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...

AFCON 2023: NIGERIA CONFIDENT OF WINNING FOURTH TITLE- COACH.(PHOTO).


Afcon 2023: Nigeria confident of winning fourth title - coach

The Nigeria squad is in Abu Dhabi for a training camp before flying out to Ivory Coast.

Coach Jose Peseiro has backed Nigeria to win a fourth Africa Cup of Nations, but conceded that it would be a real challenge when action gets under way in Côte d'Ivoire later this month.

The last of Nigeria's three continental titles came 10 years ago in South Africa.

"We will fight to win the Africa Cup even though it won’t be easy," Peseiro said in an interview with NFF TV.

"Our group is not easy because we are up against the Ivory Coast, who have a good squad and are playing at home.

"Equatorial Guinea reached the quarter-final at the last AFCON, better than Nigeria, while Guinea Bissau beat us at home (in the qualifiers).



 

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