Nigeria

COVID-19 impact on us huge to bear – Angwa Jaba Farmers

Farmers at the Angwa Jaba community in Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa state have said coronavirus pandemic has made them poor and hopeless. The farmers said the pandemic stopped buyers of their farm produce from coming to patronize them, making them suffer abject poverty and deep predicament. The farmers who spoke to the Media …

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2021 budget, Kogi govt approves N50 million medical equipment for PHDA, N31. 5 billion for governor’s office

The Kogi state government in her 2021 budget approved N50 million for the Primary Healthcare Development Agency to purchase medical equipment and the sum of N31.5 billion for the office of the governor. A breakdown of the 2021 budget that is published on the state website shows that the Primary Healthcare Development Agency got the …

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Life after COVID-19 83 of us lost our livelihood to the pandemic

Life after COVID-19: 83 of us lost our livelihood to the pandemic

Mechanics and electricians in the Masaka area of Nasarawa state have disclosed that the COVID-19 pandemic destroyed businesses belonging to over 83 of its members and forced them to their villages. Mr. Clement Izah, the vice-chairman Motor Mechanics Association, while speaking to the MAWA Foundation team who visited Masaka to gauge the impact of COVID-19 …

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Abuja community residents go through hell accessing hospital

Residents of Dutse Alhaji in Bwari Area Council of Abuja, the Nigeria capital city, go through hell trying to access the only government hospital in their area. This is even as Mr. Musa Dikko, the Bwari Area Council chairman had since 2018 presented N4.7 billion budget to the council Assembly, and subsequent allocations made since …

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Osun lawmaker constituency project single Transformer costs N30 million

Mr. Oluwole Oke, a lawmaker from Osun State constituency project single Transformer has engulfed N30 million, a project that costs below N3 million to execute. The project that is sited at the Obokun, Oriade area of Osun state was supervised by the Rural Electrification Agency and awarded to HKMA Global Resource and Construction Company Limited. …

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COVID-19: Nigerian Govt Converts Hotel To Isolation Centre, Over 120 Staff Disengaged

The effect of COVID-19 appears to be a huge price the Nigerian state and its citizens are paying in an unpleasant way as both the state and individuals are adversely affected. In an effort to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nigerian government had taken over and converted Capital Global Apartment, a hotel located at the …

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Imo lawmaker claims a single borehole, toilet cost N15 million

Despite the claim that a single borehole and a toilet cost the sum of N15 million Mr. Emeka Chinedu, a federal lawmaker from Imo State has since abandoned his constituency project. Mr. Chinendu, a federal lawmaker at the House of Representatives had nominated the construction of a public toilet and a borehole at Nkwo Mbaise …

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Contractor forces principal to sign N50 million uncompleted constituency project

The Principal of Government Girls Day Secondary School Kafur in Katsina state has disclosed how the contractor handling a construction of N50 million project in her schooled wanted to force her sign off an uncompleted project as having been completed. The federal government had last year through the Economic Recovery Growth Plan (Consolidated Capital Project) …

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