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Police Officers Wives’ Association (POWA), yesterday, in Abuja disclosed its plan to immunize over 10,000 police families across the country.
This was disclosed when the National President of POWA, Dr. Asmau Idris and some members of the association visited the Minister of Women Affairs, Sen. Aisha Alhassan.
The Federal Government has disclosed that a cancer screening centre would be opened in Abuja soon to cater for medical needs of those in and around Abuja. According to POWA president: “We have more than 10,000 police families in the nation, and they need medical aid.
“We will be immunizing over 10,000 women and children in our barracks across the nation and we are soliciting for aid from the ministry of health so that more of our women and children in the barracks can be part of the exercise and be given the vaccine as at when due.
” POWA also noted that it will embark on empowerment project for unemployed youths within the barracks. On the project, she said: “we are interested in development of our children between the ages of 17 and 25 who are not gainfully employed and having challenges in furthering their education. “We want to ensure that they will not become available tools for nefarious activities.”