Ekaette Akpan showed up at the grand finale of the Ibom Open Maternity week (IOM) held at the secretariat ground of Nsit Ubium local government area which was attended by key stakeholders in the health sector. It was a culmination of a weeklong activity to mark this year’s world breastfeeding day.
Akpan, had responded to an invitation by the health authorities that all pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers should attend the closing ceremony of the Ibom Open Maternity project jointly organized by Care Life International.
At 16 years old, she was already pregnant and was set to become a single mother because according to her, she has no husband and the boy who was responsible for the pregnancy was nowhere to be found.