Kazeem Ugbodaga
The Lagos State Government has shutdown an illegal orphanage at Igando area of Lagos and rescued three teenage pregnant girls and two children.
The government has also issued a 14-day ultimatum to operators of unregistered orphanages and homes in the State to register their homes or risk forfeiture of their facilities.
The Enforcement Unit of the Ministry of Youth and Social Development, acting on an information received from the Lagos Police Command, Gender Unit, Ikeja and shutdown Holy Infant Orphanage for not being registered with the government.
The illegal orphanage is located at 3, Alhaji Jimoh Sodiq Street, Igando, Lagos.
According to the Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Agboola Dabiri, the existence of illegal orphanages and homes not duly registered with government made such facilities susceptible to…
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