In 2001, President Obasanjo promised to spend 15% of Nigeria’s total annual budget on health. In 2013, only 5.6% of the budget is being spent on health, and that number has been decreasing every year since 2001.
In 2001, President Obasanjo promised to spend 15% of Nigeria’s total annual budget on health. In 2013, only 5.6% of the budget is being spent on health, and that number has been decreasing every year since 2001. Write or speak to a journalist, a blogger, your local government councillor, state governor or your representative in the house of assembly or the senate about mothers and babies and the simple solutions that can save their lives. Add your voice on the social media network, speak to your contacts through blackberry messenger (MamaYe Nigeria PIN: 2631FB3C), follow us on twitter (@mamayenigeria) to spread the message, like us on facebook (www.facebook.com/mamayenigeria) to comment on posts.Find out what commitments the Nigeria Government has made to mothers and babies and take action.