Capacity Building: POWA President launches maiden empowerment scheme for wives of officers of Ports Authority (Western) Police Command

By Ajibola Adedoye

In her sustained resolve to encourage wives of police officers to develop entrepreneurial skills, the President of the Police Officer’s Wives Association (POWA), Dr. Mrs. Elizabeth Egbetokun has, through the POWA Chairperson of the Ports Authority Police (Western) Command, Mrs. Abiola Ishola, empowered wives of police officers attached to the Command with different types of equipment and gadgets. This aligns with the vision of the POWA President to ensure that all police officers’ wives develop entrepreneurial skills that will be useful to them and their immediate families.

At the event flagging off the scheme, the special guest of honour was the wife of the Inspector General Of Police, Dr. Mrs. Elizabeth Egbetokun, POWA President, ably represented by the Zone 2 Police Command POWA chairperson, Mrs. Gloria Durosimi; also in attendance were the Lagos State Police Command POWA chairperson, Mrs. Adekemi Fayoade, POWA members, the chief host, Mrs. Abiola Ishola, the Commissioner of Police, Ports Authority Police (Western), Command CP Olanrewaju Olawale Ishola psc+ mnips, and his management team.

In her welcome address, the chief host, Mrs Abiola Ishola noted that upon her husband’s assumption of office, the POWA secretariat at the Ports Authority Police (Western) Command was inaugurated in November 2023. She noted further that it was no longer fashionable for wives of police officers to sit down at home as full housewives without having a skill that will help them earn a living, hence the need for this empowerment scheme under the directive and approval of the POWA President. CP Ishola appreciated all wives of Police Officers for their unwavering support to their husbands while noting that such support is important to encourage police officers to legitimately discharge their duties while also thanking the wife of the Inspector-General of Police for conceiving and executing the idea of empowering wives of Police Officers.