NHIA Celebrates First Set Of Quadruplets Under CEmONC

"CEmONC is a life-saving emergency care for women and newborns for the vulnerable population in underserved areas like Gambaki village where Hauwa lives. The programme is intended to address the leading causes of maternal deaths in Nigeria and protect families from financial and social pain. For Hauwa, her family and all other beneficiaries of the programme, all treatments are covered free.” Dr. Ohiri, DG NHIA.

.... Reiterates NHIA’s commitment to advancing maternal and child healthcare through various interventions under the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, as reflected in the Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative being led by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate. 

The Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care (CEmONC) programme of the National Health Insurance Authority has announced the birth of a set of quadruplets at the Federal University of Health Sciences Teaching Hospital Azare, in Bauchi State.

Congratulating the management and staff of the FUHSTH for the successful delivery of the set of quadruplets who are beneficiaries of the programme, Director General of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr. Kelechi Ohiri urged families that have difficulty in paying for healthcare to continue to save maternal lives by accessing life-saving CEmONC intervention and other vulnerable group interventions of the Authority at the designated facilities in various parts of the country.  

The babies; two boys and two girls were delivered through a caesarean section on Thursday, 18th September, 2025 after the mother, Hauwa Usman, 35, was earlier diagnosed with a set of triplets and malpresentation of fetus but eventually delivered of quadruplets. 

The Bauchi State Coordinator Mustapha Mohammed, who represented Dr. Kelechi Ohiri, visited the facility and commended the husband for transporting his wife all the way from Gambaki village, 35 kilometers away from Azare, headquarters of Katagum LGA of Bauchi State to access the CEmONC programme. 

He noted that the prompt conveyance of the mother to a tertiary facility during her peripartum period saved her life, the babies and protected the family from the catastrophic effects of huge financial bills.  

“CEmONC is a life-saving emergency care for women and newborns for the vulnerable population in underserved areas like Gambaki village where Hauwa lives. Therefore, the programme is intended to address the leading causes of maternal deaths in Nigeria and protect families from financial and social pain. For Hauwa, her family and all other beneficiaries of the programme, all treatments are covered free,” he said.

He reiterated NHIA’s commitment to advancing maternal and child healthcare through various interventions under the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, as reflected in the Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative being led by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare,  Professor Muhammad Ali Pate. 

Speaking at the occasion, the Chief Medical Director of the facility, Dr. Dauda A. Katagum, represented by the Head of Clinical Services, Dr Sani Abdullahi Giade appreciated NHIA for the intervention he said has saved many lives in the facility and provided succor to the vulnerable. 

He noted that 422 pregnant women have benefitted from programme in the facility, noting that the quadruplet was the first to be delivered since the commencement of the programme in the facility and commended NHIA for the initiative. 

On his part, the Head of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. Achanpa Anemona Sunday said the patient came to the facility with diagnoses of triplets and malpresentation of fetus and was slated for an emergency caesarean section and she intraoperatively delivered quadruplets.

He appealed to the government and the community for social support to sustain the health of the mother and the babies.

Expressing his joy, Abubakar Adamu, father of the quadruplet and a peasant farmer, expressed his delight for the fruits of the womb and appealed for financial support to enable him cater for the family.

 

Pix 1: A nurse attending to one of the babies cuddled by the mother. 

Pix2: Three of babies having a quite sleep while the mother attending to one of them.

Pix3: The Head of Clinical Services, Dr Sani Abdullahi Giade and NHIA staff celebrating the quadruplets at the facility. 

Pix 4: NHIA staff and the Management of the Federal University of Health Sciences Teaching Hospital Azare during NHIA’s congratulatory visit to the facility.