
Nigeria’s Inaccessible ATMs Expose Visually Impaired Customers to Fraud
Despite CBN’s accessibility rule issued in 2010, most ATMs still lack features that enable independent use for people with visual impairments

Despite CBN’s accessibility rule issued in 2010, most ATMs still lack features that enable independent use for people with visual impairments

According to the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), PHCs are expected to offer 24-hour services, be fenced, and have staff quarters or accommodation for the workers within the community.

When The Liberalist visited the facility in March this year, the staff quarters were in a state of total abandonment and disrepair, reflecting the broader neglect that plagues the facility.

Across Sokoto state, remote communities are grappling with a silent crisis: poor access to healthcare services, abandoned facilities, and severe shortages of medical personnel and equipment.

Concerns are rife over the disturbing sight of street children, whose populations ceased to reduce, with an increasing number of girls proliferating across many Northern states.

Rural recruiters promise parents and guardians a brighter future for their children: education, employment, and urban comforts. Once in the city, however, these promises evaporate.

In the Kwara state communities covered for this story, truant pupils, absentees, insufficient teachers and inadequate learning materials have also contributed to putting pupils in the communities at a learning disadvantage.

Pensioners in Benue State waited several years for their pensions and gratuities. Although there is respite following the emergence of the incumbent Governor, the elders

As keke riders navigate through the intertwined roads of economic struggle and security concerns, their quest for a sustainable livelihood hangs in the balance.

Online to offline trading platforms like Jumia, Alibaba, Amazon, etc always display goods and prices on their platforms for buyers to see and place orders, but the case is not the same with the Dolly Mall.

Road constructions are sometimes dire for residents and commuters as a result of government’s lack of planning and communication with its citizens.

The myth that albinos are the best human objects of rituals undermines their freedom to participate in society’s socio-economic activities.
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