SOUTH EAST MOTHERS TO MEET OVER ‘BABY FACTORY’
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SOUTH EAST MOTHERS SET TO FIGHT ‘BABY FACTORY’ MERCHANTS
For the first time mothers in the South East of Nigeria will be meeting to find solution to the menace of the ‘baby factory’. The event which is known as Ogbako Ndi Nne, meaning ‘gathering of mothers’ is for all women from the South East region of Nigeria.
The event, which is holding at Nike Lake Resort, Enugu on July 26th is organised by Access Media Limited, publishers of Working MOMs Africa magazine, Africa’s leading publication for working and career mothers.
According to the Project Coordinator, Mrs. Mary Ikoku Ogbako Ndi Nne, is designed specifically to discuss issues of motherhood with particular reference to building a safe nation for Nigerian mothers, infants and children in the region.
She revealed that the theme for the maiden edition is “The Baby Factory Conundrum” (A social discourse on the growing menace of baby factory activities, its debasing impact on motherhood and the pain of forced motherhood).
Ikoku said experts from the UN and other organisations in the region are expected to be in attendance at the event, noting that the Summit has received support from Vlisco Nigeria Limited, makers of the popular Hollandaise cloth.
Explaining the reasons for her company’s support for the Summit, Marketing Manager, Multi Channels, Vlisco Nigeria Limited, Mrs. Ada Alilonu, said “ Vlisco stands strongly against inhumanity of any kind to indigent young women that turns them into a means of living for some desperate persons who regard it as business”.
According to her,” We will lend our voice to Working Moms in saying NO to baby factories and YES to wholesome, beautiful and gracious Igbo women”.
She said that the Vlisco brand holds a place of pride in the lifestyle of the Nigeria woman saying that “for over a century, Vlisco has been in a love affair with the Igbo woman through our classic wax bloc designs that have become embedded in their culture.”
The Project Coordinator for Ogbako Ndi Nne said the UN Rapporteur on Human Trafficking, Dr. Joy Ezeilo, former Minister of Education, Prof. Chinwe Obaji will deliver thought provoking keynote papers saying that other erudite speakers on maternal issues in the likes of Prof. Obioma Nwaorgu, Prof. Nnennaya Kanno will feature as speakers.
She added that each paper presentation will be followed by a panel of discussion by experts and stakeholders as well as a Q&A session stressing that a communiqué will be produced from the discussion that will become a policy document for government of the region.
Ikoku said further that the event will be rounded-up in the evening with a Gala Night at the Nike Lake Resort in Enugu saying that highlights of the Gala Night include: documentary on baby factory phenomenon, fashion show music, drama and comedy while a Charity Walk will be held on Friday, July 25
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