Source: Leadership
Gov. Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta, has urged pregnant women in rural areas to access the free modern maternal healthcare provided by the state government.
Uduaghan made the appeal at a dinner organised to mark the end of a three-day "Sun Women Leadership Summit'' on Friday night in Asaba.
The summit was organised by Sun Newspapers.
He decried the continued patronage of traditional birth attendants by rural women in the state, in spite of the free maternal healthcare services provided by the state government.
The governor said that the state had developed its healthcare facilities to ease the challenges women faced during child birth.
"Our women still patronise the traditional birth centres in spite of the free maternal and under- five child healthcare in the state.
"This is why I have to take you on tour of some of our healthcare facilities and for you to appreciate what we are doing in the health sector.''
The governor said that the summit had impacted positively on many women and the men had learnt how to appreciate their wives.
He thanked the initiator of the summit, the Sun Newspapers, adding that such a partnership was necessary to develop the women, which he said was in line with the state's agenda of human capital development.
The governor appreciated the women for turning up in large numbers to grace the occasion.
Earlier in her opening address, Mrs Betty Efekoda, Delta Commissioner for Women Affairs, said that from available indices, the modern women had greater chances of succeeding.
She noted that women should be grateful to God because the ceiling had been broken, but that they still needed the support of the men to succeed. (NAN)