Department of Women Affairs
To create an inclusive society where women and girls are empowered, protected, and given equal opportunities to thrive and lead. To develop and implement effective policies, programs, and partnerships that promote the holistic development and empowerment of women, particularly those in vulnerable communities.
Functions
- Policy Formulation & Advocacy: Develop and advocate for gender-responsive policies that promote women’s rights and equity.
- Women Economic Empowerment Programs: Design and support skill acquisition, micro-credit, and entrepreneurship initiatives.
- Gender-Based Violence Response: Coordinate response and referral mechanisms for survivors of domestic violence and other forms of abuse.
- Awareness and Sensitization Campaigns: Promote social and behavioral change through public engagement on gender norms and women’s rights.
- Monitoring and Evaluation: Track the impact of women-centered initiatives and provide data to inform future programming.
Department of Child Development
To be provided
Functions
- Advocacy visit to MDAs
- Management of Mama Abayol Children’s Home.
- Yearly children’s Day Celebrate
- Commemoration of Day of the African Child
- Implementation of Child Right’s Law (CRL, 2008) to ensure child survival, development, protection and participation.
- Yearly computer Appreciation Training in Abuja
- Children’s parliament Activity (Election, sitting, Radio.TV discussions, yearly interaction with the president)
- Family court sitting with judges and Magistrates
- National and International Holiday Camp
- Collaboration with implementing partners (UNICEF, CRS-SMILE, UNODC and APIN)
- Sensitization/Awareness creation on child Rights Law (CRL, 2008) and other children issues in Benue State.
- Emergency response for children
- First Lady/Honourable commissioner donation of food and other items to Children’s Home.
- Coordination of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) platforms in the State.
- Fostering and adoption of abandoned children
- Registration, monitoring and supervision of child care centers (CCC).
- Providing psychosocial support for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) and abused children
- Collection, collation and processing of data
Department of Social Welfare
The department has staff strength of 35 members All are trained in different aspects of social works and services. Social Welfare department has office in all the local government areas except Apa, Ohimini, Agatu, Logo, Obi, Okpokwu and Buruku, due to inadequate staff, social welfare services are decentralized to the rural areas in the state […]
Functions
To be provided
Department of Planning, Research and Statistics
The Department of Planning, Research and Statistics is the “think-tank” of the Ministry
Functions
- Coordination of planning activities of the whole Ministry in the area of production of Annual Programs and Development Projects of the various Departments into State Budget.
- Coordinating the Preparation of Short Term (Annual), Medium and Long (Perspective) term Plans in collaboration with the various Departments for the overall development of the Ministry.
- Collection, collation, analysis, storage and dissemination of Data (Information) for planning of programs of the Ministry in liaison with other Departments, and Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) such as the State Planning Commission, Education, Health etc.
- Coordination of the preparation, Policy/performance targets, Strategies and Priorities of set Goals and Objectives into realizable Plan (Document) for the Ministry.
- Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of the Ministry’s Programs/Projects.
- Computerization of Records and Information Management of the Ministry’s Data base and Library.
- In collaboration with relevant Departments, Coordinate Development Partners’ assistance to the various Programs/Projects of the Ministry.
- Report progress on the performance of the Ministry’s Activities.
Department of Legal Services
The Department of Legal Services is responsible for providing legal and advisory support to the Ministry in all matters relating to women, children, and vulnerable groups.
Functions
- Provides legal advice and opinions to the Honourable Commissioner, Permanent Secretary, and other departments of the Ministry.
- Drafts, reviews, and vets agreements, contracts, and legal documents involving the Ministry.
- Represents the Ministry in court cases, tribunals, and administrative panels.
- Supports the domestication, implementation, and enforcement of laws and policies relating to women, children, and social welfare.
- Ensures compliance with national and international conventions on gender equality, child rights, and social protection.
Department of Finance and Accounts
To be provided
Functions
- Offering financial advice
- Ensuring that internal controls are enforced
- Disbursement of fund
- Strict observation of accounting processes
- Lease with office of the Accountant General and Ministry of Financial on financial matters
- Ensures there is budgetary controls over revenue and expenditure
- Facilitates payment of staff salaries/other allowance
- Cashing funds from the bank on behalf of the Ministry.
- Preparation of monthly analysis of cash books reconciliation statement
- Maintain all cash books
- Other duties that may be assigned
Department of Administration and Supply
The Department Administration and supply is headed by Ubwa M Ruth. It is made up of the following Units: Store Units headed by John Oyinu Information Units headed by FiaseAondona Transport Units headed by Samuel Atache
Functions
- Coordination policy formulation and implementation of the Ministry.
- General Services/Correspondence and communication etc
- Personnel matters such as recruitment, Promotion/acting appointment, discipline transfer, training, maintenance or records retirements disengagement general.
- The Department takes care of staff inter departmental relations and security of the Ministry.
- Maintenance/repairs of office machinery, equipment and furniture’s as well as keeping inventory of the Ministry’s property.
- The Department is also vested with the responsibility of granting press coverage to all its activities and services of the Ministry as a link between the press and the Ministry via Information’s Unit of the Department.