COWA Begins Financial Support for Late Customs Officers’ Families

The Customs Officers Wives Association has pledged to support families of officers, who lost their lives in active service.

The association also revealed plans to equip no fewer than 1,200 customs officers’ wives to be financially stable by 2024.

The COWA made this known on Friday, shortly after a courtesy visit to Ogun Area Command, Nigeria Customs, Idi-Iroko, Ogun State.

The COWA President, Kikelomo Adeniyi, said the association had begun several initiatives aimed at supporting the families of fallen officers and enhancing the lives of the association’s members.

Adeniyi noted that not only the wives would benefit, but also their children, who would be given proper education and training.

According to her, the association was working on starting the COWA Nursery and Primary School, and COWA Secondary School to enable them to provide good, qualitative, and affordable education to their children, and reduce the financial burden on Customs officers who paid exorbitant fees to educate their children in private schools.

She added: “Our focus in this regard is to provide educational support and scholarships to the children through the payment of school fees, and vocational empowerment of the bereaved wives to make them self-reliant.

“I want to appeal for financial support for these programs from our husbands and heads of households. We assure them of prudence and accountability in managing the resources.

“I will also urge all officers from the rank of ASC II to allow their wives to join COWA and encourage them to participate in the activities of the association.”

The association, however, gave souvenirs, which included food items to eleven wives, who lost their husbands in service.