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Dolapo Osinbajo inaugurates academy for post-natal support

January 24, 2024

Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo, former second lady of Nigeria, on Wednesday in Abuja, inaugurated Omugwo Academy, a post-natal support for sustainable maternal and child well-being in Africa.

Osinbajo, who recalled her encounters with different women with varied experiences of child birth, said love was the cornerstone that engendered help for the needy.

She urged that people should develop love for one another, that with this virtue, it would be possible to help those in need.

“If you love someone, it’s natural that you want to help them.

” Love should not be limited to our family and community alone.

“Women in Africa need help, not just in Nigeria, and not just where you live or where you come from,” she said.

The Wife of former Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo called for collaborative efforts for the success of the academy,.

She re-terated that this was necessary in order to reach out to women, especially the less privileged.

Dr Megor Ikuendobe, founder of the Omugwo academy in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), on sideline of the event, said
the period following child birth was dicey for both mother and child.

According to her, the post-natal period , if not properly managed, could lead to infant and maternal morbidity, which is illness and mortality, meaning, death.

Explaining further, she said during this period, there were numerous harmful practices carried out by caregivers who didn’t know better.

Ikuenobe gave example of caregivers who wrongfully applied what they should not had administered on the baby’s navel.

“So, I wanted to create a place like a safe haven where people can come to receive all the multidisciplinary support that they need to be successful during this period.

” What we are unveiling today is a digital ecosystem that has courses for parents and other people because it’s not just for mothers.

“It’s for the community, putting our hands together to raise a child because it takes a village to raise a child,” the Omugwo founder said.

Ikuenobe disclosed that their goal was to reach three million women in three years, especially those who don’t have access to smart phones or Internet.

She said they had a technology that would adapt the courses and reach these women wherever they were.

Mr Amu Ogbeide, Group CEO of Sapphital Learning Ltd , said they were delighted to unveil their newest academy, the Omugwo academy.

“What we are basically looking at is taking the Omugwo knowledge, you know how it is when your mother takes care of the wife and the baby

“We’re taking the Omugwo culture global through recorded videos of what it means to do Omugwo the right way, ” he said.

Amb. Ego Philips, Managing Director, Star Sapphire Resources, also in an interview, said that Omugwo was a name used by the Igbo tribe to talk about post natal care.

She said this involved the period where a mother takes care of either her daughter or daughter-in-law with the child she put to birth.

Philips described this as a period of learning, especially for women whom giving birth was their first experience..

She added that such period was delicate and utmost care was required.

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