As the nation's seat of power, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is usually associated with splendour. This opinion about the city is often formed by the images of wide roads and beautiful structures in the city centre and Abuja's plush neighbourhoods and from images on social media. But for some who live in Abuja and care to go beyond the city limits to visit communities on the outskirts of Abuja, there is more to Abuja than initially meets the eye. Some of the communities are less than an hours drive from the FCT, yet lack some basic social services such as schools, electricity, healthcare centres, markets and proper waste disposal systems. Access to healthcare is financed mostly through out-of-pocket payments and local communities are sometimes dependent on periodic free medical outreach programmes from non-governmental organisations. Waru and Orozo are two of such communities.
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