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...
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THE NIGERIAN POLICE,RECENTLY SANCTIONED 20 OFFICERS FOR MISCONDUCT.

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                      Twenty police officers of various ranks have been sanctioned for misconduct between November 2015 and March 2016.CSP Abayomi Shogunle,the officer in charge of the police Complaint Response Unit {CRU} disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria {NAN} in Abuja yesterday wednesday.Shogunle explained that the sanction followed complaints received from members of the public during the period under review.''In the report we released in the first 100 days an up till now,about 20 officers of different ranks have been sanctioned across the country.They have gone through the various disciplinary procedures in the force and it will be counterproductive if i start mentioning the names of such officers''.Shogunle said between January and March,the unit received and processed 1,054 complaints from across the 36 states and FCT.Giving the breakdown,Shogunle stated that Lagos state tops the complaint chart with 239 complaints representing 22.68 per cent of the total.He said FCT followed with 190 complaints representing 18.03 per cent,while Rivers trailed with 100 complaints or 9.49 per cent.Shogunle said the unit received only one complaint each from Ekiti,Sokoto,and Yobe states respectively,representing 0.09 per cent.He said 899 cases of the complaints received had been resolved following investigations,with 96 found to be false,while 69 were pending.Shogunle said that during the period under review,21 distress calls were received by the unit.He said that there was consistent decline in complaints from Ebonyi,Benue,Oyo,FCT,Zamfara,Ogun,Bayelsa,Niger,Ondo and Yobe states.Shogunle attributed the decline in complaints to sanctions meted out to erring personnel.He said the unit would make recommendation to the Inspector General of Police on steps to take to check misconduct among policemen.''We are still studying the reports and in the coming days we are going to make appropriate recommendations to the Inspector General of Police on how the situation can best be addressed.I can conveniently say that the CRU has significantly changed the way members of the public and police interact with each other''.He urged the public to report any misconduct by policemen through the unit.One more photo below.                                                                     

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