A member of the Benue Assembly Mrs Ngohemba Agaigbe, has criticised the increasing number of widows and orphans in the society, due to the incessant killings across the country.

Agaigbe made this statement in Makurdi today, where she noted that, due to the untimely demise of their breadwinners, life had become very tough for the widows and orphans.

She, therefore, appealed to people in privileged positions to undertake the training of orphans in their communities as their primary responsibilities.

She said that the orphans needed care and education because most of them had nobody to take care of them.

Agaigbe noted that many orphans were brilliant and intelligent, adding that if given quality education, they could be of immense benefit to the society.

She further said that if given adequate care, they would shun societal vices, which most of them indulge in just to survive. She disclosed that she was training 36 orphans in her constituency at primary to post-primary schools because she considered them as her own biological children.