A lecturer at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Mrs. Ngozi Uzodike delivered septuplets (seven babies), two boys and five girls on Sunday, 8 January, 2023.
Uzodike, who works in the Department of Business Administration, delivered the babies at Obijackson Women and Children Hospital, Okija, on Sunday.
Unfortunately, one of the babies (a girl) died.
The family of the lecturer is seeking funds to offset the N19 million bill they had incurred at the hospital.
Meanwhile, speaking to newsmen on Wednesday, the new mum lamented that she had not been paid salaries since she started working at the institution in December 2020.
According to the husband, Mr Celestine Uzodike an indigene of Omogho, Orumba North, LGA Anambra State, a junior aide to the Governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, he complained that his wife despite being properly engaged as a Lecturer has never earned a kobo as salary, regretting that even after she has been promoted from Assistant Lecturer to Lecturer II, they haven’t find it feat to pay her salaries.
He appealed to the Federal Government to pay the two years salary arrears owed to the new mother, and also come to their aid.
“The babies came out prematurely at 26 weeks and the hospital said they will need to be placed in the intensive care unit and each of them will cost ₦3 million. One of them has died, leaving six babies, that is why they billed us like that.”
Mrs Uzodike, who was very weak to speak after the delivery said, “All I want is for philanthropists both in Anambra State and Nigeria at large to come to our aide in order to offset the 19 million Naira hospital bill.”
