The Coalition of Orphanages and Children’s Homes of Nigeria (COCHIN) has advocated health insurance for children living in orphanages.
Senator Eze Ajok, president of the coalition, called during a roadwalk in Abuja over the weekend, telling the hospital to give special rates to orphans registered with the hospital as a form of aid to orphans. said it can also be done.
Ajoku said it saddened the government’s failure to meet the needs of orphans living in orphanages and orphanages in different parts of Nigeria, citing the lack of government support at all levels for orphans in the country. condemned.
He frowned that orphans had become Nigeria’s forgotten children.
The federation’s president pointed out that the government has done nothing for the children in these orphanages, adding that children attending primary, middle and high school are fully fed by the orphanage owners. rice field.
Ajoku said there were more than 50 orphanages and orphanages under the coalition, and even the FCT lamented that none of the families received support from government agencies, saying that orphans were harassed by everything happening in the country. He added that it had been left out from
He said the road walk, part of activities marking the celebration of World Orphans Day this year, will raise awareness of the plight of orphans around the world, especially in Nigeria, and help orphans inform Nigerians, stakeholders and governments. I explained that it was intended to At every level, they need government support.
According to him, “In Nigeria, orphans have become Nigeria’s forgotten children because no one, except the orphanage owners, has an interest in children in orphanages. There is no interest and nothing is being done to these orphanage children.Children who go to elementary, middle and high school are completely wanted by the orphanage owners.
“But sure, these children are Nigerian children. They are not the children of the orphanage owners. walked out this morning and told Nigerians, stakeholders and governments at all levels that orphans need government assistance.
This is because there is currently no initiative or development plan by the government to include them. And the slogan of the SDG is “leave no one behind”.
