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Despite dwindling revenue and increasing debt profile, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) spent about N33 billion on repairs and maintenance of pipelines within a space of 13 months.
The rate of pipeline vandalism has proven to be a recurrence, and as a result, part of the monthly remittances to the Federation Accounts is used for repairs and maintenance.
Between January 2020 and January 2021, data from the Federal Account and Allocation Committee (FAAC) showed that in the first quarter of 2020, a total of N10.2 billion was expended on repairs, with a crude and product loss valued at N21.6 billion.
In the second quarter of same year, the FAAC report also showed that despite the COVID-19 lock down which crippled economic activities across the country, N13.2 billion still went for repairs.
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As climate change hits Nigeria, small scale women farmers count losses
Nigeria faces the possibility of food shortage as a combination of climate change and insecurity curtails farming activities and output. 10 min read
Godwin Susan and Isah Arah Zainab are thousands of miles apart − the former is in Nasarawa State, Northcentral Nigeria, while the latter resides in Zamfara, a state in the Northwest − but they are both victims of the impacts of climate change.
The loss in 2020 that left Susan, Zainab and indeed many smallholder women farmers in Nigeria lamenting is seen as alarming and a sign of what to come as climate change continues to hit harder across the country.
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ActionAid Country Director, Ene Obi
ActionAid Nigeria lamented repressive attacks on journalists and defenders of human rights in the country, urging government at all levels to create safe and favourable environment for them to carry out their activities for the good of the nation and its citizens.
ActionAid Nigeria is a non-governmental organisation working to promote human rights, combat poverty and all forms of injustice in Nigeria.
Speaking in Abuja, the Country Director, Ene Obi, said: “Freedom of the press is one of the essential cornerstones of a democratic society. But, in Nigeria, there has been a consistent and dangerous attempt by both state and non-state actors to breach not only local and international statutes guaranteeing the essential freedom of expression but to expurgate and censure the media and journalists while doing their legitimate duties”.