Delta Shuts Down Illegal Orphanage, Relocates 22 Orphans

<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Delta shuts down orphanage<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Delta State Government has shut down an illegal orphanage located in Ashaka&comma; Ndokwa East Local Government Area&comma; insisting the Child Rights Bill as domesticated by law must be adopted by orphanages across the state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Thee Commissioner for Women Affairs&comma; Community and Social Development&comma; Mrs Flora Alatan during the raid and closure of illegal orphanage called Foster Paradise&comma; Ashaka&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Commissioner who was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry&comma; Mrs&period; Oghenekevwe Agas&comma; emphasized that orphanages must comply with the rules and regulations guiding the process of their establishment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The women affairs commissioner pointed out how the Foster Paradise Orphanage did not meet up with the requirements for approval before acquiring over 22 children under its care&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Alatan&comma; speaking with the proprietress&comma; who was handed over to the police&comma; said the orphanage did not follow due process&comma; in accordance with the minstry&&num;8217&semi;s guidelines&comma; and was unable to provide any detailed registered documents accounting for the number of children in their custody&comma; thus its closure&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She said that the safety of the children was the priority of government&comma; stressing that the ministry did not have the accurate data and information concerning the children&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As the government of <strong>Delta<&sol;strong> shuts the home&comma; the male children&comma; 11 in number&comma; were from there&comma; taken to a government approved orphanage known as <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wsj&period;com&sol;">Orem Orphanage<&sol;a> in Ughelli&comma; while the female children also 11 in number&comma; were taken to Ojone Orphanage in Ogwashi-Uku&comma; Aniocha South Local government&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The proprietress of the Foster Paradise Orphanage&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wsj&period;com&sol;">Mrs Antonett<&sol;a> said she had relocated from Lagos and had begun the registration process but had not acquired the license&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;