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REVEALED: Senate’s running cost could have provided one million boreholes! | TheCable thecable.ng/77-radiotherap… 
@NGRSenate @bukolasaraki @benmurraybruce @dino_melaye @SenMarafaKabir @SERAPNigeria In a country where 46 percent of its citizens are currently living below the poverty line of $1.90 or N693.5 per day, the running cost could have been used to solve some basic needs. In this piece, TheCable looks at what that amount could have been used for in different sectors.
@NGRSenate @bukolasaraki @benmurraybruce @dino_melaye @SenMarafaKabir @SERAPNigeria HEALTH
It is no news that Nigeria lacks an effective healthcare system. #Cancer has been identified as one of the leading causes of death globally. For a country of 198 million people, there are just four radiotherapy centres. thecable.ng/77-radiotherap…
It is no news that Nigeria lacks an effective healthcare system. #Cancer has been identified as one of the leading causes of death globally. For a country of 198 million people, there are just four radiotherapy centres. thecable.ng/77-radiotherap…
@NGRSenate @bukolasaraki @benmurraybruce @dino_melaye @SenMarafaKabir @SERAPNigeria @IsaacFAdewole @nighealthwatch With a radiotherapy machine valued at $3 million (N918 million at @cenbank rate of $1/N306), N70.6 billion could have been used to purchase 77 of such machines. thecable.ng/77-radiotherap… #OpenNASS
@NGRSenate @bukolasaraki @benmurraybruce @dino_melaye @SenMarafaKabir @SERAPNigeria @IsaacFAdewole @nighealthwatch @cenbank @BudgITng EDUCATION
Nigeria currently has the highest number of out-of-school children in the world, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The organisation said about 13.2 million children in the country are not in school.
thecable.ng/77-radiotherap… #OpenNASS
Nigeria currently has the highest number of out-of-school children in the world, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The organisation said about 13.2 million children in the country are not in school.
thecable.ng/77-radiotherap… #OpenNASS
@NGRSenate @bukolasaraki @benmurraybruce @dino_melaye @SenMarafaKabir @SERAPNigeria @IsaacFAdewole @nighealthwatch @cenbank @BudgITng Checks by TheCable revealed that N10 million can be used to construct a standard block of four classrooms. This means that with N70.6 billion, the country can afford to construct a total of N7,063 of such blocks across the country. thecable.ng/77-radiotherap… #OpenNASS
@NGRSenate @bukolasaraki @benmurraybruce @dino_melaye @SenMarafaKabir @SERAPNigeria @IsaacFAdewole @nighealthwatch @cenbank @BudgITng WATER
Another area the senators’ allowances can have an alternative huge impact is the water sector. In 2018, @UNICEF reported that 69 million Nigerians did not have access to safe water. And 83 percent of schools in the country were said to have also lacked water supply.
Another area the senators’ allowances can have an alternative huge impact is the water sector. In 2018, @UNICEF reported that 69 million Nigerians did not have access to safe water. And 83 percent of schools in the country were said to have also lacked water supply.
@NGRSenate @bukolasaraki @benmurraybruce @dino_melaye @SenMarafaKabir @SERAPNigeria @IsaacFAdewole @nighealthwatch @cenbank @BudgITng @UNICEF @UNICEF_Nigeria @WaterAidNigeria @iamekweremadu Here’s where the succour could come: with N450,000 as fund for drilling a borehole in #Nigeria, N7.6 billion can afford the country 1,712,515 boreholes which will most likely go round for most communities. Read more 👉 thecable.ng/77-radiotherap… #OpenNASS
