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...
The EFCC today wednesday,September 21,2016 arrested a businessman,Abdulhafiz Umar Barau,for allegedly obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N12,150,000 {Twelve Million One Huindred and Fifty Thousand Naira}.The complainant,Dusus Yyang Bot,allegedly supplied 90,000 {Ninety Thousand ] litres of Automobile Gas Oil {AGO} worth N12,150,000 to the suspect sometime in January this year.The 38-year old suspect had assured the complainant that he would pay the agreed sum of money after the product was delivered to him.However,the complainant alleged that the suspect could not be reached any more after receiving the product.The suspect will be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.One more photo below.
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