By:Admin
Delta State government has arrested a 50-year-old woman and rescued 22 orphans after a raid on an illegal orphanage in Ashaka, Ndokwa East Local Government Area of the state.
The government said the erring orphanage Foster Paradise which was shut down after the raid, breached the Child Rights Bill.
Commissioner for Women Affairs, Community and Social Development, Mrs Flora Alatan, represented by an official, Mrs. Oghenekevwe Agas, stressed the imperatives of compliance with the rules and regulations guiding the process of setting up an orphanage.
She said the proprietress was unable to provide any detailed registration documents accounting for the number of children in their custody.
She said that the safety of the children was the priority of government, stressing that the ministry did not have the accurate data and information concerning the children.
The orphans were sent to accredited orphanages in Ughelli, and Ogwashi-Uku in Ughelli North and Aniocha South LGA’s respectively.
The suspect identified as Mrs Antonett said she relocated from Lagos and had begun the registration process but had not acquired the licence.
