NSCDC Trains  Officers’ Wives 

By Rasheedah Makinde

Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC Commandant in Oyo State, Mr Augustine Padonu has called on the security agencies officers’ wives association to always support their husbands in all ramifications to collectively wage war against insecurity. 

Mr Padonu made the call at the end of a 3-day skill acquisition exhibition organized by Civil Defence Officers Wives Association, CDOWA, Oyo State Command, held at its headquarters, Agodi Ibadan. 

He said diversifying into various handwork training by women would go a long way to assist their husbands who were mostly on the field fighting insecurity for the betterment of all.

 Mr Padonu said all the skills acquired from the 3-day training should be channelled positively to achieve the aim of the organizers as part of their contributions towards a better society. 

On her part, the Chairman of Civil Defence Officers’ Wives Association, CDOWA, Oyo State Command, Mrs Francisca Padonu said the idea was borne out of efforts at assisting officers’ wives to have something doing to contribute to the home front as they believe that men could not do it alone.

 Mrs Padonu said various skills were acquired from the training which included female hat making, food spices and condiments making and many other things being used by women. 

 The CDOWA Chairman in Oyo State, who said over two hundred security agency officers’ wives benefited from the skills acquisition, urged them to make use of the knowledge for the betterment of all. 

Mrs Padonu added that the program would also facilitate a mutual relationship among all security agencies’ officers wives association to assist officers and men physically, psychologically and emotionally to discharge their duties optimally in the theatre. 

In her address of welcome, Commissioner for Woman Affairs in Oyo State, Mrs Toyin Balogun said the skills acquisition programme organized by CDOWA was the right peg in the right hole because of the economic challenges the country is experiencing at the moment. 

The commissioner who was represented by a Director in the Ministry, Dr Folake Fashina said people should not be focused on white-collar jobs but should also channel their energy towards skills acquisition to serve as a bonus to their financial status. 

 Beneficiaries who are also Representatives from Civil Defence Officers’ Wives Association, CDOWA, Police Wives Officers’ Association, POWA, Nigerian Army Officers’ Wives Association, NAOWA, Customs Officers’ Wives Association, COWA, Immigration Officers Wives Association, IMMOWA said the skills acquired from the 3-day program would go a long way at keeping them busy and useful in the home front and the society at large.

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