The Nigeria Association of Social Workers, NASoW, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to appoint a qualified Social Worker as the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development in the interest of the nation.
The association said that was necessary because it was the main ministry that had core mandate to promote social work and quality social services delivery in the country.
NASoW made the demand in a message addressed to Tinubu on his swearing in as the 16th president of Nigeria.
NASoW in a statement signed by its national president, Alhaji Mashood Mustapha, said appointment of a social worker who had the required knowledge and skills to paddle the affairs of the ministry would go a long way to promote the humanitarian agenda of the new administration .
Mustapha in the statement made available to journalists on Tuesday, through the National Public Relations Officer of the association, Mr. Musliudeen Adebayo, said the association was ready and fully prepared to work with the new administration in order to achieve its aims in all areas of human development.
He added that the association was enjoining Tinubu to appoint someone who is a social worker because of the ministry’s strategic importance to the welfare of the citizens which is the main goal of the new administration.
Mustapha added that the Nigerian Council for Social Work [Establishment ] Act, 2022 which was signed and gazetted during the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari was one of the gains of the association during the last administration.
He encouraged Tinubu to set another record by appointing a qualified social worker as minister for humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development.
He added that the association was also anxiously waiting for the time when the Nigerian Council for Social Work would be constituted.
“We are using this medium to congratulate our new President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on his emergence as the President of Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“We appeal to the new president to appoint a social worker as the minster for humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development. This is our ministry. It is the main ministry for social workers.”
