Nigeria: Agony of a Mother in Adoption Palaver

Lagos — Nigeria's child-adoption regulations again became the issue of public discourse when Nigerian born, Canadian citizen, Pauleen Duru left Nigeria last Thursday with the memory of her six-month-old adopted baby's cries still ringing in her ears.

The Calgary registered nurse was forced to make what she said was a shattering decision to leave her adopted Nigerian child, namely Tiki Andrea, with her sister in Nigeria because she was unable to obtain a Canadian visa for the infant.

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