MEMBERS OF SEPWAND
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| IMO STATE MEMBERS OF SEPWAND |
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| ENUGU STATE MEMBERS OF SEPWAND |
SEPWAND ENUGU BRANCH VISIT PRISON COMPTROLLER, PRESENT GIFTS TO FEMALE PRISONERS
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The South-East Professional women Association, Nigeria and Diaspora SEPWAND, a non-governmental, non-profit organization, registered with the corporate affairs commission, recently paid a visit to the Enugu prison to bring succor to the female inmates and the prisoners in general. The association, whose key objectives include to eradicate the girl child abuse, sex slavery and all forms of violence against women and to provide them with livelihood skill training and empowerment, brought various gift items to ease lives for the inmates.
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| Enugu State Comptroller of Prison and SEPWAND Enugu |
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| Comptroller of Prison and SEPWAND Enugu Coordinator Ndidi Kennedy-Ukaga |
In the words of the Enugu State coordinator of the Association, Mrs Ndidi Kennedy Ukaga “This visit here today is in line with our objectives, which is, to promote for the well being of every woman, young or old especially the vulnerable ones and we wish to express our gratitude to all the Prison authorities that have given us the opportunity to interact with these inmates today”. Mrs Ukaga further led her entourage to present various gift items which according to her is “a token of our love for you and our concern for your well being, and we hope it will go a long way in meeting your needs” she told the inmates.
In her response, the Enugu Prison Comptroller Mrs Ukwuori Ndukwe Kalu, expressed gratitude to SEPWAND in general and the Enugu chapter in particular “ It is my desire to say thank you to SEPWAND, thank you so much for your visit and gift items for the inmates. God bless you all richly in Jesus name” Ndukwe Kalu expressed.
Recall that SEPWAND, led by its National President Dame Nwanganga Ibeh had recently paid a courtesy visit to the Nigerian Senate where the Association articulated its plans to identify and award scholarship to vulnerable girl-child, provide livelihood skill and empowerment, and initiate a skill development centre at the Enugu headquarter which will be used as a pilot point before spreading to all state capitals in the South-East. In that meeting Ibeh also pointed that SEPWAND is passionate about the Sensitization of women and empowering them in agriculture by providing them with high breed seedlings and set-up Capital for beneficiaries.
Senate President Supports SEPWAND, Moves to Harmonise Child Adoption Laws
- 08:22
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has pledged that the 8th Senate will harmonise all child adoption laws in the country to make it easier for Nigerians wishing to adopt children do so without hindrance.
Saraki spoke when the South East Professional Women Association of Nigeria and the Diaspora (SEPWAND), visited him at the National Assembly in Abuja.
He also said that the objective of harmonization of the laws on child adoption is to help reduce the rampant cases of girl-child sex slavery in certain parts of the country.
The Senate President, according to a statement by his Special Assistant on Print Media, Chuks Okocha, in Abuja, said, “though there are different adoption laws from the various states of the federation, but the 8th Senate will ensure that these adoption laws are harmonised to make child adoption easier for couples that plan to adopt any child.
“The harmonisation of these adoption laws will go a long way to halt the increasing and rampant cases of girl-child sex slavery that makes some girls to get pregnant and later sell the children.
“The Senate will debate these laws from the states, harmonise them and make it less stringent as they are and make adoption laws easier for couples that plan to adopt any child instead of patronising illegal child adoption centres,” he stated.
Saraki also said that the Senate would ensure that through the amendment of relevant laws that “we create opportunities for our young ones. The Senate has started this with the buy Made in Nigeria campaigns so as to create opportunities for our younger ones by creating employment opportunities.
“We shall ensure that through these amended laws that vulnerable young girls can access credit to set up businesses and in the process put operators if baby factories out of business,” Saraki said.
According to the President of the group, Mrs. Nwankanya Ibe, “the South-East has been ridiculed by illegal Adoption Centres (aka Baby Factory). We, the Professional women from this region have monitored this with keen interest and this formed the basis for forming this organisation”.
She noted that the SEPWAND is a non-governmental organization whose key objectives are to eradicate the girl-child abuse, sex slavery and all forms of violence against women and to empower the girl-child through scholarship awards, livelihood skill developments and to empower women in agriculture.
“We hope by this visit to raise awareness for the need of the Senate to look into the adoption laws whereby it is made easier for couples who genuinely wish to adopt children to do so without unnecessary bottlenecks. This will help to reduce the business of illegal adoption centres that have encouraged the vulnerable girl-child into sex slavery.
“In line with SEPWAND objectives, a number of programs have been mapped out. Among which are identification and award of scholarship to vulnerable girl-child, livelihood skill development and empowerment, as such we intend to have a skill development centre at our headquarters in Enugu for the pilot stage and eventually in all State capitals in the South East.
“Another program that we are compassionate about is the sensitization of women and empowering them in agriculture by providing them with high yield seedlings and seed capital”, Mrs. Ibe told the Senate President.
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