Empowers 54 partners Edo monarchs on initiative for 271,000 beneficiaries

Empower 54, a non-profit organisation dedicated to the eradication of malnutrition in Africa, has partnered with traditional rulers and local government council chairmen in Edo State to distribute medication to improve the health of 271,000 children and pregnant women.

The medications to be distributed are Albendazol, which is very critical for the treatment and prevention of various parasitic worm infestations for children between the ages of six months to five years; and prenatal vitamins for pregnant women.

According to the President and Executive Director of Empower 54, Princess Modupe Ozolua, the medical outreach programmes would run from August to September in Owan West, Owan East, Etsako and Akoko-Edo Local Government Areas.