As the Uk Government beats a retreat on its commitment to save Nigerian lives, it is now time for our Finance Minister to step in

On 11 July 2012, the then Prime Minister of the UK of the ruling Conservative Party opened the London Summit with a 14-minute speech pledging the UK government’s commitment to safe motherhood by expanding access to modern contraceptives. “British aid alone will save the life of a woman or girl in the developing world every two hours” emerged as the tagline of the 2012 London Summit. To save women’s lives, the UK government pledged financial support for contraceptive procurement to enable women to have healthy timing between births in countries with high maternal mortality rates. Nigeria was one of these countries. Between 2012 to 2020, the UK government pledged and paid into the Nigeria FP commodities basket fund a total of 21million pounds for the procurement of FP commodities. UK government support contributed to saving the lives of millions of Nigerian women who would otherwise be unable to delay pregnancies and be at risk of maternal death.

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