Nigerian Senate President's Wife Decries Death At Child Birth

The cry was made while on receiving the Resident Representative of the United Nations Population Funds (UNFPA), Ratidzai Ndalovu, in Abuja.
There, Toyin called for more concerted awareness and sensitization campaign in the fight against infant mortality.
She used ceased the opportunity to present 200 Training Arm Models donated by Merck Stopes to the 98 Midwifery schools in the country, and urged midwife tutors to ensure effective use of the equipment.
According to a statement issued to journalists from the Office of the Senate President on Thursday 9 July, Toyin said that the government will continue to collaborate with relevant stakeholders in its efforts to curb the menace.

She added that the government will not rest on its oars in acquiring modern facilities that would help reduce the spate of maternal mortality among the women folks.

The Senate President’s wife further stressed that the government will also address inadequacies in the training of midwives, adding; “there is a need for Nigeria to hold a National Conference on midwifery where practitioners will update their technical knowledge and skills to confront the ugly trend.”
While highlighting the threats of maternal mortality among the rural women in Nigeria, Toyin urged international donors, governments at all levels and the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) to address the challenge of ignorance and cultural barriers plaguing Nigerian women.

She went on to urge the government and private medical institutions to look into renumeration, occupational hazard and general welfare package of practitioners to checkmate unnecessary out-flux of  midwives that are looking for greener pastures outside the shores of the country.
“The importance of midwifery services cannot be underestimated. Our motive is to record drastic reduction in maternal mortality rate across the country.