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...

AFTER EKITI GOVERNOR IMPOSED A CURFEW YESTERDAY,SOME ARSONISTS,SET A MARKET ON FIRE TODAY MORNING.

                  The market that was set on fire,is said to be the bigest market in Ekiti state.This fire came few hours after the state Governor Ayodele Fayose ,imposed a dusk to dawn curfew on the state due to the clash between Hausa community and a section of Yoruba residents in the state capital Ado-Ekiti.The market was burnt between midnight and early today friday morning by unidentified persons.Although goods worth millions of naira were destroyed,efforts made by men of the fire service to put out the fire,prevented the entire market from being razed down.Head of the state fire service said they had to call Ikole Ekiti for re-inforcement.Governor Fayose had imposed a curfew between 6pm and 6am,on thursday when he visited the Hausa community at Atikankan area of Ado Ekiti following a violent clash that left three persons dead.He ordered the security agencies to arrest anyone found roaming the street in defiance of the curfew.The governor appealed to warring factions to remain calm and assured that justice would be done in the case.Despite Fayose's plea,the mayhem took another dimension today friday as mobile policemen,deployed to quel it,moved from house to do with the mayhem.Sources said the state government is planning to relocate Hausas at Atikankan area of Ado Ekiti to another location because of their high concentration at Shasha on Ikere road.

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