Okonkwo Samuel
By Vincent O Ezechukwu.
The Anambra State’s ministry of Women and Children Affairs, today, July 29th, 2020, at Amaoka Junction, Nnewi, rescued a mentally challenged mother and her six year old son.
Following series of post by concerned citizens on social media, pleading for the government to intervene on behalf of the woman and her two children who roam aimlessly along Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi, the pair were successful rescued after a frantic search and several visits to Nnewi by the social welfare department of ministry of Women and Children Affairs.
In her reaction following the rescue, the Honorable Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs, Lady Ndidi Mezue, who personally interviewed the woman that claimed she is a native of Ichi Nnewi, Nnewi North LGA, ordered for immediate transfer of the pair to government owned facility where they will be cared for, until they are certified okay to be reunited with their family and integrated back into the society.
[Daily News Reporters]
