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Ministry of Agriculture yet to deliver 100 million farming equipment

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The Nigeria Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is yet to deliver 100 million farming equipment to Oyo community farmers despite 100% fund released for the purchase by the Federal Government. The Agriculture Ministry in 2020 allocated the sum of N100 million to provide farming equipment for farmers in Erunmu Egbeda Local Government Area of …

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Deaths in Kogi Community Over Deplorable Healthcare

Deaths in Kogi Community Over Deplorable Healthcare

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The residents of Abejukolo in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State are putting together efforts to ensure that General Hospital that provides healthcare in the area does not collapse and is functional. This is even as the government does not provide adequate funding for the operation of the hospital which affects it from providing …

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Adamawa Lawmaker Alleged N100 Million ICT Centre Constituency Project

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Mr. Ja’afar Magaji, a federal lawmaker from Adamawa state and the Universal Basic Education (UBEC) in an example of what appears contract inflation have constructed a mini ICT centre for N100 million as a constituency project. The ICT that had TG&TG Bright Nigeria Limited as its contractor was awarded by the Universal Basic Education Commission …

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Special Report: Impact of COVID-19 on Nigeria’s urban poor

Special Report: COVID-19 Impact Hits Nigeria Urban Poor Hardest

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In Nigeria, the government does not have a full understanding of how COVID-19 has negatively impacted the urban poor, and that many are in dire situations desperately looking for help. In this special report supported by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), MAWA FOUNDATION uncovers how the pandemic is impacting the urban poor. …

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COVID-19 Lockdown, how we were assaulted by the police

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Men of the Nigerian police during the coronavirus lockdown assaulted and collected bribes from us to allow free movement, Uke residents have said. Uke community residents in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarwa state made this known while speaking to the Media Advocacy West Africa Foundation team who visited the community to interact with the …

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Enugu Awkunanaw Street, dilapidated, death trap

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Awkunanaw Street in Enugu, the Enugu state capital has become a death trap despite the N43 billion state capital allocations in the year 2019 and other allocations that have been made from 2020 to 2021. Residents of Awkunanaw Street located by the Etudo area are lamenting how they go through predicament using the road to …

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NDDC Says a Single Borehole Cost N100 Million

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Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says a single borehole at Amaukwu community in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia state cost N100 million in what appears a shocking example of contract inflation that has helped undermine the Commission’s ability to achieve its mandate. Drilling a single borehole in Abia averages N1.5 million. A hydrology firm told MAWA …

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COVID -19: Social distance practice in Abuja makes no sense, 11 persons live in a single room – Urban slum residents

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Residents of the Mpape community located at Bwari Area Council, five kilometres away from Abuja city centre have begun questioning social distancing considering that in some instances, 11 persons live in a single room. At the Ajegunle area of the informal settlement, Miss Blessed Okhar, a resident told MAWA FOUNDATION that in many of the …

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