Edo Govt. Organizes Pre-validation Meeting with Orphanage Operators
By Ehis Agugu The Edo State Ministry of Social Development and Gender Issues has held a meeting on alternative care guidelines for vulnerable persons’ pre-validation with orphanage operators in the State. According to the Ministry, the meeting is yet another deliberate effort of the Edo State Government to implement institutional reforms, but this time to strengthen the operations of orphanages and other alternative caregivers in the State. The pre-validation meeting was centered on the available alternative care guidelines for vulnerable children as well as a working document that forms and guides the implementation and monitoring of alternative care services in the State. While declaring the workshop open, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Social Development and Gender Issues, Mrs. Barbara Osobajo, noted that the essence of the pre-validation meeting is to make sure that every child in Edo State is protected. She emphasized that the guidelines for alternative child care...