Activist decries high rate of maternal deaths in Nigeria

Dr Joe Okei-Odunmakin

The President of Women Arise Initiative, Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, a non-governmental organisation, on Tuesday identified ignorance, poverty and diseases as the greatest factors responsible for the high rate of maternal deaths in the country.

Okei-Odumakin told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that Nigeria had the highest rate of maternal deaths after India.

“As a concerned stakeholder, apart from India that ranks highest in maternal mortality, Nigeria ranks second.