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Those who engage children and sick persons to beg for alms in Anambra have been warned to desist from the act or face the wrath of the law. Dr Victoria Chikwelu, Anambra Commissioner for Social Welfare, Children and Women Affairs, gave the warning on Friday in Awka, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria. The commissioner decried the activities of those who use vulnerable persons to beg for alms, adding that it will not be tolerated. Chikwelu said that anyone caught using children and sick persons under any guise to solicit for alms, will be apprehended and prosecuted. She lamented the indiscriminate use of children, the sick and other persons in need of medical attention for alms begging, which she noted compounds the medical and mental status of the victims. The commissioner, however, advised that any person that has a sick person should go to government hospitals for treatment at a reasonable cost. She also advised persons with disability to enroll in any of the government-owned homes for physically-challenged persons. The commissioner described the state government as child friendly and would stop at nothing to protect their rights. She appealed to the public to report persons who engage in using children for alms begging to the Ministry of Social Welfare, Children and Women Affairs in Awka, or the nearest police station for prompt action. Begging in suit
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Like bees, beggars have swarmed cities in Anambra State, including Awka, the capital. The streets are congested with these beggars said to be numbering over 10, 000. They comprise corporate beggars, child beggars; graduate beggars, civil servant beggars, business beggars, lepers, cripples and paupers who beg for living on the streets. They position themselves in public places where sympathisers will see them and give them money or food. Some of the major cities where they are found are Onitsha, Nnewi, Ekwulobia, Awka, Umunze, Nkpor and Ihiala, among others. All efforts by the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development have yet to yield results. They return as soon as they are taken to the rehabilitation camps. But the ministry is not resting on its oars. It has again, raided their lucrative points in its determination to end what it calls “a public nuisance.” The ministry says the beggars are dirty and do not know how to behave. It notes that their behaviour was not good for tourism, thereby causing a fall in government revenue. The clearing of the beggars, the ministry said, was intended to make them realise that begging lowers their dignity. A major reason for the action, it said, was to make them useful to themselves and the society by rehabilitating them. The presence of beggars in any society has social and economic implications as depicted in Aminata Sow Fall’s epic novel, Beggars’ Strike. Penultimate week, Rose Ali, a graduate of Linguistics and a civil servant with the Anambra State Ministry of Environment were among the 180 beggars taken off the streets. Rose, who is from Nimo in Njikoka Local Government Area of the state, was dramatic while being arrested. She is visually impaired. She insisted on seeing Governor Peter Obi before she could be stopped from her begging business. She said: “I will not go anywhere. You arrested me last year and dumped me at Nteje without giving me anything. Let Governor Peter Obi come himself so that we can talk. I am not a regular beggar but I beg when I run short of money. My sister died and I am begging to raise money for her burial.” Another beggar, Loveday Okonkwo from Imo State said he was begging in order to raise N50,000 needed for registering at the Disabled Craft Centre in Ikeja, Lagos, even as he admitted that begging is illegal. He appealed to Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha to come to his aid as he has no person to run to hence he sneaked out from Imo to beg in Anambra where he is not known. But other beggars including Habiba Adamu from Kaduna State begged for forgiveness and indicated interest to go back to their homes if spared of being taken to the Nteje Rehabilitation Camp. On her part, Mrs Nkechinyere Okeke who works for the Anambra State Waste Management Agency (ASWAMA), an arm of Anambra State Ministry of Environment uses her daughter Ginika Okeke for begging. She claimed she was begging to raise N80, 000 with which to treat her child. Over 150 parents who use their children for begging in major cities in the state were arrested and would be prosecuted by the Family Court. Over 50 children used by their parents for begging were also arrested while others escaped. The ministry pledged that the over 185 beggars and destitute taken off the major cities of the state would undergo rehabilitation and empowerment while those who are not from Anambra State would be repatriated in agreement with their state governments. Of late, a combined team of social workers and security agents led by the Ministry of Women Affairs arrested no fewer than 200 beggars in the state capital. That day, beggars who “were” blind, deaf and dumb saw, heard and spoke while running for their dear lives. At Abagana, a blind woman with her guide was arrested. But while members of the vigilance group were still making arrangements on how to take her home, the woman and her guide ran away to the chagrin of onlookers. At Amawbia, a 70-year-old man from Nise who allegedly built a good house and trained his children up to university level with proceeds from begging was arrested. He said he would continue the business of begging till death. At UNIZIK Junction and Eke Awka axes, beggars ran as far as their legs could carry them. Two well dressed young men in their mid-twenties with cell phones held a laminated picture of a called Chizoba from Nsukka who was said to be suffering from stomach cancer. They wondered why anybody should arrest them when they were doing a legitimate business registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). According to them, the least amount of money they make a day is N11, 000. http://thenationonlineng.net/anambra-battles-to-free-streets-of-beggars/ ANAMBRA INDUSTRIOUS HEAD OF BEGGARS
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kodath:The blog is for a BIAFRAN not Yoruba Truth hurts? |
Fineman87:Are you hailing yourself after defeat You have been defeated in industry Now your bringing baby factory |
We should not forget how this Igbo girl confessed about begging nature of biafrans
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Awolowo001:Igbo has been reducing to begging even paper carry an http://247ureports.com/2015/09/24/local-menders-beggars-take-over-maintenance-of-roads-in-imo/ http://www.odogwublog.com/2014/02/unbelievablegraduate-beggars-corporate.html?m=1 There are over 10,000 beggars in all the streets of Anambra state especially Onitsha, Nnewi, Ekwulobia, Awka , Umunze, Nkpor and Ihiala and despite the efforts of the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development in taking them off the streets to the rehabilitation camps, they still flood the streets. How won't your region be poor ?
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Nwakaumu:The only tribe Nigeria laughs at are those who lost s civil war shamelessly lol |
Awolowo001:BIAFRAN work Baby factory
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Nwakaumu:The same way you concluded Biafra defeated Nigeria Looool |
kodath:Osu peadophile lol |
These arewa youths need to go and climb dongorayo tree |
GuyfawkesAB: |
kodath:Looooool I'm happy you accept to be a drug dealer Are you also a ritualist caught in this pic in anambra And is this your mum in the baby factory dem born you South east is still the capital of skull mining and rituals http://allafrica.com/stories/201703300648.html
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mercyville:The same ojuku that commited sucide out of frustration |
kodath:Buhaa I'm Christain our Muslim counterparts are very liberal Islamist terrorist and Igbo drug smugglers are the problem of the world Go and take orders from Vatican or Yoruba churches fast !! |
kodath:Weak Christain Weak Jew Weak traditional worshippers Ajayi subjugated an entire race 100% into Christainity ![]() |
Nwakaumu:Go back to page 1-40 Lol |
Twistaray:Igbo Jews are terrorist |
Twistaray:Ibo Jews are very shameless people They are weak Isreal a Christain does not recognise them See the quack set of Jews
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johnserek:Chaaaaai |
kodath:Does the truth hurt you YIBAS are second class Christain 3rd class Jews 4th class Nigerian citizen |
IBO TROLLS HAD BETTER REPEATING |
kodath:KEEP QUIET WE USED CHRISTAINITY TO SUBJUGATE IBOS WHY DO YOU THIK KANU SAID ANY IBO THAT ATTEND YORUBA CHURCH IS A BASTARD WE USED AJAYI CROWTHER TO CONQUER YOUR ASS |
Ilovemystate:lool seplat is for foreginers not igbos Seplat Petroleum Development Company (Seplat) is a Nigerian oil company based in Lagos.[1] The company was formed in 2009 by a merger of Platform Petroleum and Shebah Exploration and Production, both small Nigerian based companies.[2] Maurel & Prom, a French oil exploration company, purchased a 45% share in the newly formed company. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seplat_Petroleum_Development_Company this is unlike AOS OIL WHICH IS 100% OWNED BY YORUBA ALSO PLS SEE JULI PLC FIRST AND BIGGEST PHARAMACETICAL COMPANY\\http://www.juliplc.com.ng/about_us-history_biz.php |
Igbo trolls now
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afonjaheadhunt:Biabat repeat more inosson may we laugh Lazy set of tribe hating on Yorubas |
Hopeful20100:Show us Igbo products and stop the wailing We have not seen anything You have listed what you have saw already |
Igbo trolls right now
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Igbos trolls repeating now
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Fineman87:We have not seen any BIAFRAN product Until we see Your nothing but drug peddlers |
Repeaters association of ipob Jews
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Defeated igbos resorting to trolling ![]() I'm loving this thread |
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Ojukus don die today.Upon say dem no get big companies.