….Says Free Cleft Treatment Still Ongoing In Anambra, Urges Community, Religious Leaders To Push Mobilization.
Anambra First Lady Mrs. Nonye Soludo has allayed notions that cleft deformities are not treatable, maintaining that they are hundred percent curable, with many children already lined up for surgeries which are done free of charge in the state.
The Governor’s wife while speaking in Awka, appealed to residents of the state especially community leaders and heads of religious institutions, to help with grassroots mobilization to discover and bring out more children living with cleft problems for immediate treatment.
Mrs Soludo while assessing the programme’s blueprint and results that have been recorded so far since it took effect few weeks ago, noted that even though she was happy with the number of people that have come forward since programme kicked off, she looked forward to achieving the target the exercise which is to ensure that no child with cleft deformity is left out of the programme.
While reassuring that she was fully committed to the programme’s success, the first lady noted that every child in Anambra State with cleft problem must be given adequate treatment.
She explained that adequate publicity and education are paramount to the success of the exercise, and called on leaders of communities, religious and social institutions to help push the advocacy down to the grassroots.
“The involvement of crucial stakeholders in both advocacy and mobilization, will give the exercise more momentum in terms of reach, coverage and effectiveness’. The Governors wife maintained
