The Wife of Anambra State Governor, Mrs Nonye Soludo has urged women to live healthy in order to be alive in taking care of their families and at last, eat the fruits of their labour.
She stated this during the Mothers Wellness Summit in Awka, which has as its theme “Mothers wellbeing: the pillar of every home”, and was organised by Women Initiative for Greater Anambra (WIGA) in collaboration with Healthy Living with Nonye Soludo.
She described women as pillars in their families, communities and state at large, and charged them to take care of themselves to enable them perform optimally.
“For you to train your children very well, you have to be healthy. That’s why we introduced Farm-to-Feed initiative and have distributed 10,000 seedlings to enhance vegetable garden within the residential family compounds.
“There is increase in little kids suffering from kidney failure these days and are placed on dialysis, which never existed before. Thus, avoid noodles, carbonated drinks and all kinds of liquid concoctions because it affect your organs. Rather focus on eating natural and organic foods. You must be careful and must know what you eat.
“For you to do your job as a mother to your children and wife to your husband, you must be healthy to enjoy the fruits of your labour. So, you have to eat well and exercise well. Thus, 90% of all these ailments will disappear.”
Mrs Soludo asked mothers to continue training their children in the right direction particularly in this age of cultural erosion and social media influence.
“We have to work as a community. It is no longer at ease. When your neighbor’s child is misbehaving, you won’t correct him anymore or even call the attention of his mother. Tomorrow it will affect you. This is what the state government is fighting against.”
She however stressed the importance of proper antenatal and routine immunization in the lives of nursing mothers and their babies alike.
“Women should to take vaccination very seriously to protect their babies against child killer diseases and other infections. We are begging women and even men to encourage their women to take their children for all these vaccinations prescribed for their babies, so concluded the founder of Healthy Living with Nonye Soludo.
Also speaking, the Convener of Women Initiative for Greater Anambra (WIGA) and Chairman Idemili South Council Area, Mrs Amaka Obi said the event attracted 1200 members of WIGA from all the 21 council areas of the state and had representatives from Abuja, Lagos and Enugu states.
She noted that the association collaborated with the First Lady’s NGO, Healthy Living with Nonye Soludo, stressing that after the summit, everybody will dissolve to their wards to deliver their wards for Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo’s second term.
Speaking on the topic “Wellness Clinic”, an emeritus of Obstertrics and Gynaecoloy, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Prof Brian Adinma asked mothers to consider their lives first by undergoing medical check up at least once a year as obtained in Zimbabwe.
According to him, Governor Soludo is passionate about health, education and security of the people, hence the need for mothers to monitor their health.
While describing pregnancy as a project that should be budgeted and prepared for, Prof Adinma charged pregnant mothers to have contacts of their nurses, hospitals and transporter in case of any emergency or labor.
“For the wellbeing of women, we need good antenatal care, good delivery and good family planning. Those who are old will like to have their menopause being taken care of. Thus, you have to feed well, constantly check ourselves and ensure that at any signal of ill health, we should consult doctors to look after ourselves.”
The chairman BoT of WIGA and Chief of Staff to the Governor, Mr Ernest Ezeajughi, the Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Mrs Ify Obinabo and her Health counterpart, Dr Afam Obidike emphasized the vital role mothers play in ensuring their families eat nutritious meals, urging them to propagate the message of healthy living in their communities.###
