HEARTLESS MOTHERS ABANDON 4 BABIES IN IBADAN

Abandoned babies The Oyo State Principal Social Welfare Officer, Mr. Adebayo Salami, has decried the rate at which some callous mothers abandon babies on the streets. This is even as some women, cry daily, visiting both spiritual and herbal homes, in search of solution to their barenness, but to no avail.

Salami came down hard on such mothers when four rescued babies were handed over to him recently, by some good Samaritans.

The recovered babies included a day old, who was found at the entrance of a Motherless Babies Home in Yemetu area of Ibadan, and 12 days old baby boy, found near the University College Hospital(UCH), Ibadan. Others were, a day old baby abandoned at Idi-Ape and one month old baby found on the premises of the Oyo –West Local Government Area in Oyo metropolis.

He disclosed that some of the babies were found in the bush, but not after some parts of their bodies had been eaten up by ants. He advised women with unwanted pregnancies to seek advice from the social welfare department instead of delivering such babies, only to abandon them in the bush.

Salami also advised members of the public to always bring abandoned babies to their office after recovery. He commended those who rescued abandoned babies and brought them to the social welfare department, adding that the agency was not tired of taking care of b dumped babies.

The officer, however, advised parents to always educate their children, especially, the female ones, on the dangers of unwanted pregnancies. For instance, he stressed the need for parents to teach their children sex education, as according to him, it would help to check unwanted pregnancies.

Meanwhile, Salami has appealed to the police to always give the Social Welfare unit information regarding abandoned babies.