Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State was agog on Wednesday as it joined the global celebration in a road walk and community sensitisation campaign across major streets of the town to educate residents on the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding.
Two breastfeeding mothers who spoke to journalists on the importance of breastfeeding and the essence of the sensitisation exercise, described it as educative and necessary to help future mothers.
Mrs Aisha Okwa whose child was a-day-old as of Wednesday, described breastfeeding as the best way to achieving a healthy baby, adding that she had earlier applied exclusive breastfeeding for her two older children and who are confirmed by medics to be very healthy.
Okwa said, “I gave birth yesterday (Tuesday, August 4, 2026) and within one hour of her birth of I breastfed my baby and this baby is my third child. For the two children, I also observed exclusive breastfeeding for them and I can attest that it works well for them. “My children are healthy and if you see them you will love them.
Also, in her testimony, Madam Ene Ogoli One, who is a mother of three children; the last, being only a-week-old, equally testified to the importance of exclusive breastfeeding.
