PROBLEMS OF ORPHANAGES IN NIGERIA
Nigeria is among the top three countries in the world with the most orphans. Many of these children have no other option than to live in orphanages. However, are orphanage homes in Nigeria able to provide proper care for the kids? What issues do Nigerian orphanages face? Let’s talk about it. Situation with orphans in Nigeria It is difficult to say exactly how many orphans and orphanages there are in Nigeria. Despite the fact that this topic is very important, it has been severely neglected by researches. The latest statistics that we were able to find dated back to 2012. According to them, there were over 11.5 million orphans in Nigeria. It is safe to say that the situation has probably worsened since then. Situation with orphanages statistics is even direr, as the government itself does not know for sure how many orphanages operate within the country. It has been said that there are lots of unapproved or illegal orphanages in Lagos and other states. Just from the lack of r...