The Cross River State government says it is committed to unmasking the cartel frustrating government efforts in rehabilitating children loitering the streets of Calabar including other parts of the state.
Edema Irom, the commissioner for women affairs who disclosed this in Calabar during a media parley said the present administration was committed to a comprehensive rehabilitation progrmme to guarantee a bright future for the kids.
“There is a cartel behind some of these children who derive benefit by keeping them on the streets. This is inhuman ” We will approach the issue headlong with our strategy to crack the cartel and take the children off the streets. It wil be an all inclusive strategy and we are going to be very deliberate in handling the issue”, she said.
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