Anambra on Wednesday witnessed the birth of no fewer than 200 babies across the state, the wife to the Governor, Mrs Margret Obi, said.
The governor’s wife made the disclosure while presenting gift items and undisclosed amount of cash to 15 of the babies in Awka.
The gifts presentation ceremonies were done across the three senatorial zones of the state.
Mrs Obi, represented by Dr Henrietta Agbata, the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, said no fewer than 200 women were delivered of babies on Jan. 1 in the state.
She then urged the mothers to exclusively breastfeed the babies for at least six months.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state’s first baby of the year was a female, named Chinemerem Ezinwanne.
She was delivered at the Primary Health Centre, Awka, at exactly 12 a.m. and weighed 3.2kg.
Her parents, Mr Oliver and Mrs Ebele Ezinwanne from Okpo Village, Ekwulobia, expressed happiness over the cash and gifts from the governor’s wife.
Other babies who received gifts from the governor’s wife include Chinualumogu Chukwu, a male baby delivered at the Holy Rosary Specialist Hospital and Maternity, Waterside, Onitsha at 1.58 a.m., weighed 3.5kg.
Another New Year baby, Favour Ezeani, a female, weighed 3.7kg and was delivered at 2.05 a.m. at Enugu-Ukwu General Hospital.
The parents of Chinualumogu, from Nibo in Awka South and Abagana in Njikoka Local Council areas respectively, thanked the governor’s wife for the gesture.
Some of the items donated to the babies included diapers, toiletries, beverage, cartons of milk, clothes, sanitary pads and blankets.