Calls for overhaul of care system with 'no rules' following death of tragic Mercy Baguma
25.09.2022 - 13:03
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
The father of a child who was left alone in a Glasgow flat for days after his mother's tragic death has demanded a fresh probe to overhaul the care system.
Little Adriel Nnanna, then 18-months-old, is feared to have lay for up to four days at an address in Govan following the sudden death of his mum, Mercy Baguma, in August 2020. The 34-year-old asylum seeker, from Uganda, was found dead by police officers after the sounds of her crying baby were reported to the authorities.
The tot was discovered in his cot suffering from malnourishment. Now, Adriel's father, Eric Nnanna, has called for a Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) to be held in the hope of 'closing gaps in the care system' and preventing future tragedies.
It was hoped that a legal investigation would shed light on what happened, but, hopes were severed after there appeared to be no rules that explained what officials and care workers were meant to do in an event where they can’t contact or locate a parent.
Eric said: "The legal action was never about money - it was about making Home Office and Mears Group hold their hands up and admit they got things wrong. Have these two organisations even made any changes to how they do things since August 2020?
"They should be telling us if they have so people know they are safe. There’s still so many mysteries about what happened around the whole incident and as the Home Office and Maers Group won’t tell us openly I think an FAI is the best and maybe the only way to see, learn and improve things.
“Something needs to happen so things can improve as we can’t have a care system where there are no rules. Adriel is now doing well and becoming a big boy and I thank everyone for their help but we are trying to build a future at what is
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