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...

AMBODE MOURNS PASSAGE OF FORMER MINISTER,KUFORIJI-OLUBI WHO PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY.{PHOTOS}.

Image result for dr bola kuforiji-olubi                                      Lagos State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode today sunday expressed shock and sadness over the death of foremost accountant and a former Minister of Commerce and Industry,Dr. Bola Kuforiji-Olubi.Dr Olubi,who was a former President of Institute of Chartered Account of Nigeria {ICAN},was appointed the first female Chairman of United Bank of Africa {UBA} in 1984,passed on at the age of 80 on saturday.Governor Ambode in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary,Mr Habib Aruna,described Dr. Olubi as a distinguished businesswoman,banker,economist and accountant,who cut her teeth in the corporate world.The Governor recalled the former minister's decades of distinguished career in the private and public sectors of national life,saying she was a role model to the future generation.''Dr Olubi was a woman of many firsts;she wrote her name in gold in the banking industry and was a pace-setter and leader in banking,manufacturing and entrepreneurship not only in Nigeria but also in Sub-Saharan Africa.It was not surprising that she was a proud and well-deserved recipient of National honours,fellowships,awards and honorary degress from the within and outside the country,'' Governor Ambode said.The Governor said Dr Olubi's legacies would continue to be a source of inspiration to the younger generation.Governor Ambode also prayed for the peaceful repose of he soul,urging her family to draw strength from the legacies she stood for while she was alive and the fact that she was a devout Christian.''On behalf of my family and the people of Lagos state,I want to express our heartfelt condolence to the family of Dr. Olubi,on this great and irreparable loss.''I had always admired her demeanor.She was a woman of true character,substance and quiet nobility.We will sorely miss her'',he said,
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