SO SHOCKING!! The Number Of Fathers Who Abandoned Their Children in 2023 Has Been Revealed

In the year 2023, Gombe State witnessed a total of 106 instances where fathers abandoned their children, as reported by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

The Public Relations Officer of the NHRC’s Gombe State office, Mr. Ali Alola-Alfinti, shared this information during an interview in Gombe on Friday.

Expressing concern, he highlighted the growing prevalence of child abandonment cases in the state, considering it a matter that warrants attention from the commission.

Alola-Alfinti said out of 280 complaints treated by the commission in 2023, 106 were about fathers abandoning children. He said it represented 37.9 percent of the total cases treated in the year.

He explained paternal abandonment as a situation whereby a father abandons his responsibilities to his
children, resulting in the child being abandoned.

He added that when a father fails to provide the necessary care for the children’s well-being, it usually results in the children being neglected. This, he said, could affect their development psychologically, physically and emotionally.

He said:-

“For fathers who abandon their children and wives without food, care and other basic needs, we received 106 cases in 2023. It is the highest out of other complaints received and is really a serious cause for worry.

“The major reason for such attitude is the economic factor, as many of the fathers blame the situation for their actions.”

The NHRC officer added:-

“It is violation of a child’s right for parents to abandon them. Children have rights to live and be cared for by those who brought them to the world.”

According to him, the consequence of child abandonment is that such a child is left at the mercy of anyone. And such a situation is better imagined than experienced.

He explained that children abandoned by fathers would harm society, hence the need for stakeholders to collaborate to tackle the menace.

He said NHRC had stepped up advocacy in that regard, in collaboration with critical grassroots stakeholders. This is to emphasise the need for parents to always take up their responsibilities.

The post SO SHOCKING!! The Number Of Fathers Who Abandoned Their Children in 2023 Has Been Revealed appeared first on Naijaloaded | Nigeria’s Most Visited Music & Entertainment Website.