Rivers said it wants to make its streets free of beggars and
lunatics.
The Rivers
Government is to remove beggars and destitute people from streets in the state
in a bid to rid the state of beggars, destitute people and lunatics, while some
have already been sent to their states of origin.
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.
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