Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 43456

Mercy Tarfa and Richard Solomon Tarfa

Tabled: 2 April 2025

Answered: 8 April 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his Nigerian counterpart on the decision by the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Social Development in Kano State, Nigeria, not to return chil

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer

The Government is aware of a Kano State court ruling instructing the Ministry of Women's Affairs and Social Development to return children removed from Du Merci orphanage to the custody of Professor Soloman Tarfa and Mrs Mercy Tarfa. We have previously ra...

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