#PowerTakwaBay; A community that has never had electricity in Lagos State

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A community woman being interviewed by our Journalists
We (Devcoms, Healthcommng, Notagaincampaign) led a team of Journalist to Takwa Bay Community area in Lagos state yesterday to observe their state of maternal and health care challenges.
When you hear of #TakwaBay what comes to mind is beautiful ocean, beach, boat rides but the reality is different when we got to the community. According to Baale of #TakwaBay over 250,000 people lives in this community, men, women and children. But #Takwabay community does not have a nepa/phcn Poll not to talk of having electricity since they started leaving there thousands of years ago. This simply means all the benefits of electricity has never been enjoyed in this community. Women deliver their babies in darkness.

The community has a modern #healthcentre but without access to electricity things are not running smoothly especially for women and children.

The only means of transportation to the community is via sea, therefore healthcare workers avoid the community and only comes once during the weekdays 8am-5pm. God Forbids if a woman goes into labour in the night or during the weekend then she is left to the mercy of Traditional Birth Attendants.
 A woman called Modupe Bernand said she has 8 children, none in the health centre because of all the challenges associated with it.


The people in #TakwaBay community are advocating for
-Electricity
-quality Health Care Services
-Toilet facilities
-Residential Doctors
Will you join to stand up for this community and let us #PowerTakwaBay D
Balogun Fausiat (C) Founder Healthcommunicators Media content provider, Trainer & consultant, Communication4Development, Social Media Influencer
Catch me on Twitter @HealthcommNG
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