A forum for
wives of Governors from Southern Nigeria has resolved to combat Polio
and Meningitis, two health challenges that are currently facing the
region.
A Communiqué issued at the end of the
5th meeting of the Forum held in Abeokuta, Ogun State, May 10 – 12,
2017, signed by its chairperson, Nneoma Rochas Okoroacha and secretary,
Olufunso Amosun, the women commended the efforts of the federal
government in reviving the economy.
The women said the efforts further drive
the passion of the Forum to provide sustainable support to the
vulnerable group in the society; women and children as they bear the
consequences of any economic challenge.
Against this backdrop, the Forum in her
5th meeting resolved to address the economic and health issues of women
and children in their domains.
“Taking a cue from the initiative of our
mother and wife of the president of the country, Mrs. Aisha Buhari,
‘Future Assured’, the forum wishes to address polio or meningitis, which
is a recent health challenge currently affecting some states of the
southern region,” the statement said.
“The economy remains the superstructure
of any meaningful development, the forum therefore resolved to sustain
the momentum of the mental, emotional and economic empowerment of women
in the various states.”
“In an immediate demonstration of this
resolve, over 500 women were given economic tools to galvanise finances
that will help stabilise their families.
“Peaceful co-existence is imperative for
the unity of our country, thus the Forum prized the sisterhood spirit
that breaks through the ethnic, religious and political party lines that
tends to divide us.
“As mothers and home builders, the
effect of this spirit that the Forum generates in us goes a long way to
affect our husbands, children and the society at large,” the governors’
wives said.
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