Your House
A place where citizens meet their leaders and demand accountability.
Twelve episodes following a first-time lawmaker and the constituency that elected her, from a night journey for maternal care to a flood that tests everything built since. Produced with the Ford Foundation.
12 episodes
Start here · Episode 1
The Line Between Towns
A woman in labour, a broken health system, and a question of leadership. A tense night journey from Alomani to Ilupeju, where access to basic healthcare becomes a matter of life and death.
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Welcome Home, Honourable
Zainab Bello returns to Alomani and is met with scepticism rather than celebration. Before change, there must be understanding. Meanwhile Hon. Saka plays politics the old way.
Episode 3
First Day at the House
Power looks different from the inside. Zainab steps into the National Assembly and meets bureaucracy, power dynamics and resistance. Good intentions are not enough without strategy and allies.
Episode 4
The People's Mic
A chaotic first townhall, until one bold idea shifts everything. The People's Mic becomes a platform where citizens begin to understand governance and speak up.
Episode 5
Storm Warnings
When warning signs are ignored, consequences follow. Alomani unites around what it needs, but delays test everyone's patience, and a looming flood threat is taken seriously by some and dismissed by others.
Episode 6
Mother, Market, and Missteps
When plans fail, the people step in. Setbacks force a rethink, and with the community leading, a new solution emerges. Saka's project starts to unravel under petitions and public pressure.
Episode 7
Motion for the People
Zainab sponsors her first major bill, on flood mitigation and maternal healthcare. Against the odds, two critical projects are approved.
Episode 8
Sinking Grounds
What happens when public projects collapse, literally. Drainage is taking shape in Alomani and Zainab earns praise, but delays at the maternity annex raise serious questions.
Episode 9
Crossing the Aisle
Can collaboration succeed where ego failed? At the townhall the contractor finally shows up, and the women of Alomani demand answers loudly and unapologetically.
Episode 10
The Flood Comes
The rain did not just fall, it tested everything. The drainage works, the maternity clinic saves lives, and a baby is born and named Zainabu. In Ilupeju the floods expose the cracks.
Episode 11
Rebuilding Trust
Some leaders talk; some learn to listen. Facing criticism and falling public trust, Saka opens listening forums and invites the community to help oversee projects.
Episode 12
Your House, Your Power
Change lasts when the next generation carries it forward. The young people of Alomani launch civic clubs in schools and turn civic engagement into a movement.