Speaking at a news conference in Lagos, Adesegun Oshinyinka,
the Lagos Permanent Secretary in the Office of Youths and Social Development,
said 34 of the babies were male, while 28 were female.
The babies had been taken to some registered orphanages where
they were being given adequate care, he said.
Oshinyinka said cases
of abandoned babies had become too many and appealed to mothers to always take
responsibility for their babies no matter the circumstances.
The state official
told reporters that the government received no fewer than 111 applications for
adoption of babies within the period.
According to him, 85
babies were released for adoption, while 76 adoptions were legalized through
family courts.
Out of those
legalized through family courts, 51 were adopted locally, 18 were international
adoptions and four were for relative international adoptions.
Ogunyinka said the
government was committed to the social welfare of all residents and would
continue to take steps to demonstrate that commitment.
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