Street begging has been an illegal act in Nigeria and which is embarrassing the status of the nation.
The Senate has therefore began a motion to enact a law that will make street begging illegal.
The lawmaker representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District, Senator Issah Hamma Misau, while a motion titled: Menace of Street Begging and the Need to Rehabilitate Beggars. Expressed concern over the spate of street begging and nuisance it consists on the streets of city centres across the country.
"Though street begging is a global urban problem, the situations in Nigeria appears intractible and overwhelming, as beggars are now found everywhere, especially at motor parks, religious Centres, road junctions, venue of ceremonies and other places" He saidAccording to misau, beggars were persons with physical and mental challenges or grossly indigent in the past.
"In recent times, there appear to be a new vogue of beggars in town, derisively known as corporate beggars, who take advantage of sympathy of the society for the less priviledged to remain jobless and at time perpetrate crimes in the name of street begging". The Senator noted.
SOURCE: Punch
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