Today on #ArmedForcesRemembranceDay, I join Nigerians across our country and in the diaspora in honouring the sacrifice and commitment of the men and women of the Nigerian Armed Forces who gave their lives in the defence of our nation and its enduring stability.

Their service reflects discipline, courage, and duty across generations. We remember with respect those who did not return, and we hold close the families whose lives continue to carry this legacy, marked by strength, dignity, and contribution to national life.

At the @WellbeingAfrica Foundation, we are reminded that national security is deeply intertwined with human security. The wellbeing of a nation is expressed through the health, mental wellbeing, and sustained care extended to those who serve, to veterans, to widows and children, and to communities carrying the long-term impact of conflict.

We hold in our prayers all those currently serving on the frontline, entrusted with the protection of our peace and our future.

#AFRD2026
#ThankASoldier
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As a @WorldEconomicForum Champion of the Global Alliance for Women’s Health, I welcome the transition of #WEF’s Women’s Health Impact Tracking Platform WHIT to the Global Centre for Asian Women’s Health GloW @glownus at @NUS_singapore Medicine.

As one of the 70-plus experts who contributed to the consultations that shaped WHIT, I am encouraged to see the platform move into its next phase. This transition is central to the long-term sustainability of WHIT, securing the institutional stewardship, governance, and continuity required for lasting global impact.

Developed by the Forum’s Global Alliance for Women’s Health in collaboration with the @McKinsey Health Institute, WHIT translates complex datasets into clear, usable insights, creating a unified evidence base for policy, advocacy, research, and funding.

By tracking progress across efficacy, care delivery, and data, WHIT helps illuminate where gains are being made and where persistent gaps remain.

Through my work with the @WellbeingAfrica Foundation, I have seen how the availability of robust, comparable data strengthens accountability, informs investment, and accelerates progress in women’s health, particularly in low- and middle-income settings. What remains under-measured relative to burden is too often under-prioritised.

Platforms such as WHIT are therefore critical to closing the women’s health gap and accelerating data-driven action globally.

Read more about the transition using the link in my bio.

#ClosingTheWomensHealthGap
#WEF26 #DataForEquity
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Across Nigeria, air pollution continues to undermine health in ways that are cumulative, preventable, and deeply unequal. Evidence synthesised by the @WHO identifies exposure to polluted air as a major environmental risk factor for noncommunicable diseases, including Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, cardiovascular disease, lung cancer, and adverse maternal and newborn outcomes, with impacts that accumulate across the life course.

This burden is driven in large part by tobacco exposure and household air pollution from polluting cooking fuels. Millions of households rely on solid fuels and kerosene for daily cooking, resulting in repeated inhalation of fine particulate matter and toxic gases within domestic environments. Sustained exposure impairs lung development and function, increases the risk of #COPD, and contributes to severe respiratory illness, particularly among women and young children.

At my @WellbeingAfrica Foundation, clean air is recognised as a foundational determinant of maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health. Healthy pregnancies, safe births, and thriving childhoods cannot be achieved where toxic air exposure is normalised. This is why access to clean cookstoves and modern household energy is central to protecting women and children, reducing preventable respiratory disease, and advancing prevention, equity, and long-term human development.

Silent killers persist where exposure is tolerated and action is delayed. With no safe level of air pollution, progress depends on coordinated leadership across government, healthcare, and development partners, anchored in evidence-based policy, clean household energy transitions, and effective tobacco control. These system-wide actions are essential to reducing preventable disease, strengthening health systems, and securing the wellbeing of future generations.

📸: @HuffPost, The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, & Healthy Indoor Air #UNGA80

#SilentKillers
#AirQuality
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As we move into the opening days of 2026, the World Health Organization’s reflection on the milestones of 2025 offers a steady and encouraging signal for global health. In a year shaped by funding constraints, geopolitical strain, and sustained pressure on scientific institutions, the @WHO demonstrated that cooperation grounded in evidence continues to deliver results for people and communities worldwide. Progress across disease elimination, expanded vaccination, emergency preparedness, and the adoption of the first Pandemic Agreement shows what is possible when multilateralism, science, and shared responsibility remain central to decision-making.

At my @WellbeingAfrica Foundation, these global milestones closely reflect our work across Nigeria, Africa and in fragile and humanitarian settings. From respectful maternity care and midwifery strengthening to community-based primary health care, immunisation, nutrition, water, sanitation, and hygiene, and health systems accountability, the evidence consistently points to strengthening women’s health, and upskilling and resourcing frontline health workers as the foundation of robust, high-functioning health systems. 

As 2026 begins, our focus remains on translating global commitments into delivery on the ground, protecting hard-won gains, and accelerating action for women, newborns, adolescents, and families. With science, solutions and solidarity, we can build a healthier, safer and more hopeful future for everyone.

#HealthyBeginnings
#HopefulFutures
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As we begin a new year and step into the first Monday and work week of January, I welcome the New Year babies already born into our world, and honour the midwives whose dedication and skill made their safe arrival possible.

Behind every safe birth is a midwife, delivering life-saving, respectful maternal and newborn care, often through nights, holidays, and moments when the world is at rest. Throughout the festive season, midwives have remained at the frontlines, safeguarding women and newborns at one of life’s most vulnerable moments. Their contribution is often unseen, yet indispensable, and it must be protected, prioritised, and sustained.

At the @WellbeingAfrica Foundation, we remain committed to advancing quality maternal healthcare by supporting midwives, nurses, doctors, and health workers, reinforcing health systems, and ensuring every woman can access safe and equitable care delivered by trained and valued professionals.

On this first #MaternalMonday of 2026, #WBFA honours midwives everywhere whose expertise saves lives and secures healthier futures for families and communities.

#MidwivesMatter 
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Eva Schloss understood, perhaps better than most, that human dignity is the birthright of every individual. She moved through the world as living memory, gentle in manner yet resolute in purpose. From the gravest chapters of history, she chose truth and education, carrying them with conviction and grace.

When we shared a stage at the Women: Inspiration and Enterprise WIE Symposium in London, held for International Women’s Day in 2012, her presence spoke volumes. There was a calm authority about her, guided by moral clarity. She reminded us that leadership is shaped by conscience, and that our shared humanity must always be upheld.

Eva did more than tell her story. She entrusted it to us, placing a responsibility on each generation to confront intolerance, to resist indifference, and to safeguard the dignity of others.

Though she has now departed this world, her legacy remains alive in the values she lived by and the responsibility she left with us all. May her memory continue to guide us toward justice, compassion, and peace. ...

On this Christmas Eve, as families gather and lights glow across homes and communities, there is a shared sense of calm and warmth.

This sacred evening carries a special grace as it heralds the birth of Christ, our Saviour, an expectancy that anchors the season in faith, promise, and love. It is a time of comfort and connection, marked by joy and a gentle optimism for the days ahead.

As we look toward Christmas Day, may this spirit remain with us, renewing our hearts and guiding our hopes.

Wishing you and your loved ones a peaceful and blessed Christmas Eve.

#ChristmasEve
#CelebratingHisBirth
#GratefulForHisGrace
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As Honorary Global Patron, I am pleased to formally welcome LifeLine International’s 2025 Annual Report, which highlights the scope, responsibility and purpose of a global effort dedicated to protecting life, dignity and mental wellbeing at moments of acute vulnerability.

LifeLine International’s member-based network, comprising 35 organisations across 27 countries, embodies a shared resolve to ensure that crisis support and suicide prevention are recognised as fundamental to health systems and societal resilience. Through locally led, culturally responsive practice, this work continues to shape global advocacy, inform policy engagement and expand access to compassionate, timely support.

The progress reflected over the past year showcases sustained focus on strengthening capacity, advancing evidence-informed approaches and addressing structural and legal barriers to help-seeking, including continued engagement in priority contexts such as Nigeria.

I was honoured to share goodwill remarks at the Annual General Meeting this week and to acknowledge the professionalism, dedication and collective leadership of LifeLine International’s members, volunteers, Board, leadership and Secretariat, whose work continues to uphold the principle that no person, in any part of the world, should face distress without access to quality care and human connection.

#LifeLineInternational
#WellbeingForAll
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Today, as you mark your 63rd birthday, we give thanks to Almighty Allah for a life defined by service, compassion, and purpose, and for the values you have consistently upheld over the years, humility, generosity, and care for others.

Your path has reflected a steadfast commitment to the common good, particularly in service of the most vulnerable. Marking this birthday through acts of charity reminds us that true leadership is measured not by years alone, but by impact, integrity, and service to humanity.

On this occasion, I join well wishers in offering heartfelt prayers.

اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لِعَبْدِكَ أَبُوبَكْرٍ بُكُولا سَرَاكِي
وَتَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا أَجْمَعِينَ

Allāhumma bārik li ʿabdika Abūbakar Bukolā Sarākī
wa taqabbal minnā ajmaʿīn

O Allah, bless Your servant His Excellency Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, and accept from us all.

May Allah grant you continued good health, wisdom, and strength to serve with sincerity and integrity. May every prayer and every act of charity be accepted as sadaqah, and may the lives touched stand as enduring testimony to service carried out for His sake.

Happy 63rd Birthday. May the years ahead be filled with peace, purpose, and divine grace. Ameen.

#HappyBirthday @BukolaSaraki
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