{"id":171554,"date":"2025-07-28T23:15:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T22:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ogun-commissioner-treats-100-adoption-applications"},"modified":"2025-07-29T00:25:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T23:25:58","slug":"ogun-commissioner-treats-100-adoption-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ogun-commissioner-treats-100-adoption-applications","title":{"rendered":"Ogun Commissioner Treats 100 Adoption Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Ogun State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Adijat Adeleye, has disclosed that she handles an average of 100 child adoption applications every three months.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioner stated this during a press conference held at her office in Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, the state capital.<\/p>\n<p>Adeleye, while insisting that the state does not operate a baby factory, urged applicants to be patient, saying, \u201cwhen we have a child that fits into your description we would call on you and then start the legal procedures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She, however, noted that it is not possible for every applicant to receive a child immediately, as adoptable children are not always available within a given quarter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople will say we have applied two, three years ago and we\u2019ve not been given a child. In Ogun State we do not run and I repeat, we do not run a baby factory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAveragely in a quarter, I, as Commissioner for Women and Affairs and Social Development, treat an average of 100 applications per quarter. That means I treat an average of 100 applications within three months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow within those three months we might not even find an adoptable child. What I mean by that is, any child that has any form of deformity is not adoptable. We would not give you a child that would become a source of concern to you tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut there are quarters that we might be fortunate, we found maybe two, three, the maximum we\u2019ve found since I got to this seat is four and mind you, I\u2019ve signed an average of 100 applications, so it\u2019s not possible for everyone to get children,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioner further explained that the ministry prioritises childless couples, saying, \u201cWhen you apply we do our due diligence, if you have a child already who is all grown or out of the country, we are not going to give you another one. There are homes that do not have any, we want to share the joy as much as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reiterating that the state does not run a baby factory, she said, \u201cNow how do we get children that we put out on adoption? Children that are abandoned, maybe a vagrant woman delivered, there are some conceived by incest and the parent will say \u2018oh, we cannot stand the sight of this child,\u2019 so, they give the child to us. For such children, we look at parents who can give them a sense of belonging.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Ogun State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Adijat Adeleye, has disclosed that she handles an average of 100 child adoption applications every three months. The commissioner stated this during a press conference held at her office in Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, the state capital. 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