Fallout of free antenatal care: Anambra state government records 102,643 child deliveries in 18 months

The outcome of free antenatal care and delivery policy by the Anambra State Government to cushion the effect of hardship has resulted in deliveries of 102,643 babies in the state within 18 months.

Penpushing reports that the Commissioner for Health, Afam Obidike, made this known adding that in the same vein 343 Cesarean Sections (CS) were recorded within the said period of months.

The Commissioner said that the government is making significant investment in the healthcare sector to improve access for residents, boasting that Anambra state is now one of the states with the lowest maternal mortality, noting that pregnant women from other states also register in Anambra.

“Over 1000 health workers were recruited, new hospitals were constructed, existing ones were upgraded and equipped to ensure unhindered access to quality and affordable healthcare in the state’, he said.

“Each of the health officials, particularly consultants, doctors, and nurses receive half a million, almost quarter of a million and over N100,000 respectively, as a monthly salary’, the commissioner added

Penpushing further reports that he said the government also made investments in the education sector by recruiting 8,115 teachers, upgrading public schools, and empowering youth through the ‘One Youth, Two Skills’ acquisition programme.

“Governor Soludo’s administration has hired more than 9,000 workers, who will be part of the state’s budget until they retire and start receiving pensions. So, no government, since the state’s creation, has invested in human capital development as sustainably as this administration.”

Penpushing also reports that the Anambra State Governor Prof Charles Soludo it is recalled on September 5, 2025 launched free antenatal care and delivery for expectant mothers for the remaining period of his administration.

The Governor described the gesture as part of his government’s palliative measures to cushion the effect of hardship on the Anambra state residents and citizens, emphasizing that his administration was committed to ensuring unhindered access to healthcare, especially at the grassroots level.

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