The Lagos State Government has
ordered beggars to leave the metropolis in their own interest.
Commissioner of Youth and Social
Development, Mrs Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf, said the government would take drastic
action against those who did not leave on their own.
The commissioner said there was an
ongoing campaign against the menace of street begging on radio stations to sensitize people on the need to stop it.
Mrs Akinbile-Yussuf urged residents
to stop giving alms to beggars in order to discourage them, saying: “We have
been campaigning against street begging on radio since January.
The campaign will run for three
months following which the state government will take more drastic actions
against perpetrators because there is anti-begging law in the state.
“What we are also saying is that
people should stop giving alms to beggars on the streets because many of them
are not beggars in the real sense of it. Many street beggars have been
discovered to engage in criminal activities and hard drugs.[dailypost]
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