First Lady Performs Ground Breaking Ceremony For N1bn Motherhood Centre In Abuja

first-lady-patience-jNigeria’s First Lady, Dame Patience Goodluck Jonathan, has stated that women and children will soon enjoy a N1 billion Motherhood Centre to cater for them, especially the less privileged ones, who do not get the deserved medical attention in private medical hospitals.

The wife of the president, who stated this at the foundation laying ceremony of the centre in Abuja recently, said “the centre would benefit women and children and the less privileged who find it difficult to get good medical attention in big and private hospital. It always break my heart when I hear of increase in cases of maternal death, but with this centre, I am sure we will reduce the number and our women will be able to deliver safely”.

According to her, “women and children are the bedrock of any society and a healthy nation is a wealthy nation. So we must take care of our women and children because they form the bulk of the society. The centre will also help special cases that are beyond the ordinary dispensary as it will be equipped with state of the art equipment to cater for complicated cases”.

Mrs Jonathan, who was given the award of mother of the Nation by the National council for women society (NCWS) as a token of appreciation by Nigerian women for their participation in development, also assured that government will continue to empower and include more women in policy making as a fulfillment of its promise to Nigerian women.

Earlier, the president of NCWS, Mrs Nkechi Mba, stated that the center, which would be named after the first lady upon completion, will comprise shops, to be allotted mostly to less-privileged women and medical health facility, where women will enjoy free medical check-ups.

Mrs. Mba also urged women to support President Goodluck Jonathan in his Transformation Agenda. The project is expected to be completed in nine months.