Umuahia – The wife of Abia Governor, Mrs Nkechi Ikpeazu, has congratulated the mother of the first baby born at the Federal Medical Center (FMC), Umuahia, in the New Year and urged mothers to raise children with good morals.
The governor’s wife in Umuahia on Sunday also presented the baby with gift items and settled the hospital bill to mark the New Year.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the baby, a male, named Lucky Enyinnaya, was born at 2.39 a.m. to the family of Mr and Mrs Ikechukwu Igbo.
Enyinnaya weighed 3.1kg.
NAN also reports Ikpeazu also presented gift items to all the nursing mothers in the Post-Natal Ward of the hospital.
Responding, the mother of the baby, Mrs Benedicta Igbo, thanked the governor’s wife for her kind gesture, saying that the birth of her child had brought good luck to her family.
Dr Abali Chuku, the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, represented by Emmanuel Okereke, noted that the baby was the first child of his parents.
Chuku said that FMC had also presented the baby with gifts.
