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531 beggars, destitute and mentally-challenged persons have been rescued from the streets, the Lagos State Government said.

The state government also rehabilitated 12 drug-dependent individuals rescued from the streets, to a position of functional ability.

According to a publication made available by the state government on the activities of the State Ministry of Youth and Social Development, the move isto eradicate any act of begging in the state.

The papers stated that the rescue was conduct between October, 2015 and January, this year.

It said; “A total of 54 children were reunited with their families within and outside the country. Also, 148 cases of Child Abuses were reported and investigated and are at different stages of prosecutions in various family courts.

source
http://www.reportnaija.com/2016/04/govt-rescues-531-beggars-from-lagos.html

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I dey come

Now they call it rescue, thought they usually roll them up and drop them at their various village bridges....

Am not partisan nor tribalistic.. i was always against what fashola did to the igbos, there was always a better way to go abt it.

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Esseite:
Now they call it rescue, thought they usually roll them up and drop them at their various village bridges....

Am not partisan nor tribalistic.. i was always against what fashola did to the igbos, there was always a better way to go abt it.

What did Fashola do to Igbos as a people, and what is the correlation to above topic?

That's a good one.

Esseite:
Now they call it rescue, thought they usually roll them up and drop them at their various village bridges....

Am not partisan nor tribalistic.. i was always against what fashola did to the igbos, there was always a better way to go abt it.

There is nothing different with what Fashola did with destitute and miscreant Nigerians from different states across different tribes.

Or did you not read that some of them have been reunited with their family both within and outside Nigeria?

The sequence starts with their arrest/rescue (more of a forceful arrest after a tiring street chase) from the streets, then they are rehabilitated in a government center and accommodated while their family information is obtained from the willing. Those without any family to take responsibility for their care in Lagos are reunited to their state of origin or residence.

Remember, under the bridge is not a residence or home, and without any legitimate economic activity doing, no state is willing to bear the responsibility of another state, hence their return to whence they came.

As it stands, there is no better way of ridding buoyant economy states of the myriad of destitutes that serve no purpose than nuisance. They must be sent back to their families wherever they are, or their state of origin should carry the burden.

Peter Obi of Anambra did the same relocation of destitutes to Akwa-Ibom and Ebonyi before Fashola. Fashola also did the same relocation to other SW states and the North before he did same to Anambra. Akwa Ibom did same to other states including Lagos.

However some people rejoice in being seen on the news as victims of ethnic affront, some also cannot make any headway in life in their region without coming to Lagos - hence the need to fight for their economic survival in that particular case. Also the political climate then with the upcoming Anambra election between Ngige of APC and APGA ensured Peter Obi nurtured the episode for full political advantage.

If it's Fashola, he will deport them under the cover of darkness and drop them off by the banks of river niger.

I hope they wouldn't end up in lagoon