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Gombe commissioner urges husbands to sensitise women, children on COVID-19

Women
By Ibrahim Kado
Gombe, April 2, 2020 (NAN) Mrs Naomi Awak, Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare in Gombe, has appealed to husbands to fully sensitise women and children on the dangers of Coronavirus.

Awak made the plea in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe on Thursday.

She said women were the ones close to the children and it was important for them to be fully educated on the virus for them to guide the children against its possible spread.

“If women understand the dangers of the virus and the professional advice against the spread of the virus, they will easily guide the children properly.

“Not only the women, children should observe protective measures such as maintaining social distancing and personal hygiene which have been proven to be effective in the control of the dreaded virus,’’ Awak said.

According to her, is also good for the children to stay at home to halt possible spread of the Coronavirus pandemic in the state.

The commissioner said the state government had taken proactive measures against the spread of the virus, hence the need for people to comply and continue with prayers (NAN)
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Edited by Chioma Ugboma/Adeleye Ajayi

 

Health

UNICEF trains 30 partners on women, child issues

UNICEF trains 30 partners on women, child issues

By Awayi Kuje
Training
Keffi (Nasarawa State), Dec. 13, 2018 (NAN) Dr Zakari Adams, the Chief Field Officer, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF),bKaduna, says it has commenced training of 30 participants on “Result Based Management”.

Adams made this disclosure on Thursday in Keffi, Nasarawa State, during the three-day capacity building for 30 participants (UNICEF partners) on Result Based Management (RBM).

He said that the training aimed at improving on the lives of Nigerians, especially women and children.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the three-day training was organised by UNICEF, in collaboration with NOA, in Niger state for partners from Nasarawa and Niger states, respectively.

Adams said that UNICEF was committed towards addressing the challenges facing women and children in Nigeria in order to improve on their health status and standard of living.

He said that the training would equip participants with skills that would enable them achieve result in places of their primary assignment towards tackling the plight of women and children.

“The aim of the training is to equip the participants with skills on how to apply Result Based Management into planning and reporting the programmes implementation.

 

“It is all about what we should report or should be result focus reports.

“UNICEF is in collaboration with the “Whole Nigeria”, through an agreement to support the government of Nigeria, at Federal and state levels, to increase the children rights situation.

“We are here working to ensure that our partners working in various ministries related to children rights are trained and their capacities raised in terms of human rights based approach programming.

“Also in terms of Result Based Management, how are we ensuring that the various programmes that we are conducting are aligned with principle of Result Based Management for effective service delivery,” he said.

He also disclosed that the training was aimed at achieving its objectives of improving on the lives of women and children in Nigeria.

“Our aim is to achieve positive results for women and children, through access to health facilities, access to good nutrition and access to education,” he said.

Adams restated the commitment of the organisation to continue to train and retrain government personnel and other volunteers of its programmes, in order to improve on the status of the children.

He added that the organisation would continue to support government in different areas of health, education among others for the overall dev elopement of country.

Mr Stanley Garuba, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, UNICEF Kaduna Field Office, in his presentation, charged the participants to use the knowledge gained for effective service delivery.

Garba spoke on the topic titled: “Human Rights Based Approach to Programme” (HRBAP).
“Everything we do in our planning activities be it in the health sector or education sector, should be on the result-based that we want to achieve in improving on the lives of women, children and other Nigerians.

“In the past we used to focus more on what we have done in terms of activities we have completed.

“But we are now shifting from focusing on activities to focusing on result that we want to see and achieve, in our target population and institution,” he said.

NAN also reports that the training brought together 15 participants each from Nasarawa and Niger states, respectively, drawn from different ministries. (NAN)

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Edited by Olabisi Akinbode/Muhammad Suleiman Tola

Health

Mrs Buhari expresses commitment to welfare of women, children

Mrs Buhari renews commitment to welfare of women, children
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Commitment
By Ahmed Ubandoma
Tafa (Niger), Aug. 22, 2017 (NAN) The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has renewed her commitment to improving the lives of women and children in the country.
Mrs Buhari made the commitment on Tuesday while conducting free medical outreach to more than 2,000 persons comprising indigent women and children at Chachi village of Tafa Local Government Area of Niger.
The outreach was organised by the Future Assured initiative of Mrs Buhari, which provided cartons of anti-malaria drugs, cough syrup and food items, among others, to the community.
Buhari, represented by the Coordinator of Future Assured programme in North Central, Hajiya Hafsatu Zannah, said the aim of this outreach was to provide essential medical services to less privileged people at their door steps.
She said that the well-being of women and children in Nigeria remained her primary concern, hence the need to provide medical and nutritious food items for them.
“We conducted deworming for women and children as well as sensitise the women on how to go about exclusive breastfeeding.
“We also sensitised them on the preventions and control of malaria during and after pregnancy and the importance of ante-natal care,’’ she said.
The beneficiaries were also trained on how to use local grains such as ground nuts, beans, maize and soya beans to make nutritious food for their babies at cheapest rate.
While expressing his appreciation to the gesture, the Village Head of Chachi, Mr Musa Abubakar, prayed Almighty God to reward the wife of the President for her good gesture.
Abubakar said the entire community was happy to receive the delegation of Mrs Buhari, assuring the medical team of their unflinching support and prayers to the success of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
He also prayed God to grant Buhari good health, guidance and protection to deliver his electoral promises.
The Director of Health in the local government, Mrs Dinatu Bako, thanked the wife of the President for the kind gesture.
Bako said that the gesture would go a long way in complementing the efforts of the council in providing medical care for the rural community.
However, she called on the wife of the president and other relevant agencies in the state to assist the rural community with additional manpower to take care of existing health facilities.
The Women Leader in the community, Mrs Maryam Targema, also expressed appreciation to Mrs Buhari for identifying with their plight.
Targema said: “This is the first time we are having a powerful delegation in this community; we are indeed grateful to Mrs Aisha Buhari for providing succour to our people.’’
She however urged the wife of the president to establish a women centre for skill acquisition programme to cater for widows, refugees and orphans in the village.
Some of the beneficiaries who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) expressed their appreciation to Mrs Buhari for the gesture and solicited for its sustainability. (NAN)
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Edited by Fela Fashoro/Muhammad Suleiman Tola

Health

Insecurity: FG rewrites National Action Plan to protect women, children

Insecurity: Ministry rewrites National Action Plan to current reality

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Plan

By Olasunkanmi Onifade

Abuja, May 9, 2017 (NAN) The Federal Government has reviewed the National Action Plan (NAP) to factor in emerging issues hindering the peace and security of women and girls in the country.

The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Sen. Aisha Alhassan, said this during the launch of NAP on Tuesday in Abuja.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Nigeria having ratified the UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 on women, peace and security, introduced the plan 16 years ago to ensure the implementation of the resolution.

It was from the NAP that the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act (VAPP 2015) was established to reduce the toll of conflict, terrorism and violent actions on women and girls.

Alhassan, said there were defects in the first plan, making it impossible to tackle emerging issues affecting women.

“Nigeria’s first NAP, which ran from 2013-2016, was useful in mobilising national action on the need to improve human security and better protect citizens especially women and girls.

“The first NAP had gaps and did not take care of emerging issues like insurgency and violent extremism, among others.

“There was therefore very urgent need to have the NAP revised, “she said.

According to the minister, the UNSCR 1325 was the first formal and legal global document to acknowledge the disproportionate and heavier toll that war and conflict have on women and girls.

She also stressed the pivotal role women play in conflict management, conflict resolution and sustainable peace.

Alhassan expressed displeasure that in spite of women’s proven national reconciliation and stabilising roles in the family, they have continued to be excluded from participating meaningfully to peace processes.

She said insecurity and transnational boarder crimes, gender, responsive inclusion in peace architecture, violence against women, girls, children and communal crises are the major peace concerns of women.

These, she said, have been captured in the second NAP.

The minister therefore called on all Nigerians to support government in mainstreaming gender into all policies, programmes and organisational cultures in Nigeria through the national gender policy.

In her welcome address, the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Mrs Phyllis Nwokedi, said the launch was to provide the platform for public presentation of the revised NAP on UNSCR 1325. (NAN)

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Edited by Remi Koleoso/Muhammad Suleiman Tola

Education

NCWS task parents on girl child education

NCWS task parents on girl child education

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Education

By Awayi Kuje

Karu (Nasarawa State), April 20, 2017 (NAN) The National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) has called on parents to promote girl child education in all ramifications for a better society.

Mrs Aishatu Isah-Idoma, the NCWS President in Nasarawa State, made the appeal on Thursday in Karu.

She spoke during a courtesy visit to the Chairman, Interim Management Committee of Karu Local Government Council of the state, Mr Yinallah Iyan.

She urged parents especially women to ensure proper upbringing of their children including education for a better society.

Isah-Idoma said that education is the bedrock of every society, hence the need for parents to make it top priority for their children.

She added that the development of any society was dependent on the quality of education given to children.

The NCWS president explained that the visit was to thank the women in the area for their support during and after their election, urging them to sustain the spirit of togetherness irrespective of ethnic, religious and political affiliation.

“NCWS is a non-political and irreligious body, but it is out to protect the interest of women and also to support them when they faced any challenge and the only way to achieve success is for women to sustain the spirit of togetherness irrespective of their affiliation.

“We are all known that women are very important in the society as we have contributed a lot to the development of the society and I urge all of us to continue to contribute our quota to the development of our areas, the state and the country at large,” she said.

Isah-Idoma appealed to government at all level to consider women in terms of appointment for them to benefit from dividends of democracy.

She enumerated the major challenges facing the society to include office accommodation and appealed to well meaning individuals to come to the aid of the society.

The NCWS president further urged the women to be law abiding, respect constituted authorities, live in peace and engage in meaningful ventures in the interest of development.

Responding, Iyan commended the society for the visit and promised to support the activities of women in the area.

The council boss restated his administration’s commitment to continue to key in to women friendly programmes and policies so as to better their lives for the overall development of the country. (NAN)

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Edited by Julius Enehikhuere/Muhammad Suleiman Tola