Territory Administration continues to rely on the restoration of Abuja master plan as a justification to carry out demolition and forced eviction. This government behaviour has resulted in the forced eviction of a greater number of persons from their homes. For instance, between 2003 and 2008, the Abuja authority demolished homes and …
Need for participatory communication: Abuja requires strategic plan, not master plan Read More »
Kaida community located about 11 kilomentres away from Gwagwalada Area Council of Federal Capital Territory Abuja has no road and safe drinking water. The community which has an estimated 1,000 population drinks from a dirty river and has no access road. The residents who are mainly rural farmers in different narratives recounted how access to …
Kaida, FCT-Abuja has no road, safe drinking water Read More »
The Nigeria Land Value Development Financing Baseline Study supported by the International Union for Land Value Taxation is a document that examines the experience of Nigeria’s Land Value Development Financing 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 …
Land Value Development Financing: FCT-Abuja Community Viewpoint Read More »
Adamawa State University Journal of Scientific Research (ADSUJSR) Volume 12 Issue 2, 2024 Author: Audu Liberty Oseni Abstract Our disregard for the Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) contributes largely to the failure of state and non-state actors’ intervention targeting climate change adaptation among rural farmers. In a study population of an estimated 19,800 predominantly rural farmers …
The Journal of Development Communication Vol. 35 No. 2 December 2024 Author: Audu Liberty Oseni Abstract Effective communication that will enable rural farmers in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja (FCT-Abuja) to adequately understand climate change issues has continued to be a major barrier in mobilizing them for mitigation and adaptation practices. In a study population of …
As Nigerians now buy a litre of petrol at N900 it becomes fundamental to interrogate the action that led to the 2012 uprising where Nigerians poured out on the streets when the government of Mr. Goodluck Jonathan, former Nigerian president increased the price of petrol from N65 to N141 per litre. The Civil society organizations, …
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 …
FCT-Abuja community children learn under deplorable condition Read More »
Mr. Uadamen Ilevbaoje in an interview with MAWA-Foundation discloses that his passion for transparency and accountability in governance, and building strong civic engagement made him founded MonitNG. Read his views Can you share the inspiration behind founding MonitNG and the specific problem it aims to address? My name is Mr. Uadamen Ilevbaoje I am the …
My commitment to accountable governance, reason I founded MonitNG Read More »
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 …
The poor lost landownership and control in FCT-Abuja Read More »