After his wife, Rukayat Olamilekan, gave birth to quadruplets, 30-year-old butcher Dauda Olamilekan from Ogbomosho, Oyo state, begs for assistance from well-meaning Nigerians.
On Thursday, the couple gave birth to two boys and two girls at the Baaki Primary Healthcare Center in Ogbomoso. Financial issues, however, have cast a shadow over the happy event and put the new family’s well-being in jeopardy.
They already had two children before the unexpected arrival of the quadruplets, according to Olamilekan, who comes from a lowly family, who described his worrisome circumstance.
He voiced worry about the family’s capacity to care for the new members owing to their low resources, and because of their financial hardship, they even pondered the thought of having an abortion.
However, upon a scan conducted at Genesis Medical Diagnostics Centre, it was confirmed that the couple was expecting four babies, and the center dissuaded them from taking such a drastic step.
At present, the quadruplets are being cared for at the incubator in Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso. But the lack of financial resources is putting immense strain on the family’s ability to meet the medical and other essential needs of the newborns and Rukayat, who is also recovering from childbirth.
Olamilekan passionately appeals to the government and philanthropists to extend their support to his family in this challenging time.
In his words;
“My wife delivered quadruplets on Thursday. I live in one room in Ogbomoso. I am a butcher. I am 30 years old, and my wife is 27 years old. She is a trader.
“We don’t have money. I wanted her to abort the babies before, because we don’t have money. We did a scan at Genesis Medical Diagnostics Centre and they told us there were four babies. I said we don’t have money and she should abort it, but the centre told us not to abort it. They were the ones who helped us until she gave birth.
“We don’t have money. I want governments at all levels to support us, because it is beyond us. I don’t have anyone to support us. I want governments to support us. The babies are currently in the incubator at LAUTECH teaching hospital, Ogbomoso.”