A teenage girl has abandoned her newborn baby in a hospital in Anambra State.
The Nation gathered that the hospital owner took the baby to the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Ify Obinabo.
Media aide to Obinabo, Chidinma Ikeanyionwu, said her boss had since handed the baby over to the teenager’s grandmother.
Ikeanyionwu said: “Anambra State Women and Social Welfare Commissioner, Ify Obinabo, has handed over the baby abandoned by the teenage mother to her grandmother.
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“The commissioner did the handing over in her office in Awka and noted that the baby was brought to her by a doctor after the young mother abandoned the child in his hospital after delivery.
“Obinabo lamented the high rate of child abandonment among teenage girls and urged them to stop.
“She went ahead to charge parents to equally treat their female children with love anytime there’s such an incident instead of sending them out to fend for themselves.
“She united the newborn with her family and instructed strictly that the baby be under the care of the grandmother and not the teenage mother.
“She mandated them to always come to the ministry every two weeks to ensure that all conditions are met and strictly adhered to.”