Children of Police officers are academically behind their peers, according to the Wife of the Inspector-General of Police, Hajia Hajara Baba Alkali.
On Tuesday, Mrs. Alkali made the statement while paying a visit to the supreme Traditional Ruler of the Idoma people, Ochi’Idoma, at his makeshift Palace in Otukpo in Benue State.
Since her husband was appointed IGP, she told the royal father, she has been to sixteen states, counting her native state, Benue, as the sixteenth.
“I’m a daughter of the soil. As I’m going around the states, I also seek the permission of the royal fathers to carry out my projects in their states. There was no Police Officers Wives Association (POWA) nationally when I came on board so my husband woke up POWA. We came to seek your permission. We will be in town for five days.
“My three-point agenda are; education, welfare, and health. I decided on the agenda in order to make an impact in the barracks. For instance, Police children are backward in education. So I took it upon myself to see them move forward. We also find out what police are lacking in health. My women are demoralised so I counsel them. My greatest achievement is waking up POWA,” she said.
The IGP’s Wife further intimated to the Ochi’Idoma that her visit to Benue was to replicate what she has done in other states, stressing that with the support of the state government, she intended to seek intervention in the aforementioned areas of concern.
Responding, the Ochi’Idoma, Odogbo advised that during her sojourn as POWA President, she should exhibit the value of truth, equity, fairness, and above all the fear of God.
Odogbo added that all she needed to do was tow the path of truth and history would vindicate her.
“I support your idea to reinvigorate the police children’s education. We value truth, fairness, equity, Justice, and the fear of God so Idoma daughters should exhibit these virtues. You’re on the path of history-making,” the monarch posited.
Source: dailytrust.com
