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Province of Nigeria
Nigeria
N
igeria is sub-Saharan Africa's leading oil
producer, but one child in every ten dies before
the age of five and more than half of its people live in
poverty.
Nigeria is Africa's most populous country, Mothers' Union in Nigeria works alongside
where the People's Democratic Party (PDP) the Women’s Guild in each diocese and
has dominated since the return to civilian rule carries out joint programmes. Mothers' Union
in 1999. President Yar'Adua is under pressure projects have encouraged communities to
to fulfil promises to fight corruption, as
generate an income through poultry farming,
Nigeria is a major oil producing nation but
palm oil and cassava processing.
71% of its population lives below the
international poverty line.
Preventing Malaria
Many parts of northern Nigeria are governed
Malaria is a major problem in Nigeria with the
under Sharia (Islamic) law. There
latest statistics indicating that it causes nearly
have been attacks on
a third of all childhood deaths and a tenth of
Christians and
all deaths during pregnancy. At least half of
church buildings
the population suffers from one or more
in this area in
episodes of malaria every year, making
recent years.
Nigeria one of the worst-affected countries in
the world. Many dioceses are running
Nigeria
awareness programmes to help prevent the
celebrated 100
spread of this disease, complementing the
years of
Nigerian Government’s new ’Roll Back
Mothers’ Union
Malaria’ initiative.
last year. In 1908
Mrs Abigail Oluwole,
Mothers' Union outreach activities include
wife of the Bishop of visits to hospitals to provide gifts for newborn
Lagos, returned from a Mothers' Union babies, establishing health clinics providing
Worldwide Council Meeting in the UK and set low-cost healthcare to rural communities,
up Mothers’ Union in her diocese. It has now support to widows and orphans and
spread to most of the 139 dioceses in Nigeria. donating food and other items to the poor.
Fact File
Population:146,255,000
Mothers’ Union members:over 60,260
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