Auwal Mohammed
Gombe (Nigeria) — A non governmental organization, Mamaye, E4 Action has launched a community campaign in Kaltungo local government area of Gombe state, northeast Nigeria, in effort to reduce maternal and child death in rural areas,Country Director of the NGO, Tunde Segun, represented by Campaign Lead Advocacy, Fola Richie Adewusi, Thursday in Kaltungo town, said the campaign is timely in ensuring that both women and children are free from avoidable deaths.
“Maternal and Child death has been a serious issue in the society there is urgent need to support the programme to reach communities who are yet to be sensitized on maternal death on women and children to do so”, she said.
Adewusi added that the campaigns across communities in the state would go along way in eradicating the menace.
Also Speaking, the state commissioner of Health, Dr. Kennedy Ishaya who was represented by the Director Hospital services, Dr. James Madi thanked Mamaye for the gesture rendered to eradicate the menace of maternal death among women and children in the state.
He called on people in the area not only to thank Mamaye for the gesture, but to support the programme to strive.
While commending Mamaye for its laudable achievement in the state, Chairman Kaltungo local government, Abubakar Danzaria, represented by Secretary to the local government, Doris Samson, appreciated the gesture rendered by Mamaye E4 Action to Kaltungo and Shongom communities.