ADOPTION OF CHILDREN IN NIGERIA: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS

Abstract

With operation of regulatory instruments in Nigeria, there are prospects for the challenges to child adoption.Thus, this study focused on a critical analysis of the challenges and prospects for child adoption in Nigeria. Theresearch methodology was doctrinal using content analysis. The sources of data collection were literatures fromphysical library and e-library. This article found that the Child’s Rights Act and other related legislation is notbereft of pitfalls and this impedes the progress of family law. It was recommended, among others, that thevarious agencies and NGOs should, in consultation with the Human Rights Commission and in collaborationwith the office of the First Lady of respective states, establish child protection institutions across the respectivestates to secure the future of the adopted children, while the legislators also should abridge the lacuna in thelegislation. This article is significant to all stakeholders in child adoption in Nigeria.