Volta Region queenmothers call on First Lady
A group of queen mothers from the Volta Regional Queens Council has paid a courtesy call on the First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, to commend her on her initiatives as First Lady.
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The group also sought the support of the First Lady in addressing some of the challenges women and children faced in the region.
The council’s Vice-President, Mama Dzitri, who spoke on behalf of the group, urged the First Lady to be an advocate for their campaign to create awareness and rid the region of teenage pregnancy as it was currently a big concern for families.
She further noted that as queen-mothers, their primary responsibility was to seek the welfare of their people, especially women and children.
With malaria being a major health concern for the region, she urged the First Lady to solidly support their efforts at fighting the disease in the region.
Mama Dzitri also said the association had plans to ensure every community in the region had a nursery school with ultra- modern facilities to improve standards of pre-school education and, therefore, entreated the First Lady to be a champion of this plan to ensure it became a reality.
Commendation
The council’s President, Mamaga Agbalisi IV of Kpando, also took the opportunity to commend the First Lady for helping to construct a new Mother and Child Unit at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.
She urged the Mrs Akufo-Addo to help them secure incubators for the various hospitals in the region, especially the Volta Regional Hospital.
She also noted that the Ketu South Municipal Hospital labour unit needed to be renovated and equipped and had pleaded with the First Lady to help them improve the unit.
For her part, the First Lady first commended the group for the various initiatives and urged them to persist in their quest to help improve the lives of their people.
She noted that the government was working relentlessly to improve the living conditions of all Ghanaians and would continue to do so until all citizens enjoyed the benefits of good governance of the Akufo-Addo government.
She urged the queenmothers to also support the government’s efforts at addressing challenges facing the Volta Region and the country as a whole.
Mrs Akufo-Addo assured them that she would help address their concerns in due course.
Accompanying the visiting queens was the Municipal Chief Executive of the Ketu South Municipal Assembly, Mr Elliot Edem Agbenorwu.