Amidst communal conflicts and farmer-herder crises in Benue, the Edawu Community Mental Health Centre offers a lifeline to traumatized victims. Once a thriving, solar-powered haven for mental health recovery, the centre now faces funding shortages, forcing it to scale down operations. With its solar power failing and resources dwindling, the future of this vital facility remains uncertain, threatening access to mental health care for those who need it most.
Investigation
On August 23rd, 2023, this reporter submitted a freedom of information request to the office of the commissioner’s Ministry of Cooperatives, Urban and Rural Development in Benue State, to get the details of the contract, but the letter was not responded to.
When the reporter visited the ministry on the 2nd of October, the receptionist at the commissioner’s office noted that the submitted letter was missing.
These funds, originally paid by students as part of their tuition fees into the Student Union Account for development projects, were transferred in multiple tranches to Mr. Aremu’s accounts with UBA, FCMB and OPAY.
The failure of the project has posed a difficult livelihood for the residents
On the other hand, Moshood Ibrahim Esq., another legal practitioner, stated that the type of government practised in Nigeria, which is federalism, does not allow any state the right to reject national laws outrightly.
Mrs Innocent is a victim of the poor state of the primary healthcare system in Benue State. Accessing care can be a life-threatening ordeal, especially for people in the rural areas of the state where the burden of disease is disproportionately high.
Students from the Faculty of Dental Science at the University of Jos took to the streets on recently, protesting the delayed accreditation of their
However, when this reporter visited Kwara, the location of the milk processing factory in January 2024, she found abandoned poultry in its stead. The once-promising infrastructure intended for dairy production now lay idle, its machinery left to neglect and rot.
“…I felt sick and went to the health outpost here in the community but met nobody to attend to me.”
The 2024 budgetary provision for the health sector in the state has been jacked up to 15%,