The initiative is expected to tackle child and maternal mortality in Nigeria. According to speakers at the inauguration ceremony, the stakeholders were piqued at the statistics of the country's maternal and children's health put at a million deaths annually.
The initiative is led by the President of Dangote Group,
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, and Chairman of Visafone Telecommunications Company, Mr. Jim
Ovia. They are joining forces to launch the initiative to accelerate Nigeria's
progress in achieving the health-related targets in the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.
Speaking at the event, Dangote stated that the partnership would provide a forum for the resolution of the nation's various health challenges. He promised that the initiative would back its declarations with action.
"No contribution is too small since the person donating one billion naira and another with N10,000 have the same objective of improving the health of Nigerians especially mothers and children," he said.
"There is no way we can make progress without a healthy society even when you look at it from the business point of view. Having a very healthy society is very important and key for us to be able to move the country forward. I can see no reason why we cannot meet the targets of the MDGs, so the private sector must team up and partner government so that we can deliver on our MDGs," Dangote said.
Speaking at the event, Dangote stated that the partnership would provide a forum for the resolution of the nation's various health challenges. He promised that the initiative would back its declarations with action.
"No contribution is too small since the person donating one billion naira and another with N10,000 have the same objective of improving the health of Nigerians especially mothers and children," he said.
"There is no way we can make progress without a healthy society even when you look at it from the business point of view. Having a very healthy society is very important and key for us to be able to move the country forward. I can see no reason why we cannot meet the targets of the MDGs, so the private sector must team up and partner government so that we can deliver on our MDGs," Dangote said.
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