How Nigerian government-owned orphanage mistreats children
revealed that a team, led by Safiya Umar, the Acting Secretary of SDS, on April 16 stormed Mountain of Mercy Deliverance and Refuge Ark in Jiwa community where the children were worshipping with their parents.It was gathered that the officials stormed the church following reports that Mrs Osho, the pastor of the church, had converted the building to an illegalThe pastor, however, denied the allegations.
“When the government came, I told them the children are members of the church but they turned deaf ears. They locked me up in the police station at GwaGwa and they took the children away,” Mrs Osho said. “The night we got there, we were told to sleep on the bare floor but I told them we cannot sleep on the floor, I had to go around looking for bed space for some of the younger ones to sleep on,” he said.“The next morning, all the children were asked to come out so they could take their bath. I noticed they used the same sponge they had been using for others before our arrival to bath all the children.
About nine of the children who the reporter came across had different kinds of infections on various parts of their body. The nanny also told the reporter, who was there in the guise of a donor, that the home lacks lots of things. He said some of the children sleep on the floor because of inadequate beds at the home. But he said the government was now supplying them mattresses.During the second visit, one of the orphans in the home, identified as Blessing, told the reporter that they were not being treated like children.
There are four buildings with many rooms. Some of the rooms had bunks with mattresses on them while some bunks were empty.The reporter also noticed that most parts of the window nets were bad. Some had pulled out completely while others were just hanging in the air.Staff are underpaidHe said the highest-paid person receives N15,000 monthly.
Mrs Hart, who is in charge of child welfare, said the chief of Jiwa community reported to the SDS that he suspected some movement of children he was not comfortable with. “No child in the Unity Children’s home, Gwako, sleeps on the floor. Government is very responsible and proactive. We have more than enough beds and mattresses, blankets and the children use them for their benefits.
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