First Lady, Aisha Buhari has welcomed the first baby of the new decade at Karu Primary HealthCare Centre.
Baby Aliyu was born at exactly 12am on January 1st, 2021 to the family of Mr & Mrs. Adamu Abubakar, indigenes of Biu, Borno State and residents of the FCT.
Represented by Dr. Mairo Al-Makura, the Special Assistant to the President on African First Ladies Peace Mission, Mrs. Buhari also welcomed other children born on the new year day in FCT.
The children got baby gifts including post natal care products, other nutritional supplies and cash presents.
Mrs. Buhari also advocated for child spacing as a means of improving the heath and well-being of mothers and their new born babies.
“As a mother and grandmother, I want to use this opportunity to rejoice with you and to also advise you on exclusive breastfeeding, importance of ensuring that nutrition food content for babies are always made available as prerequisites for healthy growth, and timely vaccination of the babies,” Mrs. Buhari said.
The parents of the baby of the year were very happy and expressed their gratitude to the First Lady for the visit and the kind gesture.
The Karu Primary Healthcare Center Director, Dr. Akila Udoji, thanked the First Lady for recognizing their healthcare center for receiving the gifts and also the advocacy for the new mothers.
