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Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has said the state gives N500 to pregnant women who deliver at primary health care facilities in the state.

The governor spoke during Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday.

“Abia State has keyed into the basic health insurance for pregnant women. If you give birth in any of our centres, you get N500,” Mr Ikpeazu said.

“Delivery is free, they give you a delivery pack and N500, which is running for the vulnerable of the society.”

Asked what the N500 could do for the women, the governor said “free delivery, are you asking a poor woman, what will she do with N500? Some people don’t have it.” “At least it will pay their way back home.”

According to the Abia State Strategy Health Development Plan, there are 687 primary health care centres across the 17 Local Government Areas in the state. The governor said the state operates a free delivery policy and a N500 take-home package as an initiative of the basic health insurance for pregnant women.

Doctors’ strike
Resident doctors in Abia State have been on strike following the non-payment of their salaries for 22 months. Last month, the t Action Committee of the Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH) shut down operations at the hospital. The state-owned polytechnic is also on strike.

According to the governor, the Abia State polytechnic and Abia State University Teaching Hospital are “revenue yielding entities,” which are suffering managerial shortfalls.

He said the polytechnic had a capacity of 15,000 students, which should provide the institution with N3bn annually, a fund enough for the institution to manage itself. Mr Ikpeazu said that he would only pay subvention, which is only for research and infrastructure.

Source: https://www.timesng.com/news/more-news/497108-abia-govt-gives-n500-to-women-who-deliver-in-primary-healthcare-centres-ikpeazu.html

This OP is known for peddling fake news against Abia state

What tinubu and all SW governors combined cannot do..

Lwkmd no be d same mumu gov dat distributed kerosine to his peoples.

rayvelez:
Lwkmd no be d same mumu gov dat distributed kerosine to his peoples.

Better than Buhari that is distributing poverty and death

Fahdiga:
This OP is known for peddling fake news against Abia state

Straight from the mouth of Okezie Ikpeazu PhD.

https://www.ripplesnigeria.com/pregnant-women-in-abia-get-birth-pack-and-n500-after-childbirth-gov-ikpeazu/?amp

https://thewhistler.ng/we-give-n500-to-any-pregnant-woman-that-delivers-in-our-health-facilities-ikpeazu/amp/

https://www.timesng.com/news/more-news/497108-abia-govt-gives-n500-to-women-who-deliver-in-primary-healthcare-centres-ikpeazu.html

Trumann:


Straight from the mouth of Okezie Ikpeazu PhD.

https://www.ripplesnigeria.com/pregnant-women-in-abia-get-birth-pack-and-n500-after-childbirth-gov-ikpeazu/?amp

https://thewhistler.ng/we-give-n500-to-any-pregnant-woman-that-delivers-in-our-health-facilities-ikpeazu/amp/

https://www.timesng.com/news/more-news/497108-abia-govt-gives-n500-to-women-who-deliver-in-primary-healthcare-centres-ikpeazu.html

Fabrication is allowed. APC apologist

Bantu10:
What tinubu and all SW governors combined cannot do..

God forbid Any south west that do this nonsense

PDP shared can malt and 400 in anambra
PDP share 500 naira for women who deliver in abia

At least we can all agree with nbs ,and world bank statistics that says south east is the poverty capital of southern Nigeria.

Fahdiga:
Fabrication is allowed. APC apologist

Your beef is with Ikpeazu, not me.

princdebola201:
God forbid Any south west that do this nonsense

But God will agree they mine skulls of their citizens abi?

princdebola201:
PDP shared can malt and 400 in anambra
PDP share 500 naira for women who deliver in abia

At least we can all agree with nbs ,and world bank statistics that says south east is the poverty capital of southern Nigeria.

Oya take and go and cook. We know u re very hungry

So, they are giving Igbos 500 Naira when they give birth.
Walahi, Nyamiri don suffer.

Poverty alleviation

Governor u dey try well o

poverty in the land of the rising sun is increasing

SMH

Bantu10:


Oya take and go and cook. We know u re very hungry

is this not miles better than N500, 400 and can malt

princdebola201:
is this not miles better than N500, 400 and can of milk

How can expired vagetable oil and rice be better than than N500?

PointZerom:


How can expired vagetable oil and rice be better than than N500?

apparently you and parents were on the queue too for you to have detected it is expired

PointZerom:

How can expired vagetable oil and rice be better than than N500?

See them, paupers of Alaigbo.

Awolowo gave you 20 Pounds. Your Governors give you less than that and you are rejoicing, yet you ingrates insult Awolowo.

If I were Awolowo, you will collect Yoruba tribal marks on your cheeks and I will collect one of your testicles as collateral before I give you 20 pounds.

Abia state should be declared bankrupt and be added to Imo state. What's update on the substandard ikpeazu Bridge? Is it going to abandon engineering on DSTV channel 136?

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Fahdiga:
Fabrication is allowed. APC apologist

PDP apologists are one hell of a person

To buy wetin o?

Can you imagine, #500!


You won't see those hairy flat headed jews here o, they are all on Tinubu thread crying their eyes out.

Useless state with useless people. Poverty has finished them, no wonder they now steal pot of soup on fire.

Audio billionaires

This man just made it past the bend!

Abia government is duly representing her people, greedy!

I'm just trying to picture a Governor or Senator in the USA distributing $1 and calling it poverty alleviation or stimulus 9ja people are the most respectful and patient people in the world CONFIRM

Hotfreeze:


See them, paupers of Alaigbo.

Awolowo gave you 20 Pounds. Your Governors give you less than that and you are rejoicing, yet you ingrates insult Awolowo.

If I were Awolowo, you will collect Yoruba tribal marks on your cheeks and I will collect one of your testicles as collateral before I give you 20 pounds.

I came to attack skull miners then saw this comment. You are not normal

As Pa Awo didn’t give us afonja tribal marks, you can advice Tinubu to continue from where he stopped.

Abia State and her people don suffer.

Back to back failures as governors

But this is actually commendable, from what I read there pregnant women are delivered free of charge given a delivery pack and still given some money(forget the amount)

Other government hospital in other states I know pregnant women are charged nothing less than 40k for delivery in addition with other expenses like buying drugs.

Tribalism aside, and going by Nigerian standard this is commendable.