The coordinator, office of the First Lady, Akwa Ibom, Lady Helen Eno Obareki, has called on managements of Primary Healthcare centers, Traditional Birth Attendants, and wives of Local Government Chairmen to sensitize mothers on the importance of birth registration in their LGAs.
Lady Helen who made the call during the Empowerment Programme For Multiple Birth Families, under the Maternal and Child Healthcare thematic area of the Golden Initiative For All (GIFA) yesterday, emphasized the significance of registering the birth of newborn babies, decrying a situation where many children in the state lack birth certificates.
“It is important that the birth of babies is documented. My staff gave me a list of 330 babies but when I insisted that all of the babies should have their birth certificates, that number reduced drastically.
“Sensitize mothers on the need to register the birth of their children, irrespective of where the delivery takes place. Even when they give birth at home or at the Traditional Birth Attendant’s place, they should endeavour to get their children registered.
