The Special Adviser to Governor Chukwuma Soludo on Youth Empowerment Programme, Dr Nelson Omenugha, has emphasized the importance of having a healthy lifestyle in building a viable and progressive society.

 

 

 

Dr Omenugha among other things said that healthy lifestyle helps to increase productivity which he said will metamorphose into having a healthy economy and a more productive society.

 

 

 

The Special Adviser who was reacting to the recent healthy living market outreach embarked upon by the wife of the Governor, Mrs. Nonye Soludo, noted that the initiative is timely as most people do not understand the need to embrace simple and cheap practices that will earn one a healthy life.

 

 

 

According to Dr Omenugha, the outreach will help to teach the women who are mostly in charge of what families eat at home to the best healthy living practices for the common man to live long and noted that if the mindset of the women is changed for good in terms of eating the right food and engaging in exercise, then the society will become healthier.

 

 

 

Dr Omenugha used the opportunity to call on the youth community in Anambra to embrace the healthy living practice as preached by Mrs. Soludo for their good and that of the state and stated that the manner at which young people die nowadays sis worrisome and called on the youths to always check what they eat, and drink as well as ensure that they engage in exercise daily to keep their body system active.