Ambode orders all beggars out of Lagos

The state's Commissioner of Youth and Social Development, Mrs Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf, while making the disclosure, said:

“We have been campaigning against street begging on radio since January. The campaign will run for three months following which the state government will take more drastic actions against perpetrators because there is anti-begging law in the state.

What we are also saying is that people should stop giving alms to beggars on the streets because many of them are not beggars in the real sense of it. Many street beggars have been discovered to engage in criminal activities and hard drugs.”