A member of the Benue State House of Assembly representing Gboko East State Constituency, Mrs Beckie Orpin, on Sunday, advised the state government to declare a state of emergency in the health sector.
Orpin, who gave this advice when she flagged off deworming exercises in the Gboko area of the state, noted that she was targeting over 10,000 children in Mbayion, Yandev and Ipav; all in her constituency.
The lawmaker further said that health care was the focal point of her legislative agenda.
She however regretted that poor nutrition and lack of access to quality health care had remained impediment to the growth of children in developing countries and stated that every child has the right to survival as well as live out their full potential.
According to her, “Government has the responsibility to provide for the child the best attainable health. A system of support should be made for them to develop their full potential. In fact, a state of emergency should be declared by the government in the health sector.
“This is my modest way to assist the children in my constituency as children’s health is the focal point of my legislative agenda,” she stated.
A partner to the lawmaker, Chief Executive Officer, Tyonex Pharmaceutical Nigeria Limited, Pharmacist Tyohemba Agba, observed that over 1. 5 billion children suffer from deworming infection worldwide and stressed that if they are dewormed, they would not be anaemic but will grow with high intelligence.
Mrs Beckie also took her deworming campaign to Queen of the Rosary School in Gboko.
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