The Anambra state government has been imputed with
the responsibility of increased baby factory in the state. The illegal baby
industry has over the years waxed strong due to serious dereliction on the part
of the government.
Tenderlove orphanage proprietress Mrs Helen Eze in
an interview with our correspondent disclosed that the government had a big role to
play in curbing the activities of illegal orphanage homes in the state. She
faulted the government for abandoning orphanage homes in the state and allowing
them operate without regulating their activities.
She said “I blame the government for the upsurge of
baby factories in the state because for every organization they should be a
regulatory body. So every affair of the homes ought to be controlled by them.
They are supposed to provide orphanage homes with guidelines with which they
should practice”.
“The government is doing nothing towards regulating
the operation of orphanage in the state, because if they are working their
staff ought to be on the filed to monitor every homes activity so that if they
deviate from what is expected of them, they could be checkmated.”
She recommended that for ‘baby selling’ in the state
to be squelched, the government as a matter of urgency start regulating the
activities of orphanage homes and as well send foot soldiers for onward
monitoring of the operations of the
homes
“The government needs to do a lot of work as long as
baby factory is concerned in other to check it they can attach a social worker
to every home enquiring about how the babies in the home are admitted, and as
well have the statistics of the number of babies in a particular home.”
“The government needs to have control over the
orphanage, I urge them to wake up and do what is expected of them. The ministry
of women affairs should act now else this mess will generate into something one
cannot control again.” She advised
On the issue of adoption she opined that families
intending to adopt a baby should exercise patience and as well be prayerful
during the process of adoption, condemning the fact that desperate intending
adopters, due to lack of patient of undergoing the rigorous process of adoption
because of pressure form family or society opt for quick illegal adoption
process.
Mrs. Helen confessed that though running an
orphanage was very challenging with issues ranging from feeding, clothing,
education etc to grapple with she however was grateful to God for sustaining
her though the are giving ministry for over 8 years .
She appreciated the numerous partners of Tenderlove
orphanage and also urged the government to equally look into the welfare of
orphanage homes in the state.
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