Member, representing Warawa/Dawakin Kudu Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Mustapha Bala Dawaki has donated safe delivery kits to 4,000 women.
Speaking at the flag-off ceremony for the presentation of the safe delivery packages, held at the secretariat of Dawakin Kudu Local Government area, Mustapha Dawaki said the gesture was in continuation of his giant strides he had recorded so far at his constituency.
According to Dawaki, who was represented by his Personal Assistant, Alhaji Kassim Bako, the legislature deemed it fit to provide medical succour to the women in view of their vulnerability and importance in society.
He said the legislature had already provided road networks in fifteen wards each in the Dawakin Kudu and Warawa Local Government areas, adding that the lawmaker had also provided potable water to over fifty communities in his constituency.
“We also provided empowerment program to over 5,000 women last year. And this year, we have introduced a 10-phased empowerment scheme for women.
” Having achieved all this, after we have provided accessible road networks and portable water, we have now deemed it fit to invest in health, especially women and children,” he said
The legislature added that he would continue to provide free healthcare services to his constituency, urging the beneficiaries to use the items judiciously.
He also warned the women against selling the packages.
Earlier in a remark, the Chief Medical Director, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Professor Abdurrahman Abba Sheshe, explained that the project is part of the constituency project, which the Federal Government-sponsored through the hospital.
According to him, the medical outreach exercise, which would take two weeks, would also involve eye and hernia surgeries as well as a general treatment to the constituents.
He commended the lawmaker for the giant strides he had achieved in his constituency, calling on the beneficiaries to effectively use the items and not sell them off.
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“Your representative has accorded a huge priority on health. Last year, at the same time with this, he distributed the same items to thousands of women. Today, he has done the same. This is commendable,” said the CMD
Professor Sheshe also stated that the gesture was rare in Nigeria, calling on national and state assembly members to emulate the lawmaker.
He told the beneficiaries that the kits were provided to them to ensure their safety in times of labour and after giving birth to a child, affirming that their safety is what matters.
