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N50 million Kebbi irrigation project abandoned

The N50 million Kebbi State irrigation project has been abandoned, MAWA Foundation has learned. The sum of N50 million was allocated to the project in the 2020 budget as a Zonal Intervention Project, popularly known as a constituency project. The project nominated by Mr. Yahaya Abdullahi, a Senator from Kebbi State was for the rehabilitation …

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12 years after, Port Harcourt Aba express road remains abandoned

The Port Harcourt Aba express road has remained abandoned 12 years after it was awarded under the administration of Mr. Musa Ya’adua the late Nigerian President. The road links Port Harcourt-Aba express road to Obehie-Azumini-Ukanafun in Abia and the Akwa Ibom States respectively. The road awarded as post amnesty project in 2009 under the late …

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Travelers groan, Lokoja city centre road in terrible condition

Travelers during the Christmas Yuletide were groaning in Lokoja, the Kogi State city centre as the road is in terrible condition with many struggling to pass through while cars that broke down were seen parked by the roadside. The Lokoja Ganaja area is completely in a dilapidated condition leaving travelers going to eastern and south-south …

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Makinde Oyo Gov shares COVID-19 palliatives to party loyalists, civil servants

Mr. Seyi Makinde, the Oyo State Governor has been caught in the act of sharing COVID-19 palliatives to party loyalists and civil servants. MAWA Foundation learned that the food items donated by CACOVID to be shared as COVID-19 palliatives were not distributed and were kept in the state secretariat. Civil servants, party loyalists were seen …

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Your empowerment gave us influential unified voices for our liberation

Residents of Kabusa community, a satellite town in Abuja have commended MAWA Foundation for empowering them through human rights education training and community mobilizing for advocacy. The residents said Housing Rights training conducted by MAWA Foundation empowered them for unified voices to confront the authority and present superior arguments that compelled the government to discard …

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How COVID-19 Exposed Digital Inequality

Parents in Nasarawa state communities are lamenting how lack of access to the internet is affecting their children’s participation in online learning. The parents who spoke to MAWA Foundation team that visited some communities in Nasarawa state to gauge the impact of COVID-19 say their kids could not participate in the online school during the …

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Ali Ndume Refuses to Account For N222 Million Constituency Funds

A Nigerian Federal Lawmaker Mr. Ali Ndume, a Senator from Borno has refused to account for the N22 million he nominated as constituency project in 2017. Under the deal, Ndume said he was going to supply empowerment equipment to residents of Borno South Senatorial District, the constituency he represents at the National Assembly. Checks by …

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Despite N100 million allocation, no single building renovated in Idah collage of health

There is no single new building to show for the N100 million allocation by the Kogi State government in its 2020 budget for the construction and upgrading facilities at College of Health Technology Idah. Under the deal, the state government had in its 2020 budget allocated the sum of N100 million for the renovation of …

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We are afraid when pregnant; if you give birth to twin they will be killed

Women of Tugbudu community in the Basa Komo in Kwali Area Council of Abuja-Nigeria capital city, who are of the Gbajingala clan, have said they get afraid when they are pregnant because if you give birth to twin they are collected from them and killed. Some of the Women spoke to the MAWA Foundation team …

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