To prevent infant mortality and
produce healthy and intelligent children, the Federal Government and the United
Nations Children Fund, UNICEF, has charged the media and all other stakeholders
to step-up public enlightenment on optimal breastfeeding of babies.
Minister of Information and Culture,
Lai Mohummed and the Chief of Field Office, UNICEF Akure, Tejinder Sadhu, gave
the statement at a two-day Media Dialogue on Breastfeeding and Global
Breastfeeding Collective in Ibadan, Oyo State.
The media dialogue was organized by
the Child Rights Information Bureau, CRIB, of the Federal Ministry of
Information and Culture in collaboration with UNICEF and UK Department for
International Development as part of activities marking the world breastfeeding
week.
The information and culture minister
called on journalists to assist in educating and sensitizing the public on the
need to ensure optimal breastfeeding of infants.
In his remarks, the UNICEF Chief of
Akure Field office said this year’s edition of the annual world breastfeeding
week with the theme “Sustaining Breastfeeding Together” was a significant event
to promote breastfeeding.
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