Lecturer delivered of sextuplets in Anambra

• Published date: 12 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

ALecturer in the Department of Business Administration, Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) Awka Anambra State, Mrs. Uzodike Ngozi, was on Sunday delivered of sextuplets.

The babies - two boys and five girls - were delivered at the Obijackson Women and Children hospital, Okija, in Ihiala Local Government Area on Sunday.

However, the joy may be short-lived as the hospital is threatening to stop medication on the remaining six babies if the parents fail to pay the N19 million.

The mother has however not been paid any salary since she was engaged in 2020.

The husband, Celestine Uzodike, who spoke to the nation in tears, said the joy has turned into pains as they could only pay N1.6 million of the N19 million billed by the hospital.

He appealed to governments, corporate organisations and individuals to come to their aid as they had already lost one of the babies.

Uzodike hails from Omogho, in Orumba North Local Government Area, and is a junior aide...