Senate Moves To Make Street Begging Illegal

The Senate on Tuesday moved to make street begging illegal describing it as a menace that is embarrassing to the country.

The lawmaker representing Bauchi-Central Senatorial District, Senator Isah Hamma Misau, while moving a motion titled, ‘Menace of Street Begging and the Need to Rehabilitate Beggars,’ expressed concerns over the proliferation of street begging and the nuisance it constitutes on the streets of city centres across the country.

The lawmaker while admitting that the situation was a global challenge said “the situation in Nigeria appears intractable and overwhelming, as beggars are now found everywhere, especially at motor parks, religious centres, road junctions, venue of ceremonies and other public places.”

Misau, further added that beggars in the past were persons with physical and mental challenges or grossly indigent.

“In recent times, there appear to be a new vogue of beggars in town, derisively known as corporate beggars, who take advantage of the sympathy of the society for the less privileged to remain jobless and at times perpetrate crimes in the name of street begging,” the senator noted.

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