Osinbajo Advocates Simplification of Adoption Process in Nigeria
Says many world leaders were adopted The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said the process of adoption in the country must be simplified to cater for many children in need of a happy home all over the country. The vice president revealed that many world leaders, including a former president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela and former presidents of the United States of America – Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton – were also adopted. Osinbajo noted that the sheer number of little children all over the country is disheartening. The vice president spoke yesterday in Lagos at the 2nd Annual Conference of the Heritage Adoption Support and Advocacy Group (HASAAG). He said having been to virtually every state in the country, he found that many abandoned children were everywhere. According to him, these children could have been given a better life but for the process of adoption which is very cumbersome. He urged more Nigerians to embrace the idea of adopting children, ...