Lagos to partner northern state governments to check influx of beggars

The Lagos State said it's ready to patner Northern state governments to check influx of beggars - 

The state’s Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mrs Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf made this known - 

She said the menace of street begging and the influx of beggars into Lagos has become a recurring decimal 

The Lagos state government on Thursday said it would partner with the state governments in the northern part of the country in a bid to stem the influx of beggars into the state and address street begging. 

The state’s Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mrs Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf, said this at the annual ministerial briefing in commemoration of Gov.Akinwunmi Ambode’s second year in office.


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