Radio stories spark adoption of infrastructure improvements in Nigeria

Thanks to Lavun Community Radio’s solutions-oriented coverage in the local Nupe language, several communities neighboring Kutigi, a town in Nigeria’s North Central region, were able to replicate improvements addressing challenges with utilities such as electricity, potable water and environmental sanitation. Leaders from a neighboring town and settlement sought guidance from Kutigi’s utilities commission and subsequently set up steering committees to manage various maintenance strategies, which included providing skills training for young people to become involved in the work. (Lavun Radio, a community-owned and operated station, was trained in solutions journalism as part of the Solutions Journalism Africa Initiative, managed by Nigeria Health Watch.)