COMMISSIONER FOR GENDER AFFAIRS AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, BARR. NGOZI NJOKU , INAUGURATES STATE ACTION PLAN(SAP) COMMITTEE ON UNITED NATION'S SECURITY COUNCIL RESOULTION 1325. ~ Ministry of Gender Affairs and Social Development, Imo State

Thursday, 8 February 2018

COMMISSIONER FOR GENDER AFFAIRS AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, BARR. NGOZI NJOKU , INAUGURATES STATE ACTION PLAN(SAP) COMMITTEE ON UNITED NATION'S SECURITY COUNCIL RESOULTION 1325.

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In line with the directive of the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, The Honourable Commissioner of Ministry of Gender Affairs and Social Development, Barr. (Mrs) Ngozi Njoku has inaugurated the State Action Plan Committee on United Nation's Security Council Resolution 1325.
        Inaugurating the Committee in her office, Barr. Njoku charged memebers of the committee to read and diseminate the information as contained in the documents handed over to them religiously. She discribed the documents as very important in dealings with gender matters.
        Barr. Ngozi Njoku expressed hope that with the calibre of people in the committee, it would yeield the desired results for which it was set.
         Earlier in her opening remarks, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Barr. (Mrs) Alma Eluwa said the purpose of the gathering was to distribute the National Action Plan on Security Council Resoultions and to inaugurate the State Action Plan Committee and urged them not only to read, but to implement the dictates of the documents.
         In his Speech during the inaugural ceremony, the Commissioner of Ministry of Labour and PovertyAlleviation, who is also a member of the committee, Hon. Blessing Nwanmerenini described the event as one that would help our societyand pleaded with other memebers to take the programme serious.
         Speaking also at the occassion, Engr. Peter Ohagwa, in charge of the Bureau for Conflict Resolution said he was delighted to be a member of the Committe and underscored the importance of peaceful co-existence and charged women to be agents of peace advocacy even when their husbands are trouble mongers. He assured of his willingness to ensure sucess of the programme.
         In their different speeches, the State President of the National Council for Women Society(NCWS) and the Programme Manager, Alliance for Africa, Mrs Blessing Duru described the present administration in the as the only gender- friendly one and called for the drafting of the State Action Plan (SAP), Local Action Plan (LAP), Community Action Plan(CAP) and Family Action Plan (FAP) base on the pecularity nature of the groups mentioned.
         Highlight of the occassion was the formal inauguration of the State Action Plan (SAP) Committee and the distribution of the revised edition of NAP on UN Security Council Resolution 1325 by Barr. Ngozi Njoku.

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