The government of the state of Lagos in Nigeria has issued an ultimatum to unregistered children's homes in the state, calling on them to register with the authorities within 14 days "or risk forfeiture of their facilities," according to this article from Naija 247 News. The decision has been made in response to the recent discovery of an unregistered home from which three pregnant teenagers and two children were "rescued." "According to the Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Hon. Agboola Dabiri, the existence of illegal Orphanages and Homes not duly registered with government makes such facilities suceptible to unscrupulous practices capable of negatively affecting the image of the state government and the public at large."
