Rivers sends 150 non-indigenes to home states
Rivers State government has sent 150 non-indigenes to their states of origin in the North, Ebonyi and Akwa Ibom as well as Niger Republic, as part of measures to curb the spread of Coronavirus pandemic.
Commissioner for Social Welfare, Mrs Inime Aguma, led other officials of the ministry to profile the vagrants before they were evacuated to their states and local government areas of origin.She added that the exercise was not targeted at any ethnic group but aimed at removing vagrants with potential to spread Coronavirus on the streets and in their communities.Mrs. Aguma said adequate arrangements were being made to ensure that the vagrants were transported to their locations in dignity.
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