Nigeria

Deplorable Enugu community hospital despite N7.6 billion expended on health by govt

A community hospital at Amafor-Ugbawka in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu state is in a deplorable condition even as the government spent N7.6 billion on health in two years 2019 and 2020. The state in 2019 approved the sum of N1,965,631,000 for health. And, in 2020 allocated N5,710,000,000 to health, making an increase …

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Exposed: How Edo state govt diverting farmers loan using Sterling Bank

MAWA Foundation has uncovered how the Edo State Government is diverting Agric Loans given to farmers using Sterling Bank. Under the deal, the Edo State government instructed Sterling Bank to restrict bank account of the farmers who benefited from the Agric Loan while the government is withdrawing the money without the farmers’ knowledge and approval. …

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Abuja community hospital patients are dying over health workers negligence

Residents of Dukpa, a community of over 2000 inhabitants in Gwagwalada Area Council Abuja the Nigerian capital city have continued to recount how the negligence of health workers in Primary Healthcare in their area is leading to the death of patients. A community champion in Dukpa who spoke to MAWA FOUNDATION and does not want …

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Community in Abuja inhabitants drink from a dirty pond

Residents of Dota -Kaida Tsoho community in Dobi ward at Gwagwalada Area Council of Abuja the Nigerian capital city rely solely on the dirty ponds as their only source of drinking water. This is even as the residents are recounting how they have written several letters to the government (Area Council Authority) begging that they …

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Substandard construction: Rainstorm destroys bridges in Bauchi

MAWA FOUNDATION has learned how rainstorms destroyed two bridges in Bauchi State as a result of substandard construction. Local sources told MAWA via telephone conversations that the bridge connecting roads leading to Jos and Kano was destroyed on Thursday night after heavy rainfall. Mr. Ibrahim Isa, one of the locals, told MAWA that the bridge …

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Only four percent of northern girls completed secondary school: Report

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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Katsina lawmaker gets N80 million, distributes less than 100 fertilizer bags

Mr. Bello Mandiya, a lawmaker from Katsina State has distributed less than 100 bags of fertilizers as a constituency project after getting N80 million allocation from the Federal Government. The lawmaker, who is representing the people of Katsina South at the Senate, told party loyalist in his constituent that got the fertilizer that he will …

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Special Report: IPPIS worse scam ever, Nigeria Workers recount

Nigerian workers continue to recount how Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPISP) created by the Nigerian Government to address fraud in the country’s civil service management, has since turned out to be the worse form of scam in the country’s history. MAWA FOUNDATION in this Special Report spoke to civil servants, who described the …

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