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NAOWA trains widows of fallen soldiers in Niger

From Abubakar Akote, Minna

The Nigeria Army Officers Wives Association (NAOWA) said that it had trained thousands of widows of soldiers who died in the line of duty across the country.

The national president of the association and wife of the chief of army staff, Mrs Salamatu Faruk Yahaya, made this known at the inauguration of multimillion naira nursery and primary schools in the Minna Military Cantonment, Niger State.

She said education in school had been subsidised for children whose fathers had died in the line of duty to facilitate their access to quality education and stop them from dropping out of school.

She said the school was inaugurated 14 years after the foundation was laid and called for proper maintenance of the facility.

Mrs Yahaya said the association had employed over 2, 000 across all its establishments in the country with over 60 per cent emphasis on women as key players in nation building.

Earlier, the Niger State Coordinator of NAOWA and wife of the commander, training and doctrine command of the Nigerian Army, Minna,

Mrs Yemisi Elizabeth Olabanji, said the school which boasts 100 pupils and 12 qualified teachers was established to among others support the orphans of the fallen heroes.

She said NAOWA recognised the importance of quality education to the lives of children, hence the motive behind the establishment of the school in order to cater for the educational needs of children within and outside the barracks.

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