Abandoned and unfunded, health centres in Ebonyi fail rural communities
………Pregnant women, children bear the brunt
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………Pregnant women, children bear the brunt
Revealing the revenue or earnings alone does not tell the whole story. The reporter tried to identify cost components for Abakiliki rice farmers. Rice farmers who spoke with the reporter identified six to seven items worrying players in Ebonyi.
Health insurance is one of the cheapest ways of settling health bills. However, this service has eluded Nigerians as data show poor coverage of health insurance nationwide.
Three months after Dataphyte’s investigation exposing how Teachers’ Quarters projects in Ebonyi were abandoned, the Ebonyi state government has completed one of the projects.
Any water project in the south-eastern part of Nigeria is a response to a critical need as the region is known for absence of potable water. Residents of Uburu and Ivo local government areas of Ebonyi State would have been elated to know that water projects have been assigned to their areas.
Weeks after Dataphyte’s investigation on abandoned Teachers’ quarters in Ebonyi state, work has recommenced on one of the project sites.
Ebonyi State is one of the five Southeastern states in Nigeria and like all of the region, sectional agitations, conflict, and violence are the issues that have taken centre stage. However, before these challenges, states in the southeastern region have long faced development deficits.