Ooni, Ozolua’s Empower 54 partner on stemming malnutrition in Africa

Worried about the scary malnutrition statistics in Africa, the Ooni of Ife, Oonirisa Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has partnered with Empower 54, a US non-profit organization, to create awareness and promote solutions to end malnutrition in Africa.
Empower 54 Project Inc (Empower 54), according to a statement, has been providing humanitarian assistance since 2003 through health, education, empowerment, and IDP/refugee programs to underprivileged Africans.
According to Founder and President of Empower 54, Princess Modupe Ozolua, Nigeria’s Minister of Health has declared that “one-third, 33% of Nigerian Children under 5 years old suffer from chronic malnutrition” which translates into very disturbing statistics and many innocent lives lost due to lack of sensitization on early management of malnutrition and accessibility to free treatment.
Princess Ozolua further states: “After Empower 54 evacuated the severely malnourished IDP children from Bama to Maiduguri on June 13 and 15, 2016, we realized more has to be done to save children suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) beyond evacuating them from high risk zones for treatment. There are countless non-IDP children suffering from SAM all over Nigeria and other parts of Africa that also need help.”
The statement adds that due to the Ooni’s dedication to humanity, he agreed to lend his voice and passion to the campaign to eradicate malnutrition in Africa.
Princess Ozolua states further: “Empower 54 currently work in; Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo.”
The statement quotes the royal father as saying, “The menace of malnutrition is creeping deeper into the fabric of our society and we must be tenacious in our fight against this colossal beast by creating a better mechanism; adopt policies and strategies that are capable of combating its rapid expansion. Africa is the wealth of the world with huge human and natural resources and we must form a consensus that would scale up nutrition projects for the greater developments of future leaders that are being crippled daily by our collective negligence.”
He further states: “As the Co-Chairman of the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria (NCTRN), we require holistic and systematic global blended approach in addressing the shade of malnutrition in Africa. I recognize and applaud months of intervention of Empower 54 in subjugating the spread of malnutrition in Nigeria and across Africa. Therefore, in an effort to forge greater participation, it is my sheer commitment and (that of) other global partners to advocate alongside the long-term collective aspirations of Empower 54 in championing malnutrition extinction roadmap in Africa.”
Empower 54 says it will be working closely with the Ooni’s Global Outreach Initiative, on strategies for his role as Empower 54’s International goodwill Ambassador to end malnutrition in Africa.
As a global goodwill ambassador for Empower 54, The Ooni of Ife joins