Exclusive Breastfeeding: FCT rural communities list challenges

Some residents in the rural communities of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have identified economic challenge as one of the factors affecting their compliance to exclusive breastfeeding. In separate interviews on Friday in Abuja, they stated their different experiences and views on exclusive breastfeeding, as the 2021 World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) runs from Aug. 1 to Aug. 7 with the theme “Protect Breastfeeding: A Shared Responsibility.” Mrs Sandra Danjuma, a trader in Galadimawa, who blamed her noncompliance to exclusive breastfeeding to economic challenges, said they could not afford proper meal…

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JUST IN… Bandits kill 3 Children, abduct 2 mothers, 1 father in Kaduna Community

Bandits Thursday evening struck again along Kaduna-Birnin Gwari road shot dead 3 children, abducted two mothers and a father identified as Abubakar Babawo in a vehicle. The funerals of the killed children was being performed at Buruku in Chikun local Government Area of the state few kilometres from Kaduna town. Babawo is said to be in another vehicle different from the abducted women and the killed children. Both the kidnapped mothers and the killed children are said to be from the same family. The incident occurred before dusk prayers. Details…

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