Reports reaching us said Rivers State has seconded Lagos State in its new act to repatriates beggars to other destitute poor to their own states, owning to the fact that they are constituting a nuisance to the state.
Premium Times reports that Stella Toby, Permanent Secretary in the state’s Ministry of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation, made the announcement in an interview with newsmen in Port Harcourt on Monday.
She said the beggars, destitute people and mentally-ill people were constituting problems on some major streets and roads in the state.
Ms. Toby said the State Government had set up a special committee charged with the responsibility of restoring sanity on major areas of the state.
“Most of the beggars are from neighbouring states and I can assure you that they will be removed from the streets and repatriated back to their respective states,” she said.
The Chairman of the committee, Mina Jamabo, said that about 113 beggars, destitute and lunatics had already been removed from the streets.
He said that some of the affected persons had been taken to the state’s rehabilitation centres for treatment.
Ms. Jamabo said that non-indigenes had since been repatriated to their various states, while the indigenes would be treated by the government until they were fit to re-unite with their families.
Premium Times
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