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DEPOWA President urges military wives to stay active, stress-free

Muhyideen Jimoh
Jun, Sat, 2025

Health

DEPOWA President urges military wives to stay active, stress-free

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By Sumaila Ogbaje

Mrs Oghogho Musa, President, Defence and Police Officers’ Wives Association (DEPOWA), has urged wives of military and police personnel to remain active and avoid stress to stay healthy.

Musa made the call during the DEPOWA monthly aerobics for health titled, “Dance to De-Stress”, on Saturday in Abuja.

She said the women must continue to undertake any physical activity that would help them to be active and keep them away from stress and other diseases.

“That is why we are dancing to distress. If you cannot run or walk, you can dance to keep active.

“So I want to encourage every one of you to keep this in mind because you can play music at home to keep being active.

“When you dance, you are actually sweating and having fun, keeping fit, and at the same time burning those unnecessary fats in the body, and keeping healthy and active at the same time.

“Please, let us keep dancing and keep being active. Being active cannot be over-exercised because it will do you and your body a lot of good.

“And remember, when you do this, you are investing into the future. The Lord will keep you strong, healthy, to keep being active,” she said.

DEPOWA President said the exercise was necessary for military wives because of the responsibility of keeping the home front and others owing to the constant absence of their husbands.

Dr Juliet Ango, Consultant Public Health Physician and Chairperson, Health and Sports Committee of DEPOWA, said that stress was actually the phenomenon that people often underrated or looked down on.

Ango said that stress had a direct impact on mental and physical health, adding that people could come down with hypertension and so many other issues that had to do with their physical health as a result of stress.

She urged the women to be intentional in the effort to de-stress, by taking time to unwind, engage in exercise or sports. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)

Edited by Maureen Ojinaka/Yakubu Uba

DEPOWA trains officers’ wives on military protocols, ethics

Muhyideen Jimoh
Jan, Fri, 2025

Defence/Security

DEPOWA trains officers’ wives on military protocols, ethics

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By Sumaila Ogbaje

The Defence and Police Officers’ Wives Association (DEPOWA), on Friday trained its members on the application of military protocols and emotional intelligence to their conduct as wives of serving officers.

The training was aimed at creating self awareness for them to be able to avoid breach of protocols and military ethics at functions and in all their activities.

The President of DEPOWA, Mrs Oghogho Musa, said in Abuja that the training was important for them to be more aware of themselves, be able to relate with one another and avoid disorderliness.

She said that the training protocol and ethics was to remind the women that the armed forces was about orderliness and protocol.

“If you know the order, if you know what to do, how to relate and whom to address at different times, it will help you more and you will know where you are meant to be at a particular time.

“You will not infringe on anybody’s right. You will not get people angry. Also, you will not get yourself into trouble,” she said.

Musa said that wives of officers often navigate unique challenges and responsibilities that require strength, resilience and compassion, hence the need for training on emotional intelligence.

She said the training was carefully planned to address a key factor necessary in achieving the assigned goals for the year.

According to her, emotional intelligence remains a vital aspect of personal and professional growth that impacts on well-being, relationships and interactions with others.

“Today’s training is designed to help us enhance our emotional awareness and refine the social skills necessary to build deeper and more meaningful connections with our loved ones, colleagues and the broader society.

“Emotional intelligence is a skill set that allows us to understand and manage our emotions as well as recognise and explain the emotions of others,” she said.

The DEPOWA President urged the leadership of all associations to ensure that the training was replicated in the various chapters.

The immediate past President of DEPOWA, Mrs Vickie Irabor, who delivered a lecture titled, “Protocol for Armed Forces Spouses and DEPOWA Members”, emphasised the need for understanding of protocol in the military.

Irabor said that the spouses of the military and police officers must be thoroughly abreast with the rule and regulations that guide their conducts, warning military wives against use of husbands’ staff cars.

She also warmed them to desist from the act of giving their hand bags to orderlies or using soldiers to do demeaning jobs like house chores. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)

Edited by Stanley Nwanosike/ Yakubu Uba