CRC/C/NGA/CO/3-4 49. The Committee recommends that the State party provide further information about the implementation of articles 5 and 18, paragraph 2, of the Convention in its next periodic report. It recommends that the State party takes all necessary measures to ensure the allocation of appropriate financial and other support programmes that assist parents, especially single-mother and teenage households, or legal guardians, in the exercise of their responsibilities. The State party is furthermore strongly encouraged to adopt a comprehensive family law to guide appropriate policies in this respect. Children deprived of a family environment 50. The Committee welcomes the adoption of the National Plan of Action on Orphans and Vulnerable Children (2006-2010) and the National Guidelines and Standards of Practice on Orphans and Vulnerable Children, based on a rights-based approach and guided by the principle of the best interests of the child. The Committee is nevertheless concerned about the adequacy of programmes and the capacity of institutions to effectively implement these frameworks in view of the alarmingly high number of orphans and otherwise vulnerable children. It expresses particular concern about the situation of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS, children in street situations, including the alamajiri, and the placement of orphans in remand homes where, in some instances, they live together with adults and children in conflict with the law. 51. The Committee urges, as a matter of priority, the State party to allocate adequate financial, human and other resources to ensure the effective implementation of the aforementioned policies and guidelines for the protection and well-being of children deprived of their family environment. In particular, the State party is urged: (a) To take all necessary measures to provide alternative child care options for children currently living in remand homes, with a view to abolishing the use of remand homes for the care of children without a family; (b) To provide alternative child care options, such as foster placement, kafala of Islamic law and adoption for children; (c) To establish institutions responsible for the monitoring and evaluation of child care institutions in all states to ensure that they operate in consistency with the rights and best interests of the child, taking into account the National Policy and Guidelines for the Establishment and Monitoring of Child Care Centres; (d) To adopt legislation regulating alternative care of children and accompanying regulatory framework outlining the rights of children under such care, in line with the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children contained in the General Assembly Resolution A/RES/64/142 of 20 December 2009. Adoption 52. The Committee regrets the lack of information provided by the State party on the practice and extent of domestic and inter-country adoption of children. The Committee remains concerned about information received, and as contained in the second periodic report of the State party (CRC/C/70/Add.24, para. 97), that the lack of uniform adoption laws in the State party has created a system of abuse. While noting that while the State party does not allow for inter-country adoption, the Committee is concerned that the practice remains unregulated and is on the increase. The Committee also expresses grave concern about reports of “baby farms” where children are sold to prospective adoptive persons who in turn sell them for profit. 12