An aide to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, Hon.
Emmanuel Ikechukwu-Jonathan, JP has paid off the medical bills of a woman
delivered of quadruplets held back in Enugu State University Teaching Hospital,
Parklane Enugu for not being able to pay the hospital bills.
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The man of the house has been on the run ever since the wife
was delivered of the babies at the hospital prompting the wife and the babies,
Chizaramekpere, Chidiebube, Chimdalu, Chimeremeze to remain in the hospital
even after they were discharged on the 27th of May.
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They were unable to pay the medical bills after they were
discharged from hospital.
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However, on Tuesday, Jonathan and the wife, Pharmacist Mrs.
Nkechinyerem were at the hospital where they paid off the bills and 'set the
mother and the quadruplets free.'
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But it was a mild drama as the woman, Mrs. Ugwu Ebere
Precious, though full of joy, was reluctant to leave the hospital over worries
of how she would cope with the upkeep of the children.
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A journey to their residential house at Olympic Street, off
One-Day Road, Agbani Road, Enugu was indeed a tortuous one, as they lived at
the remotest part of the area. They are presently the only occupant of the
building as the other flats were empty.
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Mrs. Ugwu, who was full of tears, told our correspondent
that so much challenge still awaited her.
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"To tell you the truth, when I went for scan and was told
that there were four babies, I was so scared. I cried out my life that day, I
was like God why should I be the one to face this challenge.
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"Now, I'm happy and grateful to God, though it has not been
easy.
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"In everything, I thank God who has used Hon. Jonathan to
pay our medical bills. But like Oliver Twist, I am still appealing to Nigerians
and the government to come to our aid.
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"I graduated from the University since 2013 but I have no
job; it is the same thing with my husband. So, it is really going to be
difficult for us; you can see the place we are living; you saw how hard it was
for us to get here," she said in tears.
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Meanwhile, speaking to our correspondent, Hon. Jonathan said
he took the action in acknowledgement of God's love for mankind.
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"I saw a post on Facebook regarding a woman who was
delivered of quadruplets, and that they don't have money to pay the hospital
bill, making them to held back in the hospital since on the 27th of May. I was
moved and after discussing the issue with my wife, we had to go come today and
pay the hospital bill.
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"We believe that doing this is to appreciate God for his
love for humanity. It is that love that made Him give this woman four children
at a time," he said.
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On the way forward, Jonathan said, "on our own, we also
provided them with small means of upkeep, but it is not enough at all.
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"So, I am using this medium to call on Nigerians to take a
cue from what we have done. Now that we have brought the children home, we are
begging Nigerians to come to their aid. God cannot come down from heaven to do
this. There are people out there who have the capacity to address this
challenge.
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"On the part of the husband, I am telling him to come back;
he should come back; he is not supposed to run to anywhere because there are
people out there looking for this kind of blessing, but God has given him three
boys and one girl at once.
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"Having said this, I call on him to come back without
further delay and join hands with the wife to take care of these children."
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Jonathan added that having the privilege of working with
Governor Ugwuanyi, he had to take a cue
from his philanthropic gestures "because we cannot continue to wait for him to
address issues we know we can handle. Government must not always be called to
address issues like this. Before he came into government he was doing it. So,
we are learning from him. This is not the first time we are doing this kind of
thing."
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The mother of the quadruplets gave her contact thus: Phone
number- 08035454346. Account Details- UGWU EBERE PRECIOUS, 0018085166. STANBIC
BANK.
