The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the state government, through the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, began raiding and evacuating persons with mental health disorders in Abakaliki on 29 November.
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Mrs Nwankpuma decried the increasing number of destitute roaming the metropolis and expressed the ministry’s commitment to expediting action to curtail the menace and reduce the dangers it posed to society. “We are trying to assist and encourage families to do the needful and assist the government in making them get better.The commissioner promised the government’s continuous engagement with adult beggars and the destitute to ensure their children went back to school.
“Psychological factors like economic hardship are tormenting youths. Others are into drugs, suicidal episodes, communal violence and insecurity,” she said. Vigi Nweze, head of the Social Welfare Department of the Women Affairs and Social Development, expressed optimism that the exercise would eliminate the trend.
NAN recalls that the state government had a fortnight ago carried out sensitisation campaigns against street trading, begging using underage children and the need to care for people with mental health disorders.
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