BENUE BOOSTS CHILD PROTECTION WITH GRADUATION OF 60 UNICEF-BACKED SOCIAL WORKERS. (PHOTOS).
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...
Award wining musician Tuface,lost his beloved father to the cold hands of death to postrate cancer yesterday August 23rd 2014 at the age of 68.According to the family they said ''With sadness in our hearts,but with gratitude to God for a life well spent,we announce the passing on of our father,brother,uncle and inlaw,Michael Agbo Idibia,a native of Okpokwu Idumoga in Benue stste.He was born on July 25,1946.Mr Idibia was an alumnus of Kansas state University,USA and retired from the ministry''.May his soul rest in peace amen.
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