Sanwo-Olu, Fayemi, welcome New Year babies
Abiodun Nejo
Wives of the governors of Lagos and Ekiti states, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu and Bisi Fayemi, respectively, on Friday, welcomed and presented gifts to babies born on New Year’s Day in their states.
Sanwo-Olu welcomed the babies in four state-owned health facilities, namely Mushin General Hospital, Alimosho General Hospital, Orile Agege General Hospital and Ayinke House, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital.
According to a statement, baby Amao, a male who weighed 3kg and wad given birth to at exactly 12:01am by Mrs Tomilola Amao, was the first baby of the year at Mushin General Hospital.
Sixty-year-old Mariya Abdallah was diagnosed with end-stage kidney failure in 2018 and has been undergoing dialysis three times a week at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Teaching Hospital, Zaria.
Every week, the mother of three has to fork out almost N80,000 for treatment and for the last three years, she has been on a diet, she said.
“My older sister died from the same disease in 2014,” she said.
“I started experiencing symptoms of nausea, I lost my appetite and I lost a lot of weight.
“We went to a private hospital and I was given medication but I didn’t get better.