A group of queen mothers from the Volta Regional Queens Council paid a courtesy call on the First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo at her Ridge office to commend her on her various undertakings as first lady and to seek her support in addressing some of the challenges faced by women and children in the region.
The council’s vice president, Mama Dzitri who spoke on behalf of the group first urged the First Lady to be an advocate of their campaign to create awareness and rid the region of teenage pregnancy as it is currently a big concern for families in the region.
She further noted that as queen mothers their primary responsibility is to seek the welfare of their people, especially women and children and with Malaria being a major health concern for the region she urged the First Lady to solidly support their efforts at fighting Malaria.
She also said that the association has plans to ensure every community in the region has a nursery school with ultra-modern facilities to improve standards of preschool education therefore entreated the First lady to be a champion of this plan to ensure it becomes a reality.
The First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo commended them for their various initiatives and urged them to persist in their quest to help improve the lives of their people. She noted that government is working relentlessly to improve the living conditions of all Ghanaians and will continue to do so until all citizens enjoy the benefits of good governance of the Akufo-Addo government.
