Award winning Nollywood actress/producer Stephanie Linus Okereke, has been appointed as the Regional Maternal Health Ambassador for West and Central Africa by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

While giving her speech at the conference, the actress stated that she is tired of seeing teenage girls drop out of school because they got pregnant at the wrong age.

In her words, “I am tired of seeing teenage girls drop out of school because they got pregnant at the wrong age,” also adding that there is need for “Safe child birth for African mothers is one cause we all need to fight for!”