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...

NAF EVACUATES 94 NIGERIANS FROM SUDAN. (PHOTOS).



NAF Evacuates 94 Nigerians From Sudan

Nigerian Airforce-NAF has evacuated 94 Nigerians stranded in Sudan.

In a statement by Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ayodele Famuyiwa says the evacuees arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at about 11:54pm last night.

The statement explains that the evacuees are among the first batch of 276 Nigerians airlifted from Aswan in the wake of the ongoing security challenges in Sudan.

It maintains that the effort is in furtherance of its constitutional role of aid to Civil Authority, and in line with Federal Government's commitment to rescue and successfully return back Home Nigerians living in Sudan.

The statement added that the evacuees were received by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, the Ministry's Permanent Secretary, Dr Nasir Sani Gwarzo, Director General NEMA, Ahmed Habib, and Chairman, Nigerians in diaspora Commission, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa.
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