Some wives and children of policemen killed by Boko Haram insurgents, on Saturday appealed to the government and the Nigerian Police to provide them with vocational training and jobs.
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The widows and other members of their families made the appeal in Kaduna during the distribution of bags of rice, vegetable oil and a cow by the Inspector General of Police.
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Mrs Margaret Ishaya, the wife of one of the deceased officers said the widows were ready to accept job as cleaners.
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She said that it would go a long way to enable them fend for their families and appealed to the police authorities to consider members of their families during recruitment.
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The wife of late Ins. Sunday Badeh, who died in the process of detonating a bomb, urged the police to fast track the payment of benefits to the affected families.
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Mrs Badeh, however commended the support from the police authorities following the demise of her husband.
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Also speaking, the widow of Sgt. Yakubu Musa, who was killed on 18 April, 2012 at Rigasa said some of them needed jobs to have a steady income.
That means the issue of unemployment has not even improved in the country at all. This is nothing to write home about
They should be given jobs as soon as possible, Not only them sef, every unemployed Nigerian,