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Six Governors’ Wives Bag Honours for Grassroots Devt
The wives of the Governors of Benue, Gombe,
Katsina, Ogun, Akwa Ibom and Abia states have
been nominated for the Most Valuable
Governors’ Wives Awards (MVGWA) for their
contributions to grassroots development
through their various projects as first ladies.
The MVGWA Team, in a statement issued by its
leader, Mr. Tom Obulu, said all 36 Governors’
wives were assessed based on their NGO
projects available in the public domain and
their impacts on the people.
“Thereafter, thirteen governors’ wives
shortlisted came from votes cast by the people
on the internet over couple of months. The
MVGWA Team shortlisted six for emerging
recipients for the year 2012/2013. The criteria
adopted were sustainability, empowerment,
impact, change agent and corporate branding,”
he said.
Abia State Governor’s Wife, Mrs. Mercy Orji,
was nominated for the impact created by her
family Empowerment Programme while her
Benue counterpart, Mrs. Yemisi Suswan was
nominated for her SEV-AV Foundation.
Akwa Ibom Governor’s Wife, Mrs. Ekaette
Akpabio, is being honoured for the work done
through her Family Life Enhancement Initiative
alongside her Katsina counterpart, Hajia Fatima
Shema for her Service to Humanity
Foundation. Others are Ogun State Governor’s
Wife, Mrs. Olufunso Amosun, for her Uplifting
Development Foundation and Gombe State
Governor’s Wife for Hajia Adama Women
Empowerment Programme.
The women would receive their awards at a
ceremony themed ‘Grassroots Transformation
in Nigeria: The Roles of Governors’ Wives NGOs
as Champions’ to be held in February 2014, in
Abuja. “The MVGWA is design to lead a new
phenomenon in the assessment and
recognition of the governors’ wives who are
providing complementary achievements to the
governors’ achievements,” the statement
added.
Suspect: I Sold Cannabis to Feed My Three Wives
A fisherman in Bayelsa State has admitted
selling cannabis in order to support the welfare
of his three wives and five children.
Yoto Seibokuro, 27, according to the British
Broadcasting Corporation (BBC),was arrested in
the city of Yenagoa last month for dealing in
cannabis.
He and six other suspects – three men and three
women – were paraded before journalists with
the drugs allegedly found in their possession,
including a 14.4kilogram haul found at the
home of a suspect who said it belonged to an
unnamed friend.
Seibokuro is reported as saying he started
selling drugs two years ago to augment his
income.
“My income from fishing was no longer
sufficient to take care of my large family,” he
said.
Two other suspects in the custody of the
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
(NDLEA) also said they only started selling
cannabis when they got into financial difficulty.
“I pray God to give me good business to leave
this drug business,” said the civil engineer,
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