The national president of the Police Officers’ Wives Association (POWA) and wife of the Inspector General of Police, Hajia Hajara Usman Baba Alkali, has boosted the morales of police officers’ wives, as she empowered some widows of officers who died in active service and about 150 wives of serving police officers.
The empowerment was carried out during a three-day visit she paid to Delta State Police Command.
Hajia Alkali arrived in the state on Thursday, September 9, 2021 with a three-point agenda, comprising welfare, health and education.
She had paid a courtesy call on the state Commissioner of Police, Ari Muhammed Ali FCIA, before proceeding to Police Children Primary School, Asaba, where she commissioned the renovated classroom and E-library built by Rotary Club of Nigeria.
On same day, she paid a courtesy visit to the Asagba of Asaba, HRM Joseph Chike Edozien, at his palace.
Thereafter, she commissioned a borehole water project at ‘B’ Division Barracks Asaba.
The following day, Hajia Alkali visited three traditional rulers, including the Obi of Owa Kingdom and chairman Delta State Council of Traditional Rulers, HRM Emmanuel Efeizomor II; the Ovie of Uvwie Kingdom, HRM Emmanuel Sediso (JP), the Abe 1 of Uvwie Kingdom and the newly-installed Olu of Warri Kingdom, HRM Ogiama Atuwatsa III Utieyinoritsetsola Emiko.
As part of her three-point agenda, which is health, the POWA president mobilized police officers’ wives in the state on Saturday, September 11, and embarked on road walk around the Asaba metropolis.
She later flagged off sanitation exercise at ‘A’ and ‘B’ Division barracks respectively.
She also paid a courtesy visit to the governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa at Government House Asaba, before proceeding to the Unity Hall Government House Asaba.
She also made it known that there would soon be a quiz competition for all police children, with the winner getting a cash price of B10 million.
During the meeting with POWA members, she empowered some widows of late police officers who died in active service and about 150 wives of serving police officers, after which she had an extensive health talk with POWA members, in conjunction with police medical doctor Dr. Nonye.
