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...

MAGU CHARGES THE MEDIA ON THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION TODAY AT THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY & AWARD OF FICAN.{PHOTOS}.

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     The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has called on the media to support the Commission in the ongoing fight against corruption.
Magu made this call on Tuesday, September 19, 2017, while presenting a paper titled “Corruption and National Development: Issues, Challenges and Solutions” at the 20th Anniversary Public Lecture and Award of the Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria, FICAN, held in Abuja.In the paper, which was presented on his behalf by Mr. Tony Orilade, Head Public Interface of the EFCC, Magu said, “Corruption is fighting back through the media and that is why I am using this platform and opportunity to call on you all, members of the Fourth Estate of the Realm, to support the fight against corruption. I have said it at previous fora and I want to say again that we at the EFCC cannot do it all alone”, stating that the agency does not “have the monopoly of knowledge or resources”.More photos below.
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