"The Kaduna State Government has banned fostering and adoption of children due to abuses by orphanage homes in the state, the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Hafsat Baba, has said." The Kaduna government has uncovered trafficking and abuse in several orphanages in the Nigerian state and the Ministry has drafted a regulatory framework to provide more oversight for the operation of orphanages. Once this framework is ratified, the ban will be lifted, according to the article.
