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Sumpe FCT community relies on dirty streams for drinking water

Sumpe FCT community relies on dirty streams for drinking water

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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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Let Shapi community benefit from N1.15 trillion FCT Budget

Let Shapi community benefit from N1.15 trillion FCT Budget

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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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Homegrown solution impacting Nigeria’s energy transition, Climate mitigation

Homegrown solution impacting Nigeria’s energy transition, Climate mitigation

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Homegrown solutions are impacting how energy is produced and used in Nigeria, playing a key role in the country’s energy transition and climate change mitigation. It is contributing to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and improving energy security. Ndiir Solomon, a high school student of Kusaki College in Benue State in Benue State, North-Central …

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International Equinox Earth Day Celebration 2024 Earth belongs to everyone

International Equinox Earth Day Celebration 2024: Earth belongs to everyone

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Annually, there is a global international Equinox Earth Day Celebration to renew our collective commitment to honour the Earth and promote peace for all to live and enjoy the Earth that belongs to us all. As we celebrate the Equinox Earth Day on this 19th day of March 2024, we must hold on to our …

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SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides under PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability

SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides under PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability

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Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited  (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard for accountability, says it is not under obligation to disclose its dealings and be accountable to the public in the way it operates. NNPCL made this known in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) …

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Climate Change Education Must Adopt Dialogue & Negotiation 

Climate Change Education Must Adopt Dialogue & Negotiation 

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Our approach to communicating Climate Change has to adopt dialogue and negotiation, and not only focus on campaign and advocacy. This will facilitate trust-building, empowerment, efficiency, accountability, and sustainability among community members. It will further allow for effective participation that will create room for both development agents and communities to learn, re-learn, and have an …

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How Climate Change Impacts Students in Sokoto

How Climate Change Impacts Students in Sokoto

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Students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, North-west Nigeria in different accounts, narrated how hot weather conditions triggered by climate change are impacting them. Some of the students link their poor academic performance to hot weather, which they say makes it difficult for them to attend classes and learn in a conducive environment. Jibrin Mutar, a …

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Poor Participation, Reason Climate Change Interventions Fail 

Poor Participation, Reason Climate Change Interventions Fail

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Over the years, practitioners who design Climate Change interventions, have continued to adopt approaches that allow community and strategic stakeholders participation to be only an avenue to extract information, rather than allowing for effective participation.   They often follow Rapid Rural Appraisal and Participatory Rural Appraisal approaches which have since been replaced by Participatory Learning and …

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Logging activities leading to biodiversity loss in Kogi community 

Logging activities leading to biodiversity loss in Kogi community 

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Logging activities are leading to a huge loss of forest and biodiversity at Enugu Ogboyaga Community in Igalamela Local Government Area of Kogi. Animals who depend on the forests for survival are disappearing while the forest faces extinction.   The forest that stretches about 10 kilometres is fast disappearing. A visit to the forest which is …

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Time for Climate Channge Action is now

Time for Climate Channge Action is now

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Having seen the impacts of climate change on rural farmers and rural settlements, we appeal to climate researchers and environmental activists to raise their voices in pushing advocacy and campaigns for climate justice and resilience actions. The campaign is most fundamental because we have seen climate change becoming a major threat facing rural farmers in …

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