The Police Officers’ Wives Association (POWA) has empowered no fewer than 200 families of deceased, serving and injured police officers in Imo.
POWA President and wife of the Inspector-General of Police, Mrs Elizabeth Egbetokun, presented the items comprising food and non food items to the beneficiaries in Owerri on Friday.
Speaking at the occasion, Mrs Egbetokun said the initiative was aimed at supporting and providing succour to the women as well as helping them to become self-reliant and confident in contributing to the society.
“This event is a testament to our unwavering commitment to supporting the wives of police officers and the less privileged in our community.
“We recognize the services provided by our fallen heroes and we are dedicated to ensuring that their families are not forgotten.”
She urged the beneficiaries to utilise the resources in ways that would create sustainable livelihoods for themselves and their children.
In his remarks, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Aboki Danjuma, lauded Egbetokun for the initiative and other commitments to enhance the welfare of police families across the country.
Danjuma equally commended Gov. Hope Uzodimma, for his continued support to the families of fallen and injured officers.
In her remarks, the chairperson of POWA in the state, Mrs Jemima Aboki, also lauded the gesture which she said would boost morale and inspire personnel and their families.
Earlier, the Deputy Governor of the Imo, Dr Chinyere Ekomaru, said the state government had recently presented N105m support to 25 wives of deceased police officers in the state.
Ekomaru said that job appointments and scholarships were also given to some police children as ways of appreciating the police.
One of the beneficiaries, Mrs Abigail Sule, who received a grinding machine, said the machine would help boost her kunu business
Another beneficiary, Mrs Ngozi Anyalewechi, who got a sewing machine, commended Egbetokun for the gesture and prayed for her.
While in Imo, the POWA team also paid a courtesy call on the Chairman of the Council of Imo Traditional Rulers and Community Policing, HRM Eze Emmanuel Okeke.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that items distributed include bags of rice, fertilizer, cartons of noodles, vegetable oil, refrigerators, grinding, sewing and water pumping machines.
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