Sen. Sani adopts abandoned 2- week-old baby.

Sen. Shehu Sani with adopted baby

Sen. Shehu Sani with the adopted baby

Jordan Shehu
By Cecilia Ijuo

Activist and former senator of Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, on Tuesday, visited the Restored Destiny Child Orphanage Foundation in Nasarawa State during which he adopted a two-week old baby at the facility.

The baby was reportedly found on a street in a community in Nasarawa State and taken a social welfare centre from where it was taken Restored Destiny Child Orphanage Foundation.

During his visit to the orphanage home on Tuesday, the former senator commended the owners of the facility for agreeing to take care of the baby.

He pledged to provide support for the upkeep of the baby who he named “Jordan Shehu.”.

The activist also lamented the increasing rate of abandonment of children who he said were mostly those born under from unwanted pregnancies, particularly from single girls.

According to him, the mothers of such abandoned children do so to avoid stigmatisation.

He said, while no immoral act should be condoned, girls who got pregnant outside wedlock should be supported and counselled.

“One of the factors is the stigma attached to such birth and I think it is high time our society began to address and discuss this issue.

“By addressing this issue, the idea of shaming people who give birth to this type of children will be checked.

“It is also important that our society starts to pay attention to orphanages, where these types of children are kept.

“Children without parents belong to the society and we must play our part in their upbringing,” he said.

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The lawmaker called on leaders to use their position to change the narrative.

He said, “our traditional and religious leaders should wade into this issue, first to prevent the type of pregnancy that leads to this kind of birth.

“However, when it happens, we should accept them as one of us.

“There is nobody that is born without a father or a mother.

“So, when we begin to discuss this issue, it will make it easier for children born under such circumstances to live with their parents,” he said.

The lawmaker thanked the orphanage for accepting to cater to the child.

Mrs Grace Chinedu, Founder, Restored Destiny Child Orphanage Foundation said she was elated by the visit.

She said she would continue to work to put smiles on the faces of children who were not privileged to be under their parents’ tutelage.

Chinedu said the orphanage, which houses over 26 children was founded seven years ago.

She thanked the former lawmaker and other Nigerians, who had assisted the orphanage over time.

The founder said “no help rendered to an abandoned child, or an orphan will go unrewarded.”

(NAN)

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