Umahi extends empowerment scheme to wives of policemen
The Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Nweze Umahi, has extended his administration’s empowerment programme to police officers’ wives in the state.
He announced this during Christmas party organized for the officers and men of the state command in, Abakaliki.
Engr. Umahi, who noted that government would not ask police officers on duty to join in his rice cultivation programme, said their wives should key into his women empowerment scheme in order to reduce over dependence on the salaries of their husbands.
.”There is no way we can ask police officers on duty to come and cultivate rice or go and do training for empowerment but we offer to partner their wives,” the governor said in a statement issued by his spokesman, Emma Anya, on Tuesday.
Umahi, who said the visit/party for the officers and men was to celebrate the Yuletide with them, lauded them for their commitment to combating crimes in the state.
He explained that his administration’s provision of social amenities for them in their barracks was because of their efforts in sustaining peace in the state.
Assuring that government would continue to cooperate with them, the governor warned them against maltreating civilians in the discharge their duties.
He also urged them to be of good conduct and avoid frictions with other security agencies, especially the Army.
The governor, who noted that the living environment of the policemen was not too healthy, immediately approved the release of fund for the relocation of septic tanks in the barracks.
Apart from ordering removal and replacement of windows of their apartments, Umahi directed that the barracks should be decorated to reflect the mood of the season.
He also donated bags of rice and tubers of yam to the officers and men.
Earlier, the State Police Commissioner, Mrs Peace . Ibekwe- Abdallah, had said that Governor Umahi had been of great support to the command as he had reconstructed the internal roads in the barracks and provided street light and water for the officers and men.
She eulogised the governor for providing enabling environment for the police in the state to perform their constitutional responsibility of checking crimes.
