The Bayelsa State Government holds its first summit on infant and maternal mortality, in Yenagoa, on Monday.
Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said in a statement on Monday that, Governor Seriake Dickson, in company with his wife, Rachael, will exploit the opportunity of the event to launch the Safe Motherhood Policy of the government.
Iworiso-Markson said former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Vice President of Liberia, Mrs. Jewel Howard Taylor would be the chairman and special guest of honour at the event, respectively.
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He said the government is expecting other important personalities from outside the country, including the former speaker of the Gambian National Assembly/Deputy Speaker, ECOWAS Parliament, Fatoumatta Jahumpa Ceesay, at the summit.