{"id":7837,"date":"2013-08-06T10:44:43","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T10:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/rivers-sends-its-destitute-to-home-states-plans-another\/"},"modified":"2013-08-06T10:44:43","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T10:44:43","slug":"rivers-sends-its-destitute-to-home-states-plans-another","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/rivers-sends-its-destitute-to-home-states-plans-another\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivers sends its destitute to home states, plans another"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nigeria’s Rivers state government has sent to their home states, some of the 113 beggars and lunatics removed from the streets of Port-Harcourt, the capital city. And the state has warned it will soon embark on another removal exercise.<\/p>\n
The Chairman of the committee, Mr Mina Jamabo, said of the 113 beggars, destitute and lunatics removed from the streets,some had been taken to the state’s rehabilitation centres for treatment.<\/p>\n
Jamabo said that non-indigenes had since been repatriated to their various states, while the indigenes would be treated by the government until they were fit to re-unite with their families.<\/p>\n
Jambo did not give the figure of the destitute sent to their home states.<\/p>\n
Mrs Stella Toby, Permanent Secretary in the state’s Ministry of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation however unfurled government fresh plans to remove beggars and destitute from streets in the state.<\/p>\n
She made the announcement in an interview with newsmen in Port Harcourt on Monday. <\/p>\n