About N650 million has been set aside to empower women in Rivers State, while all pregnant women would henceforth be given free medical attention in government-owned hospitals as 150 health centres are being built across the state.
Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, who disclosed in Port Harcourt, while meeting with the National Council for Women Societies said women in the state would be encouraged to sustain their function effectively as watchdogs of the family.
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