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Okowa strengthens skill acquisition to fight poverty
Okowa hosting Police Officers Wives Association (POWA) in the state, led by Hajia Aisha Hafiz-Inuwa, wife of the Commissioner of Police, at Government House, Asaba, said that skill acquisition was the way out of unemployment and acute poverty which was ravaging the country.
He commended members of the association for their contributions to development of the society through their philanthropic gestures.
The governor reaffirmed that his administration had continued to empower youths in the state in order to make them self-reliant.
“We have continued to make skill acquisition a state policy because we realised that it is the only way to get out of the unemployment conundrum that we have found ourselves as a nation.
“In the last five years, we have ensured that we redirect the minds of our youths towards skill acquisition and we give them starter-packs to enable them to stand on their own.
“We have also revitalised technical education in the state to give our youths more veritable platforms to acquire skills,” he said.
Okowa thanked POWA for its role in curbing the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in police barracks in the state.
“I know it is not easy attending to most families these days because the economy is getting more challenging at the moment.
“But, I am glad that in spite of these challenges you have continued to reach out to people through this association.
Delta Governor, Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa (4th left), with members of Police Officers wives Association (POWA) led by the wife of the Delta State Commissioner of Police, Hajia Aisha Inuwa (4th right) shortly after their courtesy call on the Governor in Asaba. Wednesday 11/11/20. PIX: BRIPIN ENARUSAI
“The best way to help those bereaved families is to help them acquire skills and I am glad that you are going in that direction.
“Anything that helps to empower women is good for us because when you empower a woman you have empowered the family.
“Your skill acquisition programme for your members is good and deserves encouragement because it will go a long way to help those police families who lost their husbands as breadwinners in the course of duty,” he stated.
Chairman of POWA in the state, Mrs. Hafiz-Inuwa, had lauded Governor Okowa for his giant strides in creating young entrepreneurs through skill acquisition programmes across the state.
She lamented that some police officers lost their lives during the EndSARS protests, leaving family members to bear the heavy loss of their bread winners.
Hafiz-Inuwa said that POWA was also setting up a skill acquisition programme to train women in catering, tailoring/fashion designing, soap making, bead making, fish/poultry farming, hair dressing/saloon, among others.
She sought the assistance of the governor in the inclusion of members of POWA in the state’s skill acquisition and empowerment programmes.
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