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Empower 54, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the eradication of malnutrition in Africa, has partnered with traditional rulers and local government council chairmen in Edo State to distribute medication to improve the health of 271,000 children and pregnant women. The medications to be distributed are Albendazol, which is critical for the treatment and prevention of various parasitic worm infestations for children between the ages of six months to five years, and prenatal vitamins for pregnant women.
According to the President and Executive Director of Empower 54, Princess Modupe Ozolua, the medical outreach programmes would run from August to September in Owan West, Owan East, Etsako and Akoko-Edo Local Government Areas. She said the organisation was embarking on the initiative because of its passion for the health of children and also in line with the objective of the Federal Government’s healthcare project focused on the poor, especially women and children under five years.
The monarchs in partnership with Empower 54 include Olososo of Ososo, Oyan Ososo, Oba Anselm Adeloro Obaitan, Ichama II, Arah of Evbiobe, Prof. Joshua Oje Aisiku, and Ogbachi of Auchi, Princess Hajiya Zuletu Momoh.
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Other partners include the Edo State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Jimoh Ijebai; the Chairman of Akoko Edo Local Government Area, Hon. Oteh Omoru; the Chairman of Owan West Local Government Area, Hon. Frank Ilaboya, and his counterpart at Etsako West Local Government Area, Hon. Musa Yakubu. Others are Vitamin Angels and Edo State Ministry of Health.
Empower 54, based in the United States, has been providing humanitarian assistance since 2003 through initiatives in health, education, empowerment of internally displaced persons (IDPs), and refugee programmes for underprivileged Africans.
