FG approves social work council, 3 insurance policies to strengthen little one safety, ladies security

The federal authorities has accepted the institution of the National Council for Social Work and three nationwide coverage devices aimed toward strengthening little one safety, menstrual well being and social care throughout the nation.

The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, disclosed this at a press convention to commemorate the twenty sixth anniversary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security.

The Minister stated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had accepted the institution of the National Council for Social Work, with a md, registrar and administrative construction, to professionalise social work and enhance assist for weak people and households.

She defined {that a} World Bank-assisted venture would assist the coaching, certification and nationwide deployment of licensed social employees to make sure that ladies fleeing violence, kids in danger and households dealing with crises obtain skilled help.

Sulaiman-Ibrahim additionally introduced that the Federal Executive Council had accepted three nationwide devices offered by her ministry to enhance safety and social welfare.

They embrace the National Action Plan on Ending Violence Against Children, the National Policy on Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management, 2026–2030, and the National Care Policy and Implementation Plan, 2026–2030.

According to the minister, the National Action Plan on Ending Violence Against Children would lengthen little one safety interventions to all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory via a Pathfinder State Model.

She stated the menstrual well being coverage would deal with obstacles stopping ladies from attending faculty due to insufficient entry to sanitary merchandise, whereas selling native manufacturing via women-owned enterprises and establishing Pad Banks in public areas.

On the National Care Policy, Sulaiman-Ibrahim stated it could recognise unpaid caregiving duties, set up minimal requirements for care centres, regulate little one adoption and create employment alternatives within the skilled care sector.

She added that the coverage could be supported by a proposed National Care Fund, with plans for an eventual Act of the National Assembly.

The minister linked the initiatives to Nigeria’s broader peace and safety efforts, arguing that insecurity was not restricted to armed battle however might additionally emerge from little one abuse, gender-based violence, poverty and the unequal burden of unpaid care.

“Twenty-six years on, the measure of Resolution 1325 is no longer what governments sign. It is what women live,” she stated.

Resolution 1325, adopted by the United Nations Security Council in 2000, calls for girls’s participation in battle prevention, peacebuilding and decision-making, alongside stronger safety for girls and ladies affected by battle.

Sulaiman-Ibrahim stated Nigeria’s implementation efforts had progressed from its first National Action Plan in 2013 to a second plan in 2017, which supported the event of 17 State Action Plans and 21 Local Action Plans.

She famous that the Third National Action Plan, launched by First Lady Oluremi Tinubu on December 15, 2025, was constructed round 5 pillars: prevention, safety, participation, aid and restoration, and disaster response and rising threats.

The minister stated the plan would place ladies’s management, rights and dignity on the centre of Nigeria’s safety framework, significantly as communities proceed to grapple with insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, displacement and conflicts over land and livelihoods.

She additionally highlighted the rising illustration of girls in safety and justice establishments, citing the appointments of Kemi Nanna Nandap as Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service and Folashade Adekaiyaoja as the primary feminine Deputy Director-General of the Department of State Services.

The consultant of the Minister of Defence, Lieutenant Colonel Nneka Olimma- Adinweruka, SA, gender HMOD ministry of defence, harassed that safety was a collective duty and never the unique protect of the army.

She referred to as for a shift from viewing ladies merely as victims of battle to recognising them as leaders, decision-makers and strategic companions in nationwide safety.

Olima stated advancing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda required deliberate and coordinated motion, together with higher illustration of girls within the armed forces, safety companies, peace negotiations, mediation processes and management positions.

She famous that ladies’s experiences and views have been important to creating inclusive and efficient safety methods.

“Our collective aspiration must be to ensure that Nigerian women are protected from violence, empowered to lead, included in security decisions and recognised as indispensable partners in building lasting peace,” she stated.
She added that sustainable peace couldn’t be achieved with out ladies’s significant participation in safety processes.

Olima referred to as on stakeholders to work in the direction of a Nigeria the place peace is sustained, safety is strengthened and the dignity and contributions of each lady are revered.