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...

KENYAN STRIKING DOCTORS LAID OFF AS NATIONWIDE STRIKE NEARS A MONTH. (PHOTO).


 Kenyan striking doctors laid off as nationwide strike nears a month


Lay offs come after President William Ruto said there was no money to pay the striking doctors.


A public hospital in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, has laid off 100 doctors who are taking part in a nationwide strike that has been ongoing for almost a month, its management said Tuesday.


The Kenyatta University Referral Hospital said new doctors had been hired in place of those striking.


Doctors in Kenya went on a nationwide strike in mid-March demanding better pay and working conditions.


President William Ruto on Sunday broke his silence over the strike saying there was no money to pay striking doctors.

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