Women, children important to nation building – Minister

The FCT minister of state, Hajiya Mariya Mahmoud, said women and children played a significant role in nation building.

Mahmoud stated this when she visited Ayaura Primary Health Centre in Abaji Area Council in company of the FCT mandate secretaries for Health and Women Affairs to receive newly born twins of the year, January, 1, 2024.

She said the marking of the first baby in the new year has shown the importance the government attaches to women and children in the country.

“I am so overwhelmed to welcome twins; strong and healthy baby boys from one of the parents that gave birth to the first baby of the year. Indeed, God is the greatest of all,” she said.

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She congratulated the parents of the baby twins and urged them to take good care of them so that they would grow and achieve their full potential in life.

 Also speaking, wife of the chairman of the council, Hajiya Jamila Abubakar, who received the FCT minister and her entourage, appreciated her and two mandate secretaries for taking time out of their schedule to pay a visit to Abaji and rejoice with parents of the newly born twins.

City & crime reports that the FCT minister and her entourage earlier paid homage to the Ona of Abaji and chairman of the FCT Council of Chiefs, His Royal Majesty (HRM) Alhaji Adamu Baba Yunusa at his palace, before her visit to the health centre.