POWA National President bag BYIC National Award as BYIC pledges support mpowerment programme nationwide

The Borno Youths International Congress in collaboration with the media policy markers, lawmakers and Civil Society leaders has planned to honour the POWA National President, Hajiya Hajara Alkali Baba with a distinguished national award of excellence on Monday, 31st of January 2022 in Abuja.

A statement issued and signed by Hon. Muktar Gambo Gubio, the National Leader of Borno Youths International Congress (BYIC ) and made available to newsmen in Maiduguri on Saturday said, national award will be presented to her at forum next Wednesday where she is expected to also speak on strategic ideas that will promote and develop more sustainable relationship among youths, POWA and the people of Borno.

The statement reads in part:
“We the people of Borno, we are people of tradition, we are proud to have you as our in-law, we consider you as a daughter of the soil, since your husband is Kanuri.”

“The wife of Inspector General of Police Hajara Usman Alkali Baba has not been given enough credit for her contributions to national integration and human development”.

“As a POWA president Mama Hajara who we consider as “uwar marayu” has played a vital role in transforming the lives of many Nigerian women by giving the golden life line to thousands of police widows across the country.”

“We the people of Borno state, particularly, the youths and women, we congratulated POWA president Mrs. Hajara Alkali Baba and her husband for marrying off her stepson at ceremony in Maiduguri, he added.”

The statement further said that BYIC welcomes the POWA President to Maiduguri on Saturday for the wedding fatiha of her stepson and expected to be in Abuja on Monday and vowed to support her in all her efforts towards empowering women in the state and country at large.