A group of queen mothers from Volta Regional Queens Council on Tuesday, 15 August, paid a courtesy call on the First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, at her Ridge office to commend her on her various undertakings as First Lady and seek her support in addressing some of the challenges faced by women and children in their region.
The council’s Vice President, Mama Dzitri, who spoke on behalf of the group, first urged the First Lady to be an advocate of their campaign to create awareness to curb the soaring rates of teenage pregnancy in the region.
She further noted that as queen mothers, their primary responsibility is to seek the welfare of their people, especially women and children, and with malaria being a major health concern for the region, she urged Mrs Akufo-Addo to solidly support their fight against the disease.
She also said that the association has plans to ensure every community in the region has a nursery school with ultra-modern facilities to improve standards of preschool education. She therefore entreated the First Lady to help champion this plan into reality.
The council’s president, Mamaga Agbalisi IV, of Kpando, also took the opportunity to commend Mrs Akufo-Addo for helping to construct a new Mother and Child Unit at Komfo Anokye Teaching hospital.
She urged the First Lady to help them secure incubators for the various hospitals in their region, especially the Volta Regional Hospital. She also noted that the Ketu South Municipal Hospital’s labour unit needed to be renovated and equipped and therefore called on the First Lady to use her influence to help them improve the unit.
Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo on her part commended the queen mothers for their various initiatives and urged them to persist in their quest to help improve the lives of their people.
She noted that government is working tirelessly to improve the living conditions of all Ghanaians and will continue to do so until all citizens enjoy the benefits of good governance of the Akufo-Addo government.
She urged the queen mothers to also support government’s efforts at addressing challenges facing their region and the country as a whole. She further said that she would do all that she can to help address their concerns in due course.
Source: Ghana/AccraFM.com
