Those who engage children and sick persons to beg for alms
in Anambra State has been warned to desist from the act or face the wrath of
the law.
Commissioner for Social Welfare, Children and Women Affairs,
Dr Victoria Chikwelu, gave the warning on Friday in Awka, in an interview.
The commissioner decried the activities of those who use
vulnerable persons to beg for alms, adding that it will not be tolerated.
Chikwelu said that anyone caught using children and sick
persons under any guise to solicit for alms, will be apprehended and
prosecuted.
She lamented the indiscriminate use of children, the sick
and other persons in need of medical attention for alms begging, which she
noted compounds the medical and mental status of the victims.
The commissioner, however, advised that any person that has
a sick person should go to government hospital for treatment at a reasonable
cost.
She also advised persons with disability to enroll in any of
the government-owned homes for physically challenged persons.
The commissioner described the state government as child
friendly and would stop at nothing to protect their rights.
Source:Sunnews online
