COVID-19 Pandemic travel restriction: NIGERIAN Couple deliver quadruplets in Dubai, newborn babies stranded in Hospital …couple owing $120,000 and incurring daily charges of $5000 to keep the babies in separate incubators * Kids Father, Tijani Abdulkareem, 32-year restaurant city cook: We have been relying on the goodwill of the hospital and the generosity of the Nigerian community in Dubai The hospital has really helped us * I gave birth to my babies-two boys and two girls on July 1 My husband and I live in Dubai My husband began making plans to relocate me to Nigeria to give birth when we found out that I was having quadruplets in January -Suliyah, 29-year mother of the babies * Nigerian community, with contributions from some UAE residents and other nationals who read the news on local media, have been able to raise (AED) 30,000 (around $8000) to pay part of the family medical bills They have also secured rent for two months at a bigger apartment for the couple for when the babies are discharged from the clinic We are keen on ensuring the family gets ongoing support towards the welfare of the mother and the quadruplets even when they get back to Nigeria -Abdul-Hakeem Anifowoshe, a member of the diaspora community in Dubai * Nigeria s embassy in Dubai had contacted the family The mission is on top of the matter and is in constant touch with the family -Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairwoman of the Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission * BY ALPHA MOHAMMED AHMIDU/SPECIAL Correspondent, Britain
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