Mohammed Usman | Fellowship-Ready Changemaker

Civic innovator | SDG Advocate | Project Manager @monITNG | FCT Community Champion 2023 🏆 | Climate & Youth Engagement | Fellowship-ready 🌍

[Mohammed Usman | Fellowship-Ready Changemaker @mohammedu389]

it is the seeds planted in people especially the youth that will grow and become the shade that speaks for them.

[Mohammed Usman | Fellowship-Ready Changemaker @mohammedu389]

Human investment is the largest and best seed any society can sow. Leaders should not be carried away by temporary wealth or power, because time will come when positions have passed. In that moment @IretiKingibe @hon_obika @SenatorAduda

[Mohammed Usman | Fellowship-Ready Changemaker @mohammedu389]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

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@ireti_kingibe @sowore
@SaharaReporters
@PulseNigeria247
@BudgITng
@monitng

[Mohammed Usman | Fellowship-Ready Changemaker @mohammedu389]

@IretiKingibe With due respect, many FCT constituents are concerned that festive palliatives reportedly reached aides while grassroots communities received nothing. We appeal for inclusive, transparent interventions that truly reach the people. Representation should reflect equity and care.

[MonITNG @monitng]

ATTENTION!!!

Dear Governor @dikko_radda

The condition of Primary School Tsintsiya in Danja LGA, Katsina State is a disturbing reminder of how badly basic education has been neglected.

An entire section of the school has collapsed, leaving pupils surrounded by cracked walls and unstable structures that could fall without warning.

A place meant to be safe for learning has now become a dangerous zone. Children sit close to broken blocks, teachers struggle to keep classes going, and parents fear for the safety of their kids. This is happening in a state that has received billions of naira over the years for education, yet very little has translated into real development where it matters most.

It is even more devastating because Katsina is the state of the President, a leader who served for eight years. With that level of national influence, Katsina should have been a leading example of educational progress in Northern Nigeria. Instead, the past administration failed to prioritise basic education, leaving thousands of children to learn in conditions that show a complete disregard for their future. A governor who had direct access to the President could not leverage that advantage to improve the state of schools or ensure children enjoy the most fundamental right: a safe classroom.

UNICEF recently released data showing the scale of this failure. Katsina alone has about 300,000 out-of-school children. Combined with Kano and Jigawa, these three states contribute 16 percent of Nigeria’s 10.2 million out-of-school children. These figures represent real lives children who should be in class but are instead roaming the streets, held back by poverty and the neglect of those in power.

UNICEF also highlighted that Katsina has one of the highest rates of child stunting at 64.6 percent. This paints a troubling picture of a generation caught between malnutrition, poor schooling conditions, and a system that does not protect their well-being. In rural communities like Tsintsiya, these challenges are even more severe. Children are expected to dream and aspire, yet they are forced to study in ruins and risk injury every time they walk into their classrooms.

The collapse of Tsintsiya Primary School is not just an infrastructural failure; it is the outcome of years of misplaced priorities. While leaders channel resources into prestige projects and political interests, the children who need the most support are left behind. Rebuilding this school must become an urgent priority. Katsina’s children deserve safety, dignity, and a government that treats education as the foundation of development, not an afterthought.
#FixPublicSchools

[Mohammed Usman | Fellowship-Ready Changemaker @mohammedu389]

@centrelsd @FordFoundation @otiveigbuzor @mon_osasah2003 @EUmesi @LawalAmodu1 @VincentDania @siptaoiza Congratulations 🎉🎉 to me I have gotten my certificate

[Mohammed Usman | Fellowship-Ready Changemaker @mohammedu389]

@centrelsd @FordFoundation @otiveigbuzor @mon_osasah2003 @EUmesi @LawalAmodu1 @VincentDania @MrElvis94 @siptaoiza Congratulations to me

[MonITNG @monitng]

SHOCKING!!!

Dear FCT Minister @GovWike & Senator @IretiKingibe

We visited LEA Nomadic Primary School, Ibwa in Gwagwalada Area Council, FCT Abuja, and what we saw was deeply troubling. The only school serving this entire community has deteriorated beyond use. The structure has collapsed in several parts, the walls are severely cracked from top to bottom, the roofing sheets have fallen off, and the remaining portions of the building now pose a serious danger to anyone who goes near. The situation has forced the school to shut down completely because there is no safe space left for pupils to sit, learn, or even assemble. What should be a centre of learning has instead become a looming hazard.

This tragedy is unfolding in the Federal Capital Territory, the seat of Nigeria’s government, at a time when UBEC has released ₦141 billion to 27 states and the FCT specifically for upgrading and rehabilitating schools across the country. With such huge investments, no community in the FCT should be struggling with a school that has completely collapsed. Yet Ibwa community has been left behind, with its children paying the price of years of government neglect.

Instead of directing resources to critical educational needs in underserved communities like Ibwa, the FCT Minister has prioritised the renovation of the International Conference Centre at the cost of ₦39 billion an elite facility that serves government officials and dignitaries. Meanwhile, children in rural areas of the nation's capital cannot access the most basic learning environment. It raises a painful question: why should conference halls be valued more than the education and safety of young pupils?

The situation is made worse by the fact that the FCT’s representative in the National Assembly, Senator Ireti Kingibe, cannot point to a single school that she has facilitated, rehabilitated, or supported in any satellite community throughout her time in office. Despite repeated pleas from residents, teachers, and parents, there has been no meaningful intervention, and communities like Ibwa continue to suffer the consequences of legislative silence.

Today, the entire school premises have been overtaken by weeds. The surroundings have turned into farmland because residents no longer see the building as a place of learning. The children are now stranded some forced to stay at home, others walking long distances to seek education elsewhere under difficult conditions.

Ibwa community deserves more than abandonment. Its children deserve dignity, safety, and a future built on education. We call on the FCT Minister, UBEC, Gwagwalada Area Council, and Senator Ireti Kingibe to urgently intervene and rebuild LEA Nomadic Primary School Ibwa before more futures are destroyed by neglect.
#FixPublicSchools

[MonITNG @monitng]

REVEALED!!!

Dear FCT Minister, @GovWike & Senator @IretiKingibe

We visited the only Primary Health Care Centre in Gasakpa 1, Gawu Ward, Abaji Area Council, FCT Abuja,the facility, which serves more than 3,000 residents from Gasakpa and nearby communities, is in a terrible state the roof is leaking, the ceiling is damaged, the walls are cracked, and the few available beds are old and rusted.

Residents shared how they struggle daily to access even the most basic healthcare. The centre has no qualified health workers, no medical equipment, no water, and no essential drugs. Patients are forced to buy their own medication, even when admitted. During weekends and public holidays, there is no staff on duty, leaving the community completely stranded in emergencies.

Many residents, including pregnant women and children, now rely on traditional healers or travel long distances to neighbouring towns for treatment.

It is deeply disappointing that despite the billions of naira budgeted under the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF) for the renovation and strengthening of PHCs nationwide, facilities like Gasakpa remain abandoned. While the Coordinating Minister of Health, Prof. Ali Pate, speaks of transparency and accountability in the health sector, the harsh reality is that rural residents in Abuja are being left behind.

The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, and Senator Ireti Kingibe must make rural healthcare a priority. It is unacceptable that in Nigeria’s capital, people still suffer due to neglect of primary health facilities, while huge sums are spent on projects that do not improve the lives of ordinary citizens.

We call on the FCT Administration and the Federal Ministry of Health to urgently renovate, equip, and staff the Gasakpa PHC. Every Abuja resident deserves access to quality healthcare not decay and neglect.

#FixOurPhcs @muhammadpate @Fmohnigeria @nighealthwatch @OfficialFCTA @myfctagov

[Mohammed Usman | Fellowship-Ready Changemaker @mohammedu389]

@damen222 @monitng @OfficialFCTA @BudgITng @SERAPNigeria @ConnectedDev @Connected_dev Who authorized the removal of a government-owned structure?
We need urgent intervention before these children are completely denied their right to education
@ARISEtv @channelstv @PremiumTimesng
#SaveDotaSchool #FixDotaSchool #ProtectOurPupils #EducationIsARight #Accountability

[Mohammed Usman | Fellowship-Ready Changemaker @mohammedu389]

Dota Primary School in the FCT is now without a roof because the headmaster removed it without any trace of official approval.
Where are the pupils expected to learn?
@damen222
@monitng
@FCTEducationDept @OfficialFCTA @BudgITng @SERAPNigeria @ConnectedDev

[Mohammed Usman | Fellowship-Ready Changemaker @mohammedu389]

@monitng will continue to track, publish, and demand answers not as opposition, but as citizens insisting on evidence-based governance.
@TrackaNG @PPDCtweets @CISLACofficial @Connected_dev @damen222

[Mohammed Usman | Fellowship-Ready Changemaker @mohammedu389]

The FCT has received billions in public funds over the last decade more than ever before.
But without transparency, increased revenue is just increased silence.
#OpenTheFCT #MonITNG

[Mohammed Usman | Fellowship-Ready Changemaker @mohammedu389]

We are calling on the FCT Administration to:
1️⃣ Publish citizen-friendly budgets
2️⃣ Reveal contractors + contract values
3️⃣ Create a live project tracker
4️⃣ Institutionalize citizen feedback in planning & spending

[Mohammed Usman | Fellowship-Ready Changemaker @mohammedu389]

The Open Government Partnership (OGP) gives FCT a clear roadmap:
📌 Open budgets
📌 Open contracting
📌 Citizen participation
📌 Public dashboards
This is not pressure it is global best practice.
#OGP #Accountability

[Mohammed Usman | Fellowship-Ready Changemaker @mohammedu389]

Our demand is simple:
📌 Publish full budgets
📌 Open procurement records
📌 Show project progress
📌 Let citizens participate not observe
More money should mean more transparency, not more secrecy.
Where is the money?
Where is the data?
Where is the accountability?
#OpenTheFCT

[Mohammed Usman | Fellowship-Ready Changemaker @mohammedu389]

The FCT is the capital of Nigeria it should set the national standard for open government, not operate like a closed account.
#OGP #Accountability

[Mohammed Usman | Fellowship-Ready Changemaker @mohammedu389]

If the money is real, the data should be public:
✅ Budgets
✅ Contracts
✅ Projects
✅ Results
Citizens shouldn’t guess how their money was spent.
@FCTAOfficial @ogpnigeria

[Mohammed Usman | Fellowship-Ready Changemaker @mohammedu389]

Our intention is not to seek recognition or accolades, but rather to positively impact the lives of others.