The Challenge Initiative Scores Another High-Profile Family Planning Champion in Nigeria’s Delta State
The Challenge Initiative (the Initiative) made headlines last month in Nigeria when Her Royal Highness the Omu of Asaba, Dr. Ada Biosah, agreed to serve as family planning champion in Delta State. As a traditional ruler with international standing, Biosah will help...
Ogun State’s Indigenous Festival Provides Opportunity to Promote Family Planning
The Lisabi Festival is one of the most celebrated and well-attended festivals in Ogun State, Nigeria. It is held in remembrance of Lisabi, a warrior who rescued the Egba people from oppression in the 18th century. The Challenge Initiative’s family planning...
Nigeria Enlists Delta State’s First Lady as Challenge Initiative Champion
Delta State First Lady Dame Edith Okowa has emerged as one of the Challenge Initiative’s first major champions in Nigeria. Okowa became interested back in October 2017, when the Nigeria team visited her office in Asaba, the Delta state capital, during the...
