Employers, Police Partner On Girl-child, Safer Communities

The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has entered into a strategic corporate partnership with the Nigeria Police Force through the Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices (POCACOV) as part of efforts to build secure communities for young people.

According to NECA’s director general, Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, the partnership reflects a shared commitment to create safer communities, empower young people and address the root causes of social vices through preventive and non-kinetic approaches.

Oyerinde disclosed that as part of the collaboration, NECA would support the police in the International Day of the Girl-Child Summit 2025 holding today at the Nigeria Police Resource Centre, Jabi, Abuja.

The summit, convened by POCACOV under the global theme “Girls’ Vision for the Future” and the Nigerian sub-theme “My Identity, My Power: Creating Safer Spaces for the Nigerian Girl Child”, will bring together over 500 secondary school girls, educators, parents, law enforcement officers, civil society organisations, and media partners.

Oyerinde stated that NECA would, among other things, provide facilitators for mentorship sessions across all requested panels and workshops and grant all participants access to NECA’s AI Fluency Course, delivered in collaboration with Microsoft through the International Organisation of Employers (IOE), enabling them to learn, onboard, and be certified in digital skills.