About one year after it faced fierce public outrage over the forced expulsion of some Igbo indigenes from its territory, the Lagos State Government at the weekend said it had returned 458 destitute persons to other states of the federation through their relations, who are resident in the state. The state government also said the rescue of beggars from the streets of Lagos is a continuous exercise which is aimed at ridding the state of beggars, the destitute and mentally-challenged persons.
Special Adviser to the Governor, Youth and Social Development, Dr. Enitan Badru, disclosed this in Lagos during a ministerial press briefing to mark the third anniversary of Governor Babatunde Fashola’s second term in office. At the briefing, the special adviser said the state government “has handed over 458 persons to their relatives while 28 persons were handed over to the Child Protection Unit for further social investigation.
He further said 27 persons who were rescued from different locations in the state were transferred to the correctional centre, while 53 are currently undergoing rehabilitation and training at the Rehabilitation and Vocational Training Centre in Ikorodu, Lagos. A www.thisdaylive.com extract.
Those who want to see Fashola as a detribalised Nigerian should covet their heads in shame. This man is a racist.
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