ABUJA (SUNDIATA POST)- Mrs Oghogho Musa, wife of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), has urged military and police personnel’s wives to engage in regular physical exercise to boost their mental and physical health.
Musa, who is also the President, Defence and Police Officers’ Wives Association (DEPOWA), made the call at the DEPOWA monthly aerobics and health walk on Saturday in Abuja.
She said that the association would add hiking and yoga to the monthly exercise to encourage the women to continue doing the exercise on their own at home.
According to her, a platform has been created for all the women to post videos of their ‘daily walk for life’ exercise to know whether they are keeping up with what they are doing.
“Also, the control of our food is very important because 80 per cent of our overall living is the food we take in, while exercise takes only 20 per cent, just to tone our body.
“And so, we are encouraging all of us to be ready to drop your videos and be ready to encourage your sister.
“Now, whatever exercise you are doing, whether aerobics, whether walk, anything, we will drop it and then we will keep track just to encourage every one of us,” she said.
Mrs Salamatu Gbajabiamila, wife of the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, who was the Guest of Honour, commended the DEPOWA President for the initiative to promote physical fitness among women.
She said that walking around the neighborhood was more beneficial, adding that it did not require having any exercise equipment.
Also, popular Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson-Okojie, who was part of the exercise, stressed the importance of physical exercise in preventing health problems.
She said it was also essential to eat right and walk out especially for pregnant women.
According to her, when a pregnant woman is healthy, the baby in her womb will be healthy, and her husband will be good.
“So, let’s do better. Eat right, walk out because when you are sane and you are in a good place, your family moves forward,” she said.
Dr Oluwayisi Adegboye of Defence Health Maintenance Limited, said that physical activity was the best medicine, gift and investment to cater for all types of mental diseases.
Adegboye said that physical exercise could help reduce the chance of developing hypertension, diabetes, obesity, arthritis and anything that has to do with mental problems.
“So we need to begin to halt, stop and then reverse through physical activity,” she added. (NAN)
