Labourer impregnates College student in Umunze , absconds as ABS MD comes to rescue
As part of its Social responsibilities, the Anambra Broadcasting Service, ABS, through one of its radio programmes “Sharing Life Issues” has given support to a helpless single mother with twins.
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Anambra Broadcasting Service, Dr. Uche Nworah made the presentation at the station’s corporate headquarters, in Awka.
The single mother, Esther Anaeche, aged twenty-two, from Ebonyi State but resident in Umunze, Orumba South Local Government Area was impregnated by a labourer who was also resident in the same area.
According to her the said labourer asked her to choose between feeding herself and the babies when she have them and aborting them, adding that she chose the later and had to drop out of school to take care of the babies.
Presenting cash gift and baby items to the single mother, Dr. Nworah who spoke through the anchor of the Programme, Mr. Okechukwu Ojiako explained that ABS having heard the story of the girl decided to assist her with some token as a way of lending a helping hand.
He pointed out that the girl’s determination to keep the pregnancy showed that she has the fear of God and respect for human life.
In an appreciation, Miss Anaeche appealed to well-meaning individuals to assist her as she has no source of income.
Contributing, Mrs. Azuka Okoli said that constant cry and starving of the kids have become a source of concern to the neighborhood thus the need for reaching out to the station to help in ensuring that the children are well fed to avoid malnutrition.
