Wife of Governor of Anambra State, Mrs. Nonye Soludo has expressed worry over growing negligence of basic healthy living habits in some families, urging parents to take the issues of seriously, considering the dwindling standards of family health in most homes.
ANN reports that Mrs Soludo made the call during an interface with newsmen in Awka, recently
According to the governor’s wife, public health faces great risk if parents continue to pay less or no attention to the costly effects of unwholesome health lifestyle.
She, therefore, charged parents to monitor what their families consume, personal hygiene and cleanliness of each member and environment, among others, adding that unhealthy life costs more than the demands of healthy living itself, adding that it is also important for parents to indoctrinate in their children the principles of quality health practice in terms of what they eat and how they take care of their body.
Maintaining her stance that a healthy family is a happy one, Mrs. Soludo said that any family that neglects the rules of hygiene will keep paying regular visits to the hospital, adding that mothers must also begin early enough to teach their girls about being conscious of their body and guide them throughout their lives.
