Lagos state govt goes tough on street beggars, read what it has ordered

– The Lagos state government has mandated beggars to leave the metropolis

– The state has embarked on campaigns against the menace of street begging

– The state commissioner of youth and social development advised residents to stop giving alms to beggars

Lagos govt orders beggars to vacate state

The Lagos state government has ordered beggars to leave the metropolis in their own interest adding that it would take drastic action against those found wanting.

Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf, the commissioner for youth and social development noted that there was an ongoing campaign against the menace of street begging on radio stations to sensitise people on the need to stop it.

She urged residents to stop giving alms to beggars in order to discourage them, saying: “We have been campaigning against street begging on radio since January.

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“The campaign will run for three months following which the state government will take more drastic actions against perpetrators because there is anti-begging law in the state.

“What we are also saying is that people should stop giving alms to beggars on the streets because many of them are not beggars in the real sense of it. Many street beggars have been discovered to engage in criminal activities and hard drugs.”

Meanwhile, a 300-level student of the University of Lagos, Akoka, simply identified as Jacobs has died after reportedly taking a poisonous substance.

The student who was studying Microbiology before his death, was said to have taken a portion of ‘Sniper’ insecticide on Saturday, March 21, and was rushed to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital almost immediately, but he died on Sunday afternoon.

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