Mothers Hold Summit On ‘Baby Factory’ Menace

Mothers in the South
east are meeting to find a solution to the “baby factory” menace at the Ogbako NdiNne, a gathering of mothers scheduled to hold at the Nike Lake Resort, Enugu on July 26.
Organised by Access Media Ltd, publishers of Working MOMs Africa Magazine a leading publication for working and career mothers, the programme is designed to discuss motherhood, with reference to building a safe nation for mothers, infants and children in the Southeast.
The Project Coordinator, Mrs. Mary Ikoku, said  the theme of the Summit is: “The Baby Factory Conundrum” (A social discourse on the growing menace of the baby factory activities, its debasing impact on motherhood and the pain of forced motherhood).
Experts from the government, the United Nations (UN) and other organisations in the Southeast are expected to attend the event. The summit has received support from Vlisco Nigeria Ltd, makers of Hollandaise cloth.
Explaining the reasons for her company’s support for the summit, the Marketing Manager, Multi Channels, Vlisco Nigeria Ltd, Mrs. Ada Alilonu, said: “Vlisco opposes inhumanity of any kind to indigent young women that turns them into a means of living for desperate persons, who regard it as a business.
She said the Vlisco brand holds a place of pride in the lifestyle of the Nigerian woman, adding: “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 of OgbakoNdiNne Mrs Mary Ikoku said the UN Rapporteur on Human Trafficking, Dr. Joy Ezeilo and former Minister of Education, Prof. Chinwe Obaji, would deliver keynote papers, adding that other erudite speakers on maternal issues, such as Unyime Ivy King, Prof. Obioma Nwaorgu and Prof. Nnennaya Kanno would feature.
She said each paper presentation would be followed by a panel of discussion by experts and stakeholders as well as a question and answer session, adding that a communiqué would be produced from the discussion that would become a policy document for the governments of the Southeast.

L-R: Chairman, Frsc Governing Board, Chief Felix Chukwu; Deputy Governor Of Enugu State, Mr Sunday Onyebuchi; Frsc Corps Marshal, Mr Osita Chidoka And Commandant Frsc Academy, Mr Charles Abochi, at the Inauguration of Frsc Academy at Udi in Enugu State on Monday. Photo: NAN