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Mercy Tarfa and Richard Solomon Tarfa

Commons · Question 43456 · Tabled 2 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 8 Apr 2025

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Asked by 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

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Answered by Hamish Falconer, 8 Apr 2025

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...