Mrs Obiano Hosts Wife Of IGP And Her Empowerment Team
The wife of Governor of Anambra State, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano has said that the POWA empowerment program and intervention could not have come at a better time than now, noting that what happened to the Nigeria Police Force during the ugly EndSARS time was demoralizing for both policemen and their families.
Wife of Governor of Anambra State, Her Excellency, Dr. (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano (Osodieme) and Wife of Inspector General, Nigeria Police Force, and President Police Officers Wives Association (POWA), Hajiya Hajara Baba Alkali at the POWA Empowerment programme held in Awka.
She was speaking when the wife of Nigeria's Inspector General of Police and President of Police Officers Wives'Association (POWA), Hajiya Hajara Usman Baba Alkali donated empowerment tools to over fifty wives of police officers in Anambra state who died in the line of duty.
Wife of Governor of Anambra State, Her Excellency, Dr. (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano (Osodieme) and Wife of Inspector General, Nigeria Police Force, and President Police Officers Wives Association (POWA), Hajiya Hajara Baba Alkali making presentation to widows at the POWA Empowerment programme held in Awka.
The POWA President made the donations at the Professor Dora Akunyili Women Development Centre , Awka alongside Mrs Obiano who is also the founder of the NGO, Caring Family Enhancement Initiative (CAFE) on September 8, 2021. The empowerment was for wives of police officers affected by the EndSARS protest and attacks by unknown persons.
The IGP's wife was in the State with a delegation of other high ranking Police Officers wives as part of her tour to states across Nigeria, to empower widows and promote her 3-Point vision for POWA which include: education, welfare, and health of police officer's wives and children, and, most importantly, reaching out to widows.
Equipment gifted to the fifty widows included sewing machines, multipurpose grinding machines, industrial hair dryers and food stuff.
The POWA President also made a donation to a community children's home in the state.
Addressing members of POWA, Hajiya Alkali Baba, said that the visit was to rebuild relationships and strengthen morale between POWA at the state and those at the national level. She acknowledged that there are difficulties associated with national service, especially in the Nigeria Police Force, where they require the support and encouragement of their wives to be able to give their best at all times in the face of numerous challenges.
The IGP's wife said that she looked forward to seeing police officers' wives and children live better, and pledged to check up on those empowered to ensure that they make effective use of the equipment to help their families.
In her remark, Mrs. Obiano said that the empowerment would go a long way to boost the morale of police officers' families and encourage the women to make good use of the empowerment facilities. She commended the IGP's wife for taking a different step in her capacity to motivate and change the face of the POWA.
Mrs Obiano also likened the IGP's wife's gesture to her CAFE's accomplishments, where attention to children, women and youths, especially the less privileged, has yielded immense results with over five thousand women and youths trained and empowered by her NGO, and over twenty eight free houses built for indigent widows in Anambra State, among others.
Commissioner of Police, Anambra State, Mr Chris Owolabi, Commissioner for Social Welfare, Children and Women Affairs Lady Ndidi Mezue, wife of Deputy Inspector General of, Zone 9, Mrs Faustina Egbunike and Special Adviser to Governor Willie Obiano on Chieftaincy Matters and Community Relations, Barrister Vera-Queen Okonkwo, among others were present at the event.