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...

COURT JAILS FRAUDSTER 3 YEARS,OVER $45,000 FOREX SCAM.{PHOTO}.

                             Justice Kudirat Jose of the Lagos State High Court,sitting in Ikeja has convicted and sentenced one Chief Ike Chukwu Meregini to three years imprisonment.The convict was arraigned on 12 May,205 on two-count charge bordering on obtaining money under false pretence brought against him by the EFCC.Meregini ran into trouble when a petitioner,M.S Securities Bureau De Change Limited,allegedly entered into a foreign exchange transaction with him,involving the sum of $45,000 {Forty-Five Thousand United States Dollars}.The money was paid into his domiciliary account,with an understanding that Meregini would pay the Naira equivalent to the petitioner within five {5} days of the transaction,Meregini allegedly issued a post-dated cheque to the petitioner and when it was presented,it was returned unpaid.The petitioner said that all efforts to make Meregini refund the money yielded no result.He pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge and the matter went into full trial.Justice Jose found him guilty and consequently convicted and sentenced him to three years imprisonment without an option of fine starting from the date of judgement.The Judge als ordered the EFCC to trace his assets and pay the complainant.

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