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International Women’s Day: POWA Distributes Foods items To Members, Deceased Personnel Families
International women’s day, : POWA distributes foods items to members, deceased personnel families,
By Madu Mohammed, Maiduguri
The Police Officers Wives Association (POWA) Borno State chapter has distributed food items to the widows of deceased personnel who died in the line of duty and other vulnerable members in the State as part of the activities to mark International Women’s Day and also to bring soccour faced as a result of the economic hardship and high cost of foodstuffs in the country.
Speaking at the occasion held at the Borno Command headquarters, Maiduguri on Friday, the Commissioner of Police, Yusufu Lawan said the Police Officers’ Wives Association (POWA) used the occasion of the World International Women Day on Friday to reach out to widows and families of the personnel in the command especially families of those who died in active service
“The CP said “it is also a day to remember the contributions of our wives to building the homes,” he disclosed. He commended the wife of the Inspector General of Police, Mrs Elizabeth Egbetokun for asking POWA to embark on the food distribution at this crucial period.”
Also, the chairperson of POWA in Borno, Hajiya Zara Ibrahim said the World International Women Day is a global event celebrated on March 8 to promote equity for women, adding that if you invest in women help in accelerating growth in the society.
It is the only way to fight against every forms of discriminations including economic discrimination. This is why we are distributing food items to our women today,” she said.
She said the day is also observed;; to promote rights of women and the need for their voice to be heard.
Mrs Ibrahim said a total of 100 women and families benefitted from the food distributions which includes the families of slain police personnel and others members of the families of police personnel.
Each beneficiaries got a bags of rice, gallon of cooking oil, Macaroni, Spaghetti and other assorted items
