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...

EUROPEAN UNION IS ADVISING NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT TODAY,TO DEVALUE THE NAIRA.???.HMM.

   Image result for buhari                  According to Vanguard,European Union {EU} offcial Fillippo Amato has advised the Federal Government to devalue the Naira as part of measures to tackle the economic recession.Amato,Councellor,Head of Trade and Economic Section of EU,made this known in an interview with newsmen today Monday The EU official said that recession could not be addressed with traditional development tools.He said the recession was a recent development which was due to a number of factors,including the fall in oil prices and resurgence of militncy in the Niger Delta.''To come out of recession,the country has to take brave decisions,regardless of how unpopular they may be such as fully and effectively devaluing the Naira.Devaluing the Naira is a measure,which will finally reassure investors and attract new capitals to the country.At the same time,it will further reduce imports,thereby removing artificial forex restrictions,and removing any potential waste of scarce resources such as the fuel subsidy.Improving security {in the Northeast and Niger-delta} and ease of doing business are also key factors on which the government must urgently work to re-launch the economy,'' he said.Amato said that EU had been at the forefront of aid for trade support activities in Nigeria and ECOWAS.He said the most important programme the EU was implementing in Nigeria with its partners-GIZ,DFID/Adam Smith International and UNIDO-was the Nigeria competitiveness Support Programme.''The programme aims at improving the quality of Nigeria products to comply with international standards.The programme is providing capacity building to several Ministries,Departments and Agencies such as Ministry of Agriculture,Standards Organisation of Nigeria,Consumer Protection Council,Nigerian Customs Services and NADFAC.We support the trade institutions in the formulation and implementation of a sound trade policy {support to the Federal Minister of Industry,Trade & Investment,and Nigerian Customs Service}.This is to improve the business environment,with pilot projects in Kano and Kaduna to improve the procedures for obtaining land titles,and business licences,'' he said.
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