So Sad! Two Pregnant Women Die During Teachers Verification Exercise

Two pregnant teachers collapsed and died in Bauchi, on Tuesday, during the verification exercise by the team from the office of the Bauchi state Account General.

Reports gathered that the two women were among the over 6,000 teachers in the state that were asked to assemble at the state local government education secretariat for screening before salaries.



An eye witness, who spoke to newsmen narrated that the first woman, who was seven months pregnant, fainted when the crowd were pushing to be verified, a situation that triggered a congestion during the exercise

He said they all assembled at the local government education authority for the verification, “because we have not been paid for three months. People came from all the local government areas of the state, so there was a massive crowd that gathered at the venue.

“The verification exercise took us by surprise because we were in the classroom teaching when we were summoned for the screening. That was why there was a large turn-out of people.”

He added: “Some of the people who came early were lucky enough to be verified, but as the crowd kept increasing, people began to push each other. In the process, an unidentified pregnant woman fainted and went into a comma.”

“Another pregnant woman also collapsed and had a miscarriage instantly. The two pregnant women were rushed to the hospital for treatment. We later heard that they died.”

He, however, called on the government to look for a better means for the verification exercise.