GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR BABY FACTORY IN ANAMBRA STATE-MRS EZE

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
National Link 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.
- Chigozie Philip