Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Dr. Zahra’u Muhammad-Umar, briefed newsmen on Sunday in Kano.
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The Minister made the commendation at Sir David Osunde Foundation (SDOF), award of over 200 scholarships and donation of 120 wheelchairs, among others, to people living with disabilities (PLWDs) in Abuja.
President Buhari celebrated both members of the Federal Executive Council who, incidentally, share same anniversary.
The Minister made this call on Thursday at the Seventh Conference on Sexual Assault Referral Centres in Nigeria.
The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Dr. Zahra’u Muhammad-Umar, stated this on Monday.
The Chair, Board of Directors, Beatrice Hamza Bassey, disclosed in a notice posted on the website of the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Thursday in Lagos.
Represented by a delegation led by Engineer Abubakar Aliyu, Minister of State, Works and Housing, Buhari told her bereaved father, Alhaji Abubakar Ibrahim OON; Sarkin Ayyukan Muri, the Emir of Muri, Alhaji Abbas Tafida, and the Taraba State governor, Architect Darius Ishaku, that the nation has lost a woman leader and that her death leaves a huge void in Nigerian politics.
The deceased was a Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development during Buhari’s first term in office.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Alhaja Maryam Ogunlade, presented the cash gift on behalf of the governor in her office in Ado-Ekiti.
The governor stated this while receiving the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Dame Pauline Tallen, who was on an advocacy visit to his office, at the Courtesy Room of the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan.
Godwin Igwe, Head of Department, Child Development, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, gave the warning on Friday while addressing the case of a child who had been abused by her guardians.
Dr. Zahra’u Umar, the state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Kano.
Funmi Efuape, State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, said this at the ongoing 2020 budget assessment session before the Ogun State House of Assembly Committee on Women Affairs and Social Development, led by Sikirat Ajibola.
Nigeria has pledged to fully and effectively implement all regional and international treaties and conventions that are aimed at eliminating any form of discrimination against women.
The Ebonyi State Government has approved N3.7 million for the treatment of a 12-year-old victim of maltreatment by her mistress in the state.
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Aisha Abubakar, has decried rate of gender-based violence experienced by some Nigerian women and girls.
Hajiya Aisha Alhassan, the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, stated this on Thursday while addressing stakeholders in Abuja.
Alhassan made the appeal at a news conference and inauguration of the 6th National Children’s Parliament ahead of the Children’s Day celebration in Abuja.
The commissioner also handed over the substance to the drug agency for identification and advice on possible measures to stop children from such bad habits.
Freed Chibok girls not living in solitary confinement – FG
The Federal Government on Friday said the recently freed 106 Chibok girls were not living in solitary confinement.
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Aisha Alhassan, said this while briefing newsmen on the update on the recovery of the released girls in Abuja.
Alhassan said that the girls were ready to be integrated back to the society ahead of the school academic session commencing in September.
She said the girls had to be properly observed by medical experts, adding that so far there are no traits of abnormalities in them.
She said: “Like every other young Nigerian girl, the need to make up for educational loss suffered on account of their prolonged isolation while in captivity had been of paramount concern to this government.
“To date, education and livelihood opportunities of the Chibok girls since their return have been enhanced through remedial and tutorial engagement as well as vocational skills training.
“This would not only make them academically sound but also independent.”
She also announced plans to kit them as they resume formal education in order to place the girls on a path to a lifetime of successful and productive living.
Alhassan said: “To aid their recovery, recreational activities and reunion with family have been the key tools used to support the girls.
“They have had interface with their communities and spent Christmas holiday in Chibok. This was gratifying experience for both the girls and the families.”
The minister said rather than suffer any form of stigma the girls had become survivors and heroes in their own right.
She said the government was in partnership with the American University of Nigeria and other development partners, along with some private companies and Victims Support Fund to restore their dignity.
The minister said the partnership would be supporting the girls for their foundation course in September.
Alhassan said the choice of AUN was inspired by the resounding success recorded by the institution’s new foundation school initiative in grooming the 24 girls who initially escaped from captivity.
She said the case of the 24 Chibok girls had challenged the commitment and strategy of government with regards to the education of the 106 girls.
She said: “It is time for them to get and enjoy the best. I am delighted that all the 106 girls will be resuming school at AUN foundation school in September.”
However, the minister appealed to the public and media to avoid requests for the girls to recount theirs stories and experiences in order not to reopen wounds and trigger a relapse in their journey of recovery.