Maiduguri dam collapse represents failure in governance says RDI

By: Mandy Park The Renevlyn Development Initiative (RDI) has linked the collapse of the Alau Dam in Borno and inundation of farmlands and hundreds of homes in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital to a total disconnect among the coordinating emergency response agencies of government at federal and state levels. RDI position contained in a statement issued in Lagos, comes on the heels of the collapse of the dam yesterday (Tuesday 10 September) and inundation of 70 percent of Maiduguri. The flooding of the communities was said to have begun about…

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CSO”s raise alarm over attacks on media, cso’s by Tinubu dictatorship… want detained protester’s released unconditionally

By: Mandy Park Civil society organizations, (CSO) have raised alarm over attacks on media, and CSO’s under the president Bola Tinubu-led government, submitting that the present leadership is worse than the military era and now a full blown dictatorship. This is as the group demanded immediate release, unconditionally, of all those held in detention for their participation in the 10-day endbadgovernance protest. The CSO’s included among others: Youth Rights Campaign, Enough is Enough (EiE), Movement for a Socialist Alternative (MSA), Womanifesto, Movement for Fundamental Change (MFC), Active Citizens Group Nigeria,…

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