By Hafsat Bello Bahara
Many rural faculties in Kano State face dire circumstances, with crumbling constructions and insufficient furnishings. Nonetheless, this isn’t the one concern. The lives of the scholars are equally in danger as a result of absence of perimeter fencing. Added to those considerations are the chance of kidnapping and a spike within the incidence of sexual assault, notably on feminine college students.
In coping with these challenges, the state authorities initiated tasks to construct sturdy fencing and renovate lecture rooms and different measures in faculties within the state. Amongst these tasks, by means of the ministries of schooling and works and infrastructure, the federal government permitted the development of recent classroom blocks and renovation of current lecture rooms in Dawakin Tofa, Dambatta, Albasu, Nasarawa, Dawakin Kudu and Warawa native authorities areas within the 2020, 2021 and 2022 funds.
Contract award info obtained from the Kano State public procurement web site revealed that these tasks have been awarded and funds launched. All of the tasks have been tagged 100% accomplished.
Nonetheless, investigations by Hafsat Bello Bahara revealed that some contractors haven’t fulfilled their duties, leaving college students in unsafe circumstances.
Because the automobile got here to a screeching halt, the motive force barely managed to cease hitting the ten 12 months outdated lady that dashed in entrance of him with no warning. She shut her eyes, frozen in fright, in the course of the highway as the motive force corrected his course and sped away spewing insults at her for being so careless. The lady was in tears as her group of mates led her away from the highway and again into the classroom.
This time, by sheer luck, an accident was averted however the pupils of Ganduje Nomadic Main College will all the time be in peril of being in the same scenario so long as there isn’t any fence surrounding their faculty.
Fatima Muhammad, a Primary 5 pupil, the anxious sister of Aisha who virtually obtained hit on the highway, expressed her fears: “Aisha is my solely sister. My dad and mom won’t ever forgive me if one thing occurs to her. I attempt to hold her away from the highway however she doesn’t hear in any respect,” she stated.
Fatima tearfully revealed that her mom was towards sending younger Aisha to highschool due to the highway however their father was satisfied that, at 16, Fatima would have the ability to hold Aisha out of bother. Sadly, her finest efforts are proving insufficient.
Ganduje Nomadic Main College lies subsequent to the freeway that connects Dawakin Tofa Native Authorities Space, LGA, with the Metropolis. It’s a pretty new, effectively outfitted construction in Ganduje village, a small farming group. Residents of Ganduje rely closely on farming and cattle rearing.
The varsity was established to present kids locally entry to high quality schooling. Nonetheless, the absence of a fence regardless of the varsity has prompted dad and mom with younger kids plenty of concern, thereby proscribing their younger kids that ought to be enrolled in main faculty from attending the varsity.
In accordance with info from the 2021 Open Contract Knowledge Commonplace (OCDS) of the Kano State Public Procurement web site, the Ministry of Schooling awarded N15,660,965.17 to AD2 Built-in Technical Nigeria restricted for the development of perimeter wall fence across the faculty.
Nonetheless, a spot examine revealed the mission has not been achieved. Throughout a go to on June 13, the reporter noticed the pupils taking part in near the highway regardless of the academics’ finest efforts to maintain them off the highway. Some members of the group rode their noisy bikes by means of the varsity on their strategy to their vacation spot whereas the pupils had been taking part in.
A instructor within the faculty, who doesn’t need to be named is enormously involved about how the shortage of fencing impacts the schooling of his younger pupils.
“The youngsters don’t listen whereas classes are happening, they like all of the vehicles passing on the highway. And that’s not the one concern. Wthout a fence the protection of the scholar is in danger, they run onto the highway whereas taking part in. Thank God there has by no means been a casualty however, nonetheless, with the state of insecurity we reside in, we don’t have management over the scholars’ motion. As soon as the bell rings, a few of them sneak out with out permission”
“The contractor got here to measure the place and even introduced some tools. We had been so glad the wall will lastly be constructed however he by no means got here again once more. We don’t know what went incorrect however we’re nonetheless hopeful the wall will likely be accomplished sometime”.
Malam Bello is a Nomad whose solely baby, Garba, was once enrolled in Main 3 at Ganduje Nomadic Main College however his father revealed to this reporter why he pulled him out of faculty.
“They got here and satisfied us to let our youngsters attend faculty however they don’t educate them something, I’ve over 50 heads of cattle to maintain and Garba is my solely male baby so he must be taught the household enterprise, however I let him go to highschool after which folks saved telling me they noticed him along with his mates working round within the bush or on the motor park inflicting mischief. That’s the reason I eliminated him from the varsity, if he’s going to sneak round anyway it’s higher to run after the cattle”
Bello just isn’t the one dad or mum that expressed concern. Habibu Tukur has a tire patching enterprise a stone throw away from the varsity. He had this to say.
“The vehicles and bikes that go by are all the time dashing and the kids are all the time working round by the highway. I’ve to maintain chasing them away. Only a month again, one boy was virtually hit by a bus I used to be the one which rescued him. They actually need to fence the varsity as a result of kids don’t hear regardless of what number of instances you inform them to not go close to the highway”
The contract award info revealed on the Kano public procurement web site signifies the job included development of perimeter wall fence, gate and gatehouse. The invoice of amount specifies that the contractor is meant to assemble a 439.60M × 300 M perimeter wall fence, an entrance gate and gatehouse in addition to repair barb wire throughout the fence.
The reporter went across the complete faculty premises however there was no signal of labor being achieved, the inspiration has not even been dug.
Who’s the contractor answerable for the mission?
A fast search on the CAC portal and NGcheck revealed that AD2 Built-in Technical Nig Ltd was registered in November 2015, with tackle at 127 Sabuwar Tukur, Opp Fatima Non-public College, Dutse, Jigawa State. This reporter reached out to a colleague who resides in Dutse to assist find the corporate within the given tackle, however it couldn’t be discovered.
Moreover, this reporter despatched an e-mail to the corporate’s e-mail tackle as offered within the Kano OCDS contract award info, however the e-mail bounced again exhibiting “Handle not discovered, your message wasn’t delivered to binalinig@gmail.com, as a result of the tackle couldn’t be discovered, or is unable to obtain mail.”
The search revealed the administrators of the corporate are Engr Adamu Dalha and Dalha Abubakar. On-line searches on Engineer Adamu Dalha, revealed a linkedin profile of 1 Engr Adamu Dalha as an worker of the Jigawa State Ministry of Works and Transport.
Additional analysis on-line confirmed that there’s a earlier corruption allegation towards the director of AD2 built-in technical companies for procurement fraud and direct bridge of the civil service regulation.
It was established that Engr Adamu Dalha of AD2 built-in technical companies is identical man employed by the Jigawa State Ministry of Works and Transport. Due to this fact, he’s in direct bridge of the Fifth Schedule, Part 2 (b) of the 1999 Structure of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which offers that “with out prejudice to the generality of the foregoing paragraph, a public officer shall not, besides the place he’s NOT employed on full-time foundation have interaction or take part within the administration or working of any non-public enterprise, career or commerce, however nothing on this sub-paragraph shall stop a public officer from participating in farming.”
The reporter managed to safe Engr Dalha’s telephone quantity from the registration info offered on the nationwide establishment of civil engineers. He reached out to the reporter following a sequence of telephone calls and message searching for info. He affirmed he’s, certainly, the director of AD2 built-in Technical Providers and when requested about why the contract awarded to his firm by the Kano State Ministry of Works, Housing and Transport was not executed he stated he couldn’t assist the reporter.
“I’m not in the perfect place to talk on this situation, considered one of my workers dealt with the contract instantly and he offers you all the knowledge you want,”Dalha stated. He later despatched the contact info of 1 Muhammad Tahir, who defined that the varsity had known as him after the reporter visited to tell him that questions had been being requested concerning the contract. He claimed that work subsequently began on the mission and despatched photos to the reporter as proof. When requested why the mission was delayed, he stated the federal government didn’t launch the funds for the mission on time. The reporter requested for proof of fee however he has failed to offer it as on the time of submitting this report.
Apparently, the contractor had rushed to web site to start work on the mission, after being instructed {that a} journalists had come round asking questions.
How contract was awarded to non-existent contractor:
An identical scenario introduced itself in Authorities Secondary College, GSS, Dambatta, the place the Kano State authorities in 2022 awarded a contract for the renovation of classroom, development of further blocks and provide of scholars’ furnishings to Madatai Enterprises on the sum of 32,062,835.42. Nonetheless, the mission was not executed.
GSS Dambatta serves over 3,000 college students for each day and boarding periods. As such, the non-execution of this mission impacts the schooling and wellbeing of an unlimited pupil physique.
Based mostly on invoice of amount obtained from the Kano state public procurement web site, the mission concerned “renovation of Block A&B, renovation of 4 lecture rooms and library, full admin block, development of 6-seater rest room, renovation of 2-seater rest room, in addition to provide of 120 items of 3-seater pupil furnishings. All ceilings are to be modified, repair all doorways and home windows and add all mandatory fittings, repair tile flooring, substitute broken hardwood, repair all electrical fixtures and paint the blocks.”
Jabiru Muhammad Lawan, is a product of this faculty and at present teaches at his alma mater, and he expressed concern concerning the deplorable situation of the varsity.
“We’ve a severe scarcity of benches on this faculty, most of them are damaged and our ceiling is in a tatter, you’ll be educating in school and birds will burst out and begin flying over your head. How are you going to count on college students to be taught on this situation.”
When requested if any renovation has been achieved not too long ago, Jabiru Muhammad stated “the final renovation achieved on this faculty was in 2018, the furnishings and portray you see immediately was achieved by our outdated college students affiliation, they all the time assist us out once we want it”
He appealed to the federal government to make sure this mission is accomplished so the scholars can be taught comfortably like their friends that attend non-public faculties.
The reporter noticed that the doorways and home windows in a lot of the lecture rooms are damaged and the partitions are crumbling. Nonetheless, for the scholar of GSS Dambatta, this isn’t the one concern.
Shu’aibu Hussaini, a SS2 pupil, spoke of different considerations.
“When it rains, water leaks from the ceiling and drenches us. Our lab tools is outdated and we’d like our hostel to be renovated however what worries me essentially the most is a few a part of the wall has crumbled and a few folks use it to enter the varsity at will. I don’t really feel protected staying right here anymore”
Shu’aibu’s concern about security just isn’t unfounded because the insecurity bedeviling this nation has affected plenty of college students, some have been kidnapped, whereas others grew to become casualties of the cruelty of insurgents. At a degree, the Kano State authorities needed to shut down among the faculty within the outlining areas to make sure pupil security.
A search of the Company Affairs Fee (CAC) confirmed that Madatai Enterprises just isn’t a registered entity and is ineligible for contract awards underneath the regulation.
The award of a contract to Madatai Enterprises, a non-existent contracting firm, contravenes Sections 417–424 of the Corporations and Allied Issues Act, 2020, which state that “each firm should make and ship their annual returns to the CAC yearly”.
It additionally contravenes Part 16 of the Public Procurement Act 2007. Part 16 Subsection 6(d) states: “All bidders, along with necessities contained in any solicitation paperwork, shall have fulfilled all their obligations to pay taxes, pensions, and social safety contributions.
Additionally, the contract awarding company contravened Part 31 (4d), of the Kano Public Procurement Regulation, KPPL, which stipulates {that a} tender can be rejected if “the bidder is in arrears relating to fee of due taxes, expenses, pensions, or social insurance coverage contributions, until such bidder has obtained a lawful allow with respect to the allowance or distinction of such excellent funds in instalments.”
The sordid tales continues in GGSS Yar gaya:
The Authorities Women Secondary College, GGSS, Yar gaya, Dawakin Kudu Native Authorities Space, which was established 30 years in the past, serves over 2,000 college students. But they grapple with insufficient lecture rooms.
The varsity needed to be divided into morning and afternoon periods to accommodate the wants of the scholars as some lecture rooms are uninhabitable.
The Kano State authorities awarded the renovation of the opposite lessons to Brixcom Engineering and Consultancy Providers in 2019. The date of completion of the mission was set at March 30, 2020, but, greater than three years later, the renovation is but to be accomplished. A examine on the June 21, 2023 revealed the lessons in disrepair, with damaged home windows and dilapidated ceiling.
Throughout a go to to the varsity, this reporter noticed an deserted and incomplete construction. The 2-classroom block haven’t reached lintel degree, so the scholars usually are not in a position to make use of it for studying. The development of the lecture rooms was a part of a constituency mission that began in 2008 throughout the Ibrahim Shekarau administration that was deserted, leaving the construction on the mercy of the weather.
Solely a single block of lecture rooms gave the impression to be in good situation whereas the remainder are in disrepair, exposing college students to poor studying circumstances.
Danjuma Ishaq, a proud product of GSS Yar Gaya determined to return again and educate after he earned his diploma however he laments how the standard of schooling is declining within the faculty on account of insufficient variety of lecture rooms.
“We needed to divide the varsity into batches as a result of we don’t have sufficient lessons, those we’re managing are getting worse by the day however these studying hours usually are not sufficient for our college students to get the correct schooling they deserve”
“There hasn’t been a authorities mission achieved on this faculty in all of the years I’ve labored right here. In 2022 Agile Mission helped us renovate three blocks and the principal workplace however the different blocks are in a deplorable situation. The roof is about to collapse and I concern for the protection of the scholar”
The newly renovated lessons gleamed with a contemporary coat of paint within the early morning solar, a tragic distinction to the dilapidated block of lecture rooms subsequent to it. Many college students expressed an curiosity in learning within the newly renovated lessons however sadly not all of them the place opportune to be taught within the contemporary smelling totally furnished classroom.
The shortage of conducive atmosphere has prompted among the college students to cease coming to highschool. A few of the college students this reporter interacted with stated that their quantity retains dwindling particularly throughout the afternoon periods as a few of their classmates select to make use of their time taking part in soccer on the streets, somewhat than come to highschool, whereas different cited the time clashes islamiyya (Islamic schooling faculty) that predominantly holds within the evenings in Kano state as the rationale they don’t come to highschool recurrently.
Ahmad Jamilu is likely one of the college students whose attendance has worsened ever for the reason that two-shift system was initiated. He instructed this reporter: “my islamiyya operates Monday to Wednesday and my dad and mom won’t ever let me miss it. So, I solely come to highschool on Thursday and Friday. I copy notes from my mates and I do the homework I missed however I’m all the time left behind. I was one of many first twenty after exams however my final outcomes I used to be the thirty sixth place.”
The scenario is even worse in Authorities Women Arabic Secondary College (GGASS), Albasu, the place there have been over 2,000 college students however on account of closure of some boarding faculties by the Kano State authorities in 2021 on account of insecurity, solely about 200 college students had been in attendance when the reporter visited.
This reporter noticed that the lecture rooms are crumbling, there are cracks on the partitions, the roof has caved in and the ground is in tatters.
Yusuf Idris Muhammad, the Vice Principal of the varsity, instructed this reporter that no renovation has been achieved within the faculty apart from a single block of classroom that was renovated by AGILE Mission. He stated the varsity fell into additional disrepair when it was shut down on account of insecurity however when the varsity was reopened for using the scholars which can be indigenes of Albasu native authorities, they discovered it tough to manage as a result of no repairs had been achieved to make this faculty liveable.
“We’re not in a position to make use of among the lecture rooms as a result of they’re uninhabitable and infested by birds and rodents, there are not any benches for the scholars to take a seat on and all our lab materials for sensible have gone dangerous and we are able to’t use them anymore ”
Presently, solely SS2 and SS3 lessons run within the faculty, which is a vital stage in secondary faculty system as a result of WAEC and JAMB examinations. However with no correct lab tools and poor situation of infrastructure, the scholars usually are not getting the schooling they deserve.
Muhammad appealed to the federal government to reopen the varsity fully so college students locally can get again to highschool.
“Proper now, college students within the junior part must journey far to the neighboring communities to check but when the federal government renovates and reopens the varsity we are able to save their future as a result of with the financial hardship some dad and mom can’t afford to present their kids transport for the lengthy journey to Panda to attend faculty.
The renovation of this faculty was awarded to Brixcom Engineering and Consultancy companies in 2019 nonetheless the mission was not achieved.
How contractor deserted mission midway
It isn’t solely in GGASS Albasu that Brixcom Engineering and Consultancy companies did not ship a mission. The identical destiny has been suffered by GSS Kawaji in Nasarawa Native Authorities. The varsity is in one of many city native authorities within the state serving college students from Kawaji, Dakata and Bridget.
The renovation of block of lecture rooms in GSS Kawaji was captured by the Kano state authorities within the 2019 by means of the ministry of schooling. Nonetheless, a spot examine revealed the mission has been deserted midway.
The principal and academics on the faculty refused to talk to the reporter relating to the mission. Nonetheless, the principal who refused to present his identify revealed that the renovation started throughout his tenure in 2020 however it abruptly stopped on account of COVID-19 lockdown and was by no means resumed.”
“The lecture rooms had been dilapidated past use, we feared for the protection of the scholars so we stopped utilizing the lecture rooms. So, we had been ecstatic when the contractor began the renovation. They fastened the partitions, modified the ceilings, affixed new doorways and home windows however on account of Covid-19 they left with out portray the lessons. After the lockdown when lessons resumed, we saved ready for them to renew however when time saved passing and so they didn’t come, we needed to begin utilizing the lecture rooms like that uncompleted”
This reported noticed that the renovations achieved already wants an replace 3 years later, the aluminum roofing sheets fastened on the lessons is contorted on account of heavy wind and the ceilings within the lecture rooms have holes in them.
Maryam Lawal is a constructing and contracting professional. When confirmed photos of the present state of the lecture rooms she stated she couldn’t “decide if the contractor did a shoddy job or not with out seeing the invoice of amount.” She continued: Nonetheless, I can say there’s clear proof of poor workmanship on this renovation. It seems as to me the contractor simply painted the ceilings with out altering it and that’s the reason there are holes already however to be truthful this is likely to be on account of lack of sufficient funds. Most contractors, particularly people who do authorities contracts, discover it onerous to entry the funds to do the standard work wanted, in order that they find yourself having to rent inexperienced labor and use substandard supplies.”
The lecture rooms additionally lacked benches so the scholars must seat on the chilly, onerous ground to be taught. With the present wet season, they’re typically soaked to the bone from seating on the moist ground which has a dangerous impact on not simply the schooling but in addition their well being.
Dr. Idris Rogo, a famend educationist from Division of Schooling, Bayero College ,Kano, stated that “lack of correct infrastructure and conducive studying atmosphere has a direct bearing on the efficiency of a kid, that is why we see mass failure of this kids from rural areas in authorities sanctioned exams.”
“A baby will be taught extra when he’s in a protected atmosphere and has all of the amenities he must succeed. If the funds distributed by the federal government to repair these faculties had been prudently managed and the mission effectively executed, the renovated faculties would supply a conducive studying atmosphere for hundreds of pupils in these faculties however the deplorable circumstances of most public within the state is really disheartening”
Standing of Contractor:
The restore and renovation of GSS Yar Gaya, GSS Kawaji and GGASS Albasu was awarded to Brixcom Engineering and Consultancy companies for the sum of twenty-two,834,673.74 on 27/12/2019. The renovation was alleged to be accomplished in 12 weeks. In accordance with the open contracting doc gotten from the Kano state Public Procurement web site 8,474,667.94 was initially paid to the contractor originally of the mission out of the 22,834,673.74 budgeted for the mission.
A standing on the CAC portal revealed the standing of the corporate as inactive. An inactive CAC standing may imply a variety of issues. It could possibly be on account of the company not updating an organization’s standing on account of administrative bottlenecks. In that case, that will not be the corporate’s fault. However it may additionally imply that it has not been submitting returns to CAC, which might be a breach of the regulation.
Awards of contracts to any inactive firm contravenes the Public Procurement Regulation of 2007 which states that: “A bidder might have its bid or tender excluded if the bidder is in arrears relating to fee of due tax, expenses, pensions or social insurance coverage contributions until such bidders acquire a lawful allow in respect to allowance, the distinction of such excellent funds or fee thereof in installments.”
A Search revealed the Brixcom Engineering and consultancy grew to become a registered entity on 14th April 2016 and the shareholders are Dr Yunusa Adamu Dangwani, a identified character who served because the chief of workers to the Kano state governor in 2011-2012 and likewise because the commissioner of water assets 2012-2015. Different share holders embody Sani lawan Atana and Hilal Bashir.
The secretary of Brixcom Engineering and Consultancy, Hilal Bashir, in an interview with this reporter claimed to have accomplished the renovations in GGASS Albasu and GSS Yar gaya, including that the one mission not accomplished is the renovation of GSS Kawaji, which was halted as a result of the federal government refused to pay their charges.
Bashir stated the present state of the colleges regardless of finishing their renovation is because of authorities oversight.
“After we went to do the renovation, we had particular lessons we had been alleged to deal with, our contract was not for all the faculty so all these dilapidated lecture rooms you noticed within the faculty weren’t achieved by us. The lecture rooms the federal government gave us to renovate we did it efficiently as per the specs on the invoice of amount the principle situation we had was the non-completion of fee that’s the reason we stopped with out ending GSS Kawaji ”
” The ministry officers got here to examine the tasks once we completed and marked it accomplished, so I don’t know why the folks on the faculty are claiming we didn’t do the tasks”
He speculates that since they did the mission throughout COVID-19 lockdown interval, faculty was not in session so the academics and college students usually are not conscious of when the renovation was ongoing.
Mr Hilal confirmed the reporter photos taken whereas the corporate’s workers was finishing up the renovation however when the reporter requested the invoice of amount for the tasks, he claimed that years have handed and he not has a replica available.
Contract awarded to Kano State Lawmaker:
In 2019 the Kano state authorities underneath the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure awarded the contract for development of 1 block Islamiyya classroom sort E in Katarkawa, Warawa LGA to Kwore Nig Ltd on the sum of N6,700,792.56.
A go to to the small village of Katarkawa revealed over 100 college students crammed into two small lecture rooms that had been constructed.
The furnishings within the lessons had been engraved “donated by Hon Labaran Abdul Madari”
A seek for the contractor on CAC portal unearthed the helpful proprietor of Kwore Nig Ltd Madari, serving regulation marker representing Warawa LGA within the Kano State Home of Representatives since 2007.
An indigene of Warawa, Labaran Abdul Madari has held many principal positions within the Home of representatives. He served as Chief Whip for 3 years. His main accountability was to make sure due course of is adopted by members of the Home.
The contract was awarded to his firm in 2019 when Labaran Abdul Madari was serving because the Majority Chief within the Home of Representatives, which is a transparent violation of the Kano State Public Procurement regulation of 2021.
Part 87(2) Kano State Procurement Regulation offers that it shall be an offence to:
“have interaction in procurement fraud via fraudulent and corrupt acts, guarantees, threats, illegal affect, undue curiosity, settlement, corruption, bribery or some other;
“instantly or not directly making an attempt to affect in any method the procurement course of to acquire a bonus within the award of a procurement contract; have interaction in bid-rigging.”
Additionally, Part 87 (4) offers that “any company physique or agency that contravenes any provision of this Regulation and its regulation commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a cumulative penalty of: being barred from all public procurement for a interval of not lower than 5 (5) years; and A wonderful equal to the worth of the procurement in situation.”
There’s a clear affect by the lawmaker to be awarded this contract by the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure as investigation revealed that his firm Kwore Nig Ltd was awarded virtually all of the contracts for constituency tasks carried out in Warawa LGA in 2019.
Clearly, each the contractor and the procuring entity’s actions contravene sections of the regulation Moreover, Part 87(1) of the regulation offers that “any pure one who contravenes any provision of this regulation commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a time period of imprisonment of 1 to 5 years or an possibility of wonderful from a minimal of N100,000 to N500,000 or each
When our reporter spoke to Madari on the telephone, he stated that he executed the mission and he has no remark relating to breaching the procurement regulation. He would reply no additional questions.
Ministry Ignores FOI:
A Freedom of Info Act, FOIA, request was written and despatched to the ministries of schooling and works and infrastructure on June 26, 2023, searching for clarification on the non-execution of the tasks regardless of tagging them as accomplished on official paperwork, and likewise to get a transparent image of how the contract was awarded to a lawmaker in addition to a non-existent firm.
The request was acknowledged however the ministry claimed the FOIA 2011 is a federal regulation and has not been domesticated in Kano, subsequently they aren’t liable to adjust to the request.
The 1999 Structure quotes the correct to schooling as a cardinal basic human proper. Nonetheless, in keeping with UNICEF, Kano has over 1.5 million out of faculty kids; this can be a results of lack of entry to high quality schooling, particularly in rural areas.
There are over 1,000 college students in these faculties whose future is in jeopardy as a result of lack of ability of those firms to finish these tasks and the shortage of correct oversight by the supervising ministries.
This report is supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Basis and the Worldwide Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR).