Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu has welcomed the First baby of the year 2024 in the Federal Capital Territory at the National Hospital, Abuja in the early hours of Monday, January 1.
She says expectant mothers must prioritize their health and seek to know their HIV/AIDS status.
According to the First Lady this will enable them prevent mother to child transmission of the disease and help the mothers to stay healthy.
She appealed to well meaning Nigerians to join forces with Government to adopt hospitals and wards to improve the healthcare delivery in the country as government alone cannot do it.
“I urge nursing mothers to take adequate care of their babies, ensure that they are immunized as and when due, practice exclusive breastfeeding and provide them with adequate nutritious and healthy weaning food for their brain development.
“Expectant mothers should always take antenatal and postnatal care seriously, maintain basic hygiene at home, space their births, register their babies with the National Population Commission and make efforts to enroll them in school at the appropriate age,” she said.
The First Lady noted that her foundation, Renewed Hope Initiatve, is working in collaboration with UNICEF to see that all births in Nigeria are registered in order to ensure the rights and protection of all children.
After visiting the Baby boy, Boluwatife Johnson, MrsTinubu visited other babies just born in the hospital, bearing gifts as she came across a set of conjoined twins.
After speaking with the Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital the First Lady stated the willingness of her Initiative, the Renewed Hope Initiative, to lend a helping hand to facilitate the surgery to separate the twins.
The Chief Medical Director, Prof Mohammed Raji Mahmood while expressing the appreciation of the hospital for the gesture, seized the opportunity to appeal for more help to sustain the legacy of the hospital.
Also with the First lady, was the wife of the Vice President, Hajia Nana Shettima, Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Ohaneye, wife of the Minister of Works, Mrs Umahi and the wife of the Minister of State for Defence, Mrs Bello Matawalle.
The first baby of the year, Boluwatife Johnson was born at 12:03 am on Monday.
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