Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has advocated the critical role of traditional leaders in checking the growing rate of maternal and newborn mortality in Northern Nigeria.
The Emir equally queried the cultural and societal attitudes that tend to degrade women and female children as critical concerns in the region.
Sanusi, former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, disclosed this at the opening of the 1st International Conference on Sustainable Population Health, organised by the Africa Center of Excellence for Population Health and Policy, Bayero University, Kano.
The Emir stressed that apart from putting women at the centre of health, traditional rulers have the responsibility to know the number of pregnant women and the population of children born in their domain.
Worried about the number of children left by their parents roaming the streets uncatered for, Sanusi insisted that policy…
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