Atiku's Wife Lays Foundation for WOTCLEF Secretariat
From Dipo Okunmuyide in Ado - Ekiti

Chief (Mrs) Titi Atiku Abukakar, wife of the Vice President, has laid the foundation of N50 million Secretariat of Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation (WOTCLEF), at the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti.

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Named Titi Atiku Abubakar Women Centre, the secretariat will contain conference room, child drop in centre, cooperative office, mini-library, mini-mart and beauty salon, bakery and electro-mechanical workshop for the repairs of simple gadgets.

Mrs Atiku Abubakar described technology as one of the most effective tools for societal advancement and rapid industrialisation, adding that technical education must be supported and encouraged as the only path to self-discovery of hidden talents in individuals.

She congratulated the management of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, for the academic heights and physical developments which the institution has attained since it was established, saying the school has, no doubt justified its existence.

She appealed to students to shun those tendencies capable of mortgaging their future such as prostitution, cultism, drug addiction and other social ills urging them to be wary of human traffickers who to lure them through tempting offers.