Dr Richard Edosa, the member representing Oredo West in the Edo State House of Assembly, has identified traditional institutions and churches as among the leading causes of maternal and infant mortality in the country.
Edosa also listed lack of knowledge and quackery in the medical profession as contributing factors.
The lawmaker, who is the Chairman of the House Committee on Health, made the remarks when staff of the National Population Commission, led by Tony Aiyejina, the Federal Commissioner in Edo State, visited the deputy speaker of the House, Maria Edeko, at the Assembly Complex in Benin City.
While speaking on the NPC’s 2024 Verbal and Social Autopsy (VASA) programme, the lawmaker added that 158 women die daily from childbirth complications.
According to him, the leading causes of maternal and infant mortality include lack of knowledge and quackery in the medical profession.
“The traditional institutions and churches also contributed to maternal and infant mortality
