Wife of the Rivers State Governor, Valerie Fubara, has extended the state government’s goodwill and support to babies born on January 1, 2025, and their mothers.
The governor’s wife visited the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) and the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital (RSUTH) as part of activities to celebrate the New Year.
The first lady who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation, Prof Justina Jumbo, during the New Year visit to the two teaching hospitals, said the gesture was to identify with the babies and their mothers, and show them love as the state and nation step into 2025.
Speaking in an interview shortly after visiting the New Year baby, Little Miss Jaja and other babies at the UPTH, Mrs. Fubara thanked God for the safe delivery of the baby, and assured that the administration of Governor Siminalayi Fubara will continue to support the vulnerable and less privileged in the society.
She also visited the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital (RSUTH) where she donated some items to the first New Year baby at the hospital, Miss Godswill Vanessa Accra-Jaja, and four others, including several other babies delivered recently.
Represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Women Affairs, Uchechukwu Uriri, the Rivers State first lady said she was passionate about rendering community service by identifying with babies born on Christmas and New Year days.
She said that “I am very privileged to welcome babies born on New Year day. I am is pleased to sustain this gesture of celebrating special babies born on special days like the New Year.”
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Earlier, the representative of the Chief Medical Director, UPTH, Prof. Datonye Alasia, had thanked the wife of the Rivers State governor for the gesture and pledged the commitment of the hospital to render quality healthcare services in the state.
Also speaking, the Chief Medical Director, RSUTH, Prof. Chizindu Alikor, expressed gratitude to the wife of the governor for the visit, stating that RSUTH has been equipped by the administration of Gov. Fubara to carry out effective tertiary healthcare services in the state.
He commended the Rivers State governor for the recent employment of 1, 000 healthcare workers in the hospital, which has boosted manpower and enhanced effective service delivery in the institution.
At the RSUTH, the team celebrated with 33 babies in the post -natal ward of the hospital with five of the babies born on New Year’s day.
During the event, the first lady distributed New Year gifts to the 33 babies, just as special gifts were given to the five babies born on January 1, 2025.
In their speeches, the mothers expressed profound joy and deepest appreciation to the first lady and the Rivers State Government for the show of love and care.
