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| Princess Modupe Ozolua |
Empower 54, a non-profit
organisation dedicated to humanitarian services eradication of malnutrition in
Africa, has partnered with traditional rulers and local government council chairmen
in Edo State to distribute medication that will improve children and pregnant
women’s health.
The medication to be distributed are
Albendazol, which is very critical for the treatment and prevention of various
parasitic worm infestations for children between the ages of six months to five
years; and prenatal vitamins for pregnant women for 271, 000 beneficiaries.
According to the President and Executive
Director of Empower 54, Princess
Modupe Ozolua, the medical outreach programmes would run from August to
September in Owan West, Owan East, Etsako and Akoko-Edo Local Government Areas.
She said the organisation was embarking
on the initiative because of its passion for the health of children and also in
line with the objective of the Federal Government healthcare project focused on
the poor, especially women and children under five years.
The monarchs in partnership with Empower 54 include the Olososo of Ososo,
Oyan Ososo, Oba Anselm Adeloro Obaitan, Ichama II; the Arah of Evbiobe, Prof
Joshua Oje Aisiku; and the Ogbachi of Auchi, Princess Hajiya Zuletu Momoh.
Other partners include the Edo State
Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Jimoh Ijebai; the
Chairman of Akoko Edo Local Government Area, Hon. Oteh Omoru; the Chairman of
Owan West Local Government Area, Hon. Frank Ilaboya; and his counterpart at
Etsako West Local Government Area, Hon. Musa Yakubu. Others are Vitamin Angels
and the Edo State Ministry of Health.
Empower 54, which is based in
the United States, has been providing humanitarian assistance since 2003
through initiatives in health, education, empowerment of internally displaced
persons (IDPs)/refugee programmes for underprivileged Africans.
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