Jim Iyke is White Ribbon Ambassador

Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke has been named ambassador of The White Ribbon Alliance Nigeria (WRAN) to help save women from dying during child birth. Jim Iyke who accepted the challenge said during a press briefing that the mandate and responsibility given to him is a call to action which he said he intends to take […]

Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke has been named ambassador of The White Ribbon Alliance Nigeria (WRAN) to help save women from dying during child birth.

Jim Iyke who accepted the challenge said during a press briefing that the mandate and responsibility given to him is a call to action which he said he intends to take seriously.

He noted that it was unfortunate that women who bring babies into the world have to die while performing such a miracle.

According to him, the campaign to save women and children is quite personal to him because his sister died while giving birth.

“I will go to any length to save as many women and children as I can. I hope that people will listen to me, especially my male folks and make the right decisions that will help save lives so that together we can help reduce infant and maternal indices in the country,” he said.

WRAN national coordinator, Mr Tonte Ibraye, speaking on the nomination said the actor as ambassador, would ensure maternal and child health becomes a priority in the country.

Ibraye explained that one of their greatest challenges in saving motherhood was the absence of men to help their women folks make timely decisions that would have saved their lives.

“With Jim Iyke to speak on the matter, he would serve as a model to other males and encourage them to support their wives, daughter, sisters to seek care, go for antenatal and make sure when it’s time to deliver they should do so in a health facility,” he said.

On the activities of WRAN, the National coordinator said that the organisation in a bid to save the lives of childbearing women has trained a lot of community health extension workers to push for care for women.

He said, “We are at the moment pushing for the universal right of childbearing women and the Federal Ministry of Health has taken leadership of that and it was even taken before the council of health and it was adopted. So far, it has become the standard of practice.”

The representative of the minister of health, a consultant physician, Ovuoraye John noted that the maternal health indices in Nigeria is quite bad and would need all stakeholders to help improve it.

He called on Jim Iyke to use his influence to save women and children from dying.