The Federal Government has rolled out 215,000 MAMA kits, 40,000 maternal food-support packs and 40,000 sets of newborn clothing for vulnerable women and families nationwide. This is as the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has called for stronger collaboration among governments at all levels, traditional and religious institutions, development partners and philanthropists to tackle Nigeria’s maternal and newborn mortality burden.

She said the scale of the challenge among pregnant women and infants requires collective action to ensure that the interventions reach them, particularly those in poor, underserved and hard-to-reach communities. Speaking at the flag-off of the distribution at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, the First Lady of Nigeria said pregnancy and childbirth should be occasions of hope and joy rather than a threat to the lives of Nigerian women.

“This occasion represents a further step towards ensuring that every Nigerian child has a healthy start in life and that no woman loses her life while giving birth”. “The intervention is being implemented under the Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Reduction Innovation Initiative (MAMII) of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and is designed to encourage greater use of antenatal, delivery and postnatal services”.

First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, and others at the flag-off of the distribution at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja on Monday, September 14, 2026. Senator Oluremi Tinubu said the programme aligned with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda on Health, which places healthcare at the centre of national development.

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