Bolanle Ambode Urges Expectant Mothers To Utilize Government’s Health Facilities

Wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode (3rd right); HC for Health, Dr. Jide Idris (2nd right); Chairman, House Committee on Health, Hon. Segun Olulade (r); Ayangburen of Ikorodu Kingdom, Oba Kabiru Adewale Shotobi (m); SA on Primary Healthcare, Dr. Olufemi Onanuga (3rd left); Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammed Buhari on Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa (2nd left); andrepresentative of Ikorodu Federal Constituency in the House of Repre., Hon. Babajimi Benson (L), during the Town Hall Meeting on Maternal & Child Mortality Reduction, at Ikorodu, on Thursday, 10th November, 2016

Mrs. Ambode noted that the Lagos State Government is a proactive one, which has introduced many interventions to reduce maternal and child mortality. The state government’s interventions include: construction of maternal and child health centers, rehabilitation and equipping of primary health facilities, procurement of life-saving commodities and to mention a few.

According to wife of the governor, ‘No woman deserves to die during pregnancy or child birth. Government has made adequate provisions for complete well-being of mothers during pregnancy and after child birth. These services are available at the maternal and child health centers, and free of charge at the primary health care centers too’.

Wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode during the Town Hall Meeting on Maternal & Child Mortality Reduction, at Ikorodu, on Thursday, 10th November, 2016

Wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode (L); and Chairman, House Committee on Health, Hon. Segun Olulade (r), during the Town Hall Meeting on Maternal & Child Mortality Reduction, at Ikorodu, on Thursday, 10th November, 2016

Mrs. Bolanle Ambode observed that Ikorodu has been a major beneficiary of Lagos State Government’s interventions, citing the infrastructural development of their primary and secondary health facilities and the midwives service scheme to increase skilled birth attendants, among others.

Her Excellency appealed that cases requiring life-saving interventions be referred promptly to the appropriate health facilities, stressing that it was a collective responsibility as community leaders in different capacities, to save mothers and the infants.

Speaking earlier, the Honorable Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, urged pregnant women to attend ante-natal clinics, and deliver their babies at registered health facilities with skilled birth attendants. He said that such health facilities were registered with the State Government through HEFAMAA with their registration plagues displayed at the entrances of their facilities.

Goodwill messages were given by the Chairman, House Committee on Health, Hon. Segun Olulade, member representing Ikorodu Federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Babajide Benson, the senior special assistant to the president on Foreign Affairs and the Disapora, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, former secretary to the state government, Princess Aderenle Adeniran-Ogunsanya, HRM, the Ayangburen of ikorodu, Oba Kabiru Shotobi.

Wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode (2nd left); HC for Health, Dr. Jide Idris (left); Chairman, House Committee on Health, Hon. Segun Olulade (m); SA on Primary Healthcare, Dr. Olufemi Onanuga (3rd left); and Ayangburen of Ikorodu Kingdom, Oba Kabiru Adewale Shotobi (r), during the Town Hall Meeting on Maternal & Child Mortality Reduction, at Ikorodu, on Thursday, 10th November, 2016.

Wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode (m); HC for Health, Dr. Jide Idris (left); and Chairman, House Committee on Health, Hon. Segun Olulade (r), during the Town Hall Meeting on Maternal & Child Mortality Reduction, at Ikorodu, on Thursday, 10th November, 2016.

Wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode (3rd right); HC for Health, Dr. Jide Idris (2nd right); Chairman, House Committee on Health, Hon. Segun Olulade (r); Ayangburen of Ikorodu Kingdom, Oba Kabiru Adewale Shotobi (m); SA on Primary Healthcare, Dr. Olufemi Onanuga (3rd left); Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammed Buhari on Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa (2nd left); andrepresentative of Ikorodu Federal Constituency in the House of Repre., Hon. Babajimi Benson (L), during the Town Hall Meeting on Maternal & Child Mortality Reduction, at Ikorodu, on Thursday, 10th November, 2016