BENUE BOOSTS CHILD PROTECTION WITH GRADUATION OF 60 UNICEF-BACKED SOCIAL WORKERS. (PHOTOS).

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 BENUE BOOSTS CHILD PROTECTION WITH GRADUATION OF 60 UNICEF-BACKED SOCIAL WORKERS  Benue State has taken a major step toward strengthening child protection and social welfare services with the graduation of 60 Auxiliary Social Workers (ASWs) trained to serve vulnerable children and families at the grassroots. The graduation ceremony, held on Wednesday, marked the successful completion of a programme jointly supported by the Benue State Government, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the Bureau of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, and the Benue State Bureau for International Cooperation and Development (BICD). Speaking at the event themed “Building Community Resilience Through Professional Auxiliary Social Work,” the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Hon. Mrs. Theresa Apochi-Ikwue, described the initiative as a strategic response to gaps in child protection services across the state. She said the newly trained ASWs would...

SAUDI ARABIA PLANS TO BAN THE IMPORT OF CAMELS BECAUSE OF VIRUS OUTBREAK.

A man wearing a mask poses with camels at a camel market in the village of al-Thamama near Riyadh May 11, 2014. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser            According to a scientist in Saudi Arabia,they suspects a virus that has killed hundreds of people in Saudi Arabia,may have arrived in Camels and it could ban such import until it knows more about the virus.Any ban on the camel trade with the region would badly hurt the already fragile economy of Somalia,which is a major livestock exporter to Saudi Arabia.The head of Scientific Advisory Board of Saudi Health Ministry Command and Control Center {CCC},Tariq Madani said,scientists are currently testing camels at sea ports before authourities will allow them into the country.''We do have suspicion that the disease may have been imported through camel trade from the Horn of Africa,but we haven't proved it yet.We have always imported camels from the African Horn ...but we will stop that until we get more information on whether they are infected or not''.He further said the final decision on ban of imported camel from the region lies with the ministry of Agriculture.

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  1. It is important they do that. The virus suppose to have a name. Let their virologist or microbiologist identify the virus so that other nations can also take precautions.

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