By Linus Oota, Lafia
Nasarawa State Government has said that it will partner the Community Links for Health and Family Planning (CLHFPA) to create awareness on the importance of child birth spacing in the state.
CLHFPA is a non-governmental organization known for the creation of awareness on family planning.
Receiving the organisation in his office yesterday, the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Comrade Dogo Shammah restated the state government’s commitment towards the campaign for good child spacing.
He explained that even though some religions are against the family planning process, but according to him, there is a need for the ministry which is saddled with the responsibility of sensitizing the populace to ensure proper enlightenment of the people in the state on the need to reduce child trafficking and other dangers posed on children.
He noted that the mandate of the NGO is in line with that of the present administration in ensuring proper health care of its citizens and promised total support of his Ministry to enable them to succeed.
The commissioner further assured that the ministry will collaborate with state owned information stations and other information outlets to enable wider sensitization of the people of the state on the need for all to participate in childbirth spacing.
Earlier, the team leader of the organization, Mrs. Mary Ashenanye stated that the mission of the organization, saying: “We are here to seek free air time in the state own Radio Station (NBS) to enable us create adequate awareness to the people of the state who had the misconception about childbirth spacing”.
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