As part of efforts to curb the menace of substance abuse, wives of Northern Governors have pledged to train and empower drug abuse victims.
The move is part of the resolutions reached at the end of their quarterly meeting under the auspices of the Northern Governors Wives’ Forum.
According to the communiqué issued on Saturday in Birnin Kebbi, and read by Hajiya Hadiza Isma El-Rufai, the forum’s Chairperson and flanked by Dr Zainab Shinkafi Bagudu and the Northern Governors’ Wives, the meeting has agreed that all such projects were chosen to round up their tenures.
According to El-Rufai, “It was agreed that to close our tenures, we should have a specific project that will address problems in our States.
“It was also agreed that our challenges include lack of education and women empowerment, especially in the North.
“The meeting also agreed to draw work plans towards alleviating these challenges.”
She added that all projects should be completed and commissioned on or before December 2022.
While revealing that the spouses of the Northern Governors have also agreed to invite the “Nigeria for Women,” project to brief them, El-Rufai hinted that, “it was also agreed that all states that are not on the “At-Risk-Children” project get on it.
“This is for the benefit of our out-of-school children, in particular, and the society, in general,” she added.
In an answer to a question, the Chairperson of the Northern Governors’ Wives Forum advised parents whose children have been sexually abused not to feel stigmatized, but to report such cases to relevant authorities to forestall recurrence.
The wife of the Kebbi State Governor, Dr Zainab Shinkafi Bagudu with active support from her husband, Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu hosted the two-day meeting of the Wives of the Northern Governors in Birnin Kebbi.
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