By Chisimdi Esther
Imo State Police Commissioner, Aboki Danjuma, has expressed concern over the plight of widows in the State and pledged to partner with relevant organizations to address their challenges.
Danjuma made the pledge while reacting to the plea for collaboration by the Widow AID Foundation (WA), led by the Executive Director, Faithful Iroh who paid him a courtesy visit in his office, yesterday.
The CP expressed empathy towards the challenges faced by some widows in the country, noting that the police force itself has a significant number of widows who according to him, need constant support.
He welcomed the opportunity to collaborate with the foundation, stating that any partnership aimed at improving the lives of widows would be mutually beneficial and a step in the right direction.
Earlier, Iroh told the commissioner that the visit was part of their scheduled event to commemorate the 'International Widows Day' with the theme "Protection of Widows Rights".
Iroh disclosed that the foundation has already gained the support of FIDA in its determination to fight for widow's rights, adding that the fight will not yield good results without the assistance of the police.
He said "We often have reports of abuse by relatives ,tenants and different set of people ,we've tried on our own to protect them but we realised that we can't do this alone, in that regard we had to get to FIDA to be part of us in that fight as well as the police, they're very critical stakeholder in protecting the rights of citizens.
"So we thought it wise to cone and partner with your office to ensure that in protecting these rights we get to the end of it ,so we want to collaborate with your office in terms of service delivery and rapid response because when we have your partnership and call the police there would be immediate response and we sort out issues
Highlight of the visit was a submission of a document by WA Foundation to the police commissioner to consolidate the partnership and presentation of cash gift to an indigent widow who accompanied the group on the visit.
Also at the visit were the State executive of FIDA led by its State chairman, Phil Amaefula, widows the foundation's patron ,Kingsley Anyiam, among others.
