Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state, on Wednesday, offset the hospital bill of an Osun woman identified as Mrs Ahmed, who was reported to have given birth through Caesarean Section, to a set of triplet and was unable to pay the hospital.
Affairs TV reports that Governor Adeleke sent his wife, Erelu Ngozi Adeleke, to pay the woman and her children a courtesy visit at a private hospital named Hallelujah Specialist Hospital, Osogbo.
While speaking at the hospital, wife of the governor, Erelu Adeleke, thanked the hospital management for taking delivery of the babies despite the parents inability to pay their bills. She encouraged the parents not to entertain any fear, adding that children are special gifts from God and they should be celebrated in joy and love.
“We are here today on the instruction of *His Excellency, Governor Ademola Adeleke*, to rejoice with this family that God has blessed with a set of triplet and also clear all the hospital bills.
“I want to encourage you parents not to entertain any fear. By the grace of God, these children will prosper because they are special gifts from God and also to Osun State.
“I also want thank you Doctors and Nurses for doing a good job despite the fact that they didn’t have the financial buoyancy to pay. You have shown to the whole world that we are good people in Osun”, she concluded.
Speaking to Affairs TV News after the visit of the wife of the Governor, Mr. Bayo Ahmed who is the father of the triplets, thanked the Governor for his kind gesture.
He said, “I want to appreciate *Governor Ademola Adeleke and his wife, Erelu Ngozi Adeleke* for coming to our aid. Life would not have been easy if the Governor had not come to our rescue and I pray that God will continue to help and uphold them”.
