A member of the Benue Assembly, Mrs Ngohemba Agaigbe, has decried the increasing number of widows and orphans in Nigeria, due to incessant killings across the country.
Agaigbe told the News Agency of Nigeria NAN in Makurdi on Friday, that due to the untimely demise of their breadwinners, life had become very tough for the widows and orphans.
According to her, orphans needed care and education because most of them had nobody to take care of them.
She noted that many orphans were brilliant and intelligent, adding that if given quality education, they could be of immense benefit to the society.
Agaigbe further said that if given adequate care, they would shun societal vices, which most of them indulge in just to survive.
She, therefore, appealed to people in privileged positions to undertake the training of orphans in their communities as their primary responsibilities.
Agaigbe said, “It is my sincere and humble desire that I see them through to university education.
Source: Daily Post
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