Abia: How one woman ended Okuenyi mothers’ dangerous trek for childbirth

…Govt promises standard facility By Steve Oko
UMUAHIA — For pregnant women in Okuenyi community, Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State, the journey to motherhood was often a painful test of endurance, one that began long before labour pains set in.
With no functional health facility to attend to them, expectant mothers had to trek approximately three miles to neighbouring communities in search of antenatal care and safe delivery. For some, the journey was a desperate race against time, with the lives of both mother and child hanging in the balance.
But one woman who grew up in the community could no longer bear the sight of her people enduring such hardship. Moved by the pligh...