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Mentally challenged woman shares powder to announce her safe childbirth

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By Our correspondent

It was a moment of joy at Amansea as a mentally unstable woman popularly known as Mama Blessing shared powder to celebrate her safe birth to a bouncing baby girl.

The woman who went through labour around a shop at Garki Amansea was helped by some women around the vicinity to deliver her baby.

Sharing the baby powder to well-wishers as a custom amongst Igbo people, Mama Blessing was happy that her bundle of joy was safe and sound.

Following the directive of the Anambra State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Ify Obinabo, the Woman President General of Amansea, Mrs. Igwebuike Chinyere, brought the new born and her mother to Awka for proper medical attention and rehabilitation.

Speaking on the development , Obinabo thanked God for safe delivery and commended Amansea women for their support to the woman and her baby.

She noted that state government would rehabilitate Mama Blessing after which she would be reunited with her daughter.

As at the time of this report, the baby was in the care of the state ministry of women and social welfare while the mother waa receiving treatment at Nteje Rehabilitation centre.

By Ifeizu Joe

Ifeizu is a seasoned journalist and Managing Editor of TheRazor. He has wide knowledge of Anambra State and has reported the state objectively for over a decade.

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