Politics
In 2009, Buwa announced she was returning to Nigeria to work on her new project, Youth Empowerment and Development in Delta, an organisation for the "monitoring, mentoring and motivation" of the youth in her native Delta state. As fate would have it however, DR Emmanuel Uduaghan, the governor of Delta state- in pushing to achieve heightened success in his 'human capital development' agenda, saw the need for Omasan to use her social work skills and experience to bridge the gap and attend to the needs of persons with disabilities. Her initiated program RISE focuses on rehabilitative and social interaction of physically challenged persons. In 2009, she was appointed as executive assistant to the governor of Delta, specialising in disability.
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