Concerned Nigerians want LASG to clear beggars from streets

Some Nigerians
have expressed
concern over the
increasing number
of beggars in Lagos
and would want the
state government
to move them away
from the streets.
Mr Edwin Lebeolisa,
a member of Africa
in Democracy and
Good Governance
(ADG), told the
News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) on
Saturday in Lagos
that a state like
Lagos could not
afford to be
branded a
‘’beggars’ state’’.
Miss Lara Akande,
a facilitator with the
Legal Defence and
Assistance Project
(LEDAP), an NGO,
said that the women
among the beggars,
carried their babies
along the roads.
She urged the state
government to
create a
rehabilitation centre
for the beggars,
where they would
be taken care of.
Akande said that
begging portrayed
that a country “is
poor and lacking in
human resource
management”.
She said that if the
roads and streets
were rid of
beggars, it would
save the image of
the country.
Mrs Funmi
Macauley, a Leader
of the Catholic
Women’s
Organisation, said
there was every
need to clear
beggars from the
roads.
She said that
visitors arriving in
Nigeria could have
a negative
impression of the
country on sighting
an assembly of
beggars on the
roads.
Macauley said the
picture “it paints is
one of poverty and
poor economy and
this must be
avoided”.
She suggested that
there should be a
stop to loitering of
beggars in Lagos
and urged the state
authorities to take
necessary steps to
ensure that this is
done. (NAN)
Source: www.vanguardngr.com