The Special Adviser on Youth, Sports and Social Development to the governor, Dr. Dolapo Badru, said this at a news conference in Alausa, Ikeja on the performance of the ministry in social care. He said the government was determined to take beggars and the destitute off the street and provide them vocations and shelters. - Punch
Two years in prison for giving alms? Common mehn, that's too harsh. They make it sound like people become beggars by choice...most of the people who beg are disabled...where in the world is this done? Even the bible says help those in need...so why imprison someone for that? How many beggars can the state government provide shelter for? There are hundreds of thousands of graduates who are sitting at home 'cos they can't find jobs, then what chance does a disabled person have? I tire for this kain thing!
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