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Bill To Prohibit Street Begging In Edo Passes Second Reading - Vanguard by Nobody: 6:51pm On Jun 05, 2017 |
A Bill for a law to prohibit street begging,
trading on walkways and hawking in Edo on
Monday passed second reading at the state’s
House of Assembly.
The bill was sponsored by 14 members of the
House.
Leading debate on the bill, the Deputy Speaker,
Mrs Elizabeth Ativie (Uhumwode-APC), said
that it was intended to curb the menace of
street begging in the state.
According to Ativie, the bill, if passed will help
to eradicate street begging and prevent
possible infiltration of insurgents in the state.
”The act of trading on walkways should be
discouraged, because they prevent passers-by
from using walkways thereby forcing them to
walk on the tarred roads,” she said.
She decried the increasing rate of street
begging in major streets in the state, recalling
that such had been banned in most states in
the northern part of the country.
The lawmaker appealed to members to support
the passage of the bill to curtail the ugly trend.
Mr Ojo Asein (Owan West-APC) and Monday
Ehighalua (Esan West-PDP) supported the bill
and called for specification of areas where
street trading would be banned in the state.
The lawmakers, however, advocated banning of
only children of school age from hawking,
adding that it was a means of livelihood for
some parents.
On his part, the Chief Whip, Mr Adjoto Kabiru,
called for caution on the bill, reminding the
lawmakers that there was an existing law on
street trading in the state.
According to him, I will advise that during the
clause-by-clause consideration of the bill, we
have to look at the bill critically to avoid
conflict with the existing law.
Earlier, the Speaker, Justin Okonoboh, had
urged members to support the bill to
complement the effort of the state government
in making the state conducive for residents.
After the debate, Ativie moved that the bill
should pass second reading. The motion was
seconded by the Majority Leader, Mr Foly
Ogedengbe.
The speaker, therefore, directed that the bill
should be given to the Committee on
Environment, with a mandate to report back
within two weeks.
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Re: Bill To Prohibit Street Begging In Edo Passes Second Reading - Vanguard by royallord1(m): 6:53pm On Jun 05, 2017 |
to think i was just today wishing something be done about this nuisance... this guys are a national embarrassment... they should be repatriated... to where they came from... |
Re: Bill To Prohibit Street Begging In Edo Passes Second Reading - Vanguard by mars123(m): 6:59pm On Jun 05, 2017 |
Eya eh those people sorry eh! No food for lazy man. |
Re: Bill To Prohibit Street Begging In Edo Passes Second Reading - Vanguard by UAE123(m): 7:02pm On Jun 05, 2017 |
I consider this bill as a welcome development because the rate at which beggars has increased in Edo state particularly mission road is quiet alarming & if something urgent is not done about it, we may wake up one day to discover extremists & terrorists has taking over the state |
Re: Bill To Prohibit Street Begging In Edo Passes Second Reading - Vanguard by mightyhaze: 7:16pm On Jun 05, 2017 |
Good one! |
Re: Bill To Prohibit Street Begging In Edo Passes Second Reading - Vanguard by ivolt: 7:37pm On Jun 05, 2017 |
Those illegal immigrants from Niger and Benin have a tough time ahead. |
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