As part of efforts to help and put smiles on the faces of vulnerable and motherless children across the country, the Federal Government has said it would identify and partner with orphanage homes to assist in taking care of the children and ensure the best environment for their survival.
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service(NCS) Adewale Adeniyi, who stated this on Monday, while inspecting the facilities at the Dorian Home, Akure, Ondo state capital, stressed the need to give love, succor, joy and hope to abandoned children with a view to give them the best of care.
Adeniyi assured that the formation will extend the distribution of relief materials such as rice, vegetable oil, soap and spaghetti, clothing and all other necessary items to the orphanage homes across the country to make life better for the vulnerable children.
According to him, the inspection was necessary so that the formation would be able to assist the home in taking care of children resident in the home, saying as part of responsibilities of NCS, materials and items for the upkeep of children in orphanage homes are supplied.
He commended the founder and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dorian Home, Dr. Lola Bayode, over the facilities put in place for the children saying this showed her passion for the welfare of the children
The Comptroller General said: “We are an agency of the government and our mandate is basically to work around and generate revenue for the country.
“We do not generate this revenue in a ghost city, we operate within society, communities and border areas within state commands.
“When we do this, we also feel that we have a responsibility to the community that helps us generate that kind of revenue.
“So, we want to remain a very committed and patriotic agency of government. This is why we find it necessary for us to seek out organisations like this(Dorian Home) that are responsible for taking care of the community that we serve and forge partnership with such organisations. In doing so, we also learn from the experiences we have had in the past.
“In the past, when we tried to extend hands of fellowship to places like this, we either had situations where some of those things might be diverted and end up in the wrong hands, or some of them might also end up in the markets and then be sold.
“So, this time in our review strategy, we want to identify these organisations. We want to be sure they have the proper structure to drive what they are doing. Then we also want to see passion and their commitment towards it.
“My assessment visit has shown that all those three elements are present in Dorian Home. In all such other organisations where we see those elements present, we would be extending our hands of assistance and partnership with them.
“We have seen that this place has capacity for almost a thousand kids, so they need to feed them, clothe them, provide them with medicines and things like that.
“So, in any of these areas, periodically, we would be looking at our stores and sending off those kinds of items that could assist them in achieving the objectives for which these kinds of homes are set up.”
Reacting, the founder of Dorian Home, Dr. Bayode, said the Home does not only give priority to shelter, feeding and clothing of the children alone, but said the home also takes care of the education of the children in order for them to achieve their dreams despite their challenges.
Bayode who was represented by the General Manager of Dorian Home, Mr. Niyi Ogunleye, said the focus of the Home is to provide decent living and education to the children
He said our mission statement is to”provide decent shelter and cater for the welfare of the vulnerable, including children, widows, elderly and youths and those ravaged by wars and communal clashes.
“Dr. Lola Bayode is really passionate about the children in this Home and committed to giving all necessary things needed by children to achieve their goals in life.
“Besides those who are resident here, there are some other children that Dorian Home takes care of in terms of feeding, clothing and education.
“It’s a good development that the Comptroller General of Nogeria Customs Service came here and inspected our facilities here. With what he saw here, he’s convinced that Dr. Lola Bayode is not paying lips service to taking care of the orphans in our society.”
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