Today, the world celebrates #WorldHepatitisDay2022: a global campaign aimed at raising awareness about viral hepatitis and influencing real change in the funding of its treatment. To emphasize the importance of testing and treating those who need it, the theme this year is “I CAN’T WAIT”. In launching the campaign, it will bring to light the voices…
Imo First Lady, Victim Support Fund mark International Widow’s Day, dole out cash, and other items to 100 widows. On July 14, 2022, my office in collaboration with the Victim Support Fund (VSF) @victimssupportfund and the Ministry of Women Affairs and Vulnerable Groups, empowered a hundred widows in Imo State in commemoration of the 2022 International Widows’…
It is fitting that the theme for this year’s World Youth Skills Day is “Transforming Youth Skills For The Future”, since the day serves as a reminder of the strategic importance of providing the youth with the relevant skills they need to support the economy. With the rapid shift to new models of development, we…
Representatives from the Ugo’s Touch of Lives Foundation (U-TOLF) @utolf, a Non-Governmental Organization partnering with Vitamin Angels @vitaminangels, a Charity Organisation providing free deworming drugs for school children and lifesaving vitamins to expectant mothers, new mothers and infants at risk of malnutrition paid a visit to my office earlier today. The U-TOLF proposed a collaboration with my…
This year the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, or #WorldDrugDay, is commemorated with the theme- “Addressing Drug Challenges in Health and Humanitarian Crisis”. The idea aims to emphasize the soaring misuse of drugs around the world due to the current economic crisis. The Imo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency…
We commemorate #InternationalWidowsDay today with the theme “Sustainable Solutions for Widows Financial Independence” as an opportunity to take another step towards achieving the full rights of widows in communities around Imo State and the globe. In Imo State, the 3R administration has invested resources in aiding to empower members of the Widows Associations, the National Association of…
Over the past few years since the inception of the Nigerian Governors’ Wives Forum @ngw_forum, the majority of its considerable efforts and resources have been put into tackling cases involved in sexual violence and protecting the vulnerable people in various States across the Federation. Each State has persisted in its efforts in creating a working module…
The International Day of the African Child is celebrated on June 16 every year to recognize the courage thousands of students had to step up and take their rights themselves. It is a symbol of protest and the spirit of demanding proper education for all the children of Africa. The 2022 theme is “Eliminating Harmful…
Around the world, one in four young children from diverse groups is engaged in different forms of labour that are either unsafe or endangering to their overall development. Regardless of the significant progress that has been made in the last decade in reducing these statistics, Africa is still ranked the highest; having over 7 million…
Children’s Day is about promoting the rights of children and raising awareness of issues such as malnutrition, child labour, sexual abuse, and all other vices they might be subjected to. Irrespective of a child’s background or current status, he/she shouldn’t be deprived of his or her right to be curious or pure in spirit. Childhood…