Founder of the WellBeing Foundation (WBF) and wife of the governor of Kwara State, Mrs. Toyin Saraki, has received a merit award for her contribution to the reproductive health of women and the survival of children in Nigeria.

Presenting the award to Mrs. Sarakiat her office in Ilorin on Monday, Chief Executive Officer of the Inspirational Group, organizers of the Fourth Inspirational Youth Forum, Dr. Dapo Adesokan, said his group was encouraged by the effort Mrs. Saraki and a few other Nigerians have made in the past few years to draw the attention of Nigerians to the frightening level of maternal and infant mortality in the country and the fact that these mortality's are largely avoidable if simple things were done by government, society and members of the family of pregnant women.