POWA President with Gov Okowa
By DSP Bright Edafe, Ag PPRO, Delta Command
The President of Police Officers’ Wives Association (POWA), Hajia Hajara Usman Alkali Baba, wife of the 21st indigenous Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba Psc+ FDC, NPM has empowered wives of fallen officers who served in Delta State.
The empowerment was part of activities lined up during her official three day visit to the Delta State Police Command, Thursday, September 9.
On arrival, the POWA President articulated a clear three point agenda which were: Welfare, Health and Education.
After a courtesy call to the Commissioner of Police Delta state CP Ari Muhammed Ali FCIA, Psc+, the August visitor proceeded to Police Children Primary School, Asaba where she commissioned the renovated classroom and E-library built by Rotary Club of Nigeria.
At about 1530hrs of the day of arrival, she paid a courtesy visit to HRM the Asagba of Asaba, Obi Professor Joseph Chike Edozien, CFR (JP) at the Asagba of Asaba palace.
Thereafter, she commissioned a borehole water project at ‘B’ Division barracks Asaba.
The next day, between 1000hrs and 1700hrs, the POWA National President visited three traditional rulers : HRM, Obi Dr. Emmanuel Efeizomor II Soon, the Obi of Owa Kingdom and Chairman, Delta State Council of Traditional Rulers, the Ovie of Uvwie Kingdom HRM Dr. Emmanuel Sediso Oon (JP) the Abe 1 of Uvwie Kingdom and the newly installed Olu of Warri Kingdom HRM Ogiame Atuwatse III, Utieyinoritsetsola Emiko.
On Saturday, at about 0900hrs, she mobilized police officers wives in the state and embarked on road walk around the Asaba metropolis in line with her health agenda and later flagged off sanitation exercise at ‘A’ and ‘B’ Division barracks respectively.
At about 1100hrs of Saturday, she paid a courtesy visit to the Governor of Delta State, His Excellency Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa at Government House Asaba, before proceeding to the Unity Hall, Government House Asabawhere she announced that very soon, there will be a quiz competition for all police children and the winner of the quiz will be given a cash price of #10,000,000(ten million naira).
During the meeting with POWA members, she empowered some widows of late police officers who died in active service and also empowered about 150 wives of serving police officers.
After the empowerment, the POWA President in conjunction with police medical doctor, Dr Nonye had an extensive health talk with POWA members.
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