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...
According to sources,Police authorities in Zambia said today monday that they had banned officers from marrying foreigners.The Head of the Zambia Police,Kakomo Kanganja,issued a memo advising officers against marrying foreigners ''with immediate effect''.The police chief advised officers,who were already married to foreigners to declare their foreign spouses to his office within one week.''Failure to declare any foreigner spouse will attract disciplinary action,'' he said.Esther Katongo,the Police Spokesperson,had defended the decision which had already received a backlash as unconstitutional.According to Katongo,the Zambia Police Act 103 Section 3 and 5 covers the standing orders on marriages.''Issues of security are delicate.If not careful,spouses can be spies and can sell the security of the country,'' She said.She added that the law had always been there and that the police had decided to enforce it because officers were ignoring it.
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