Women Affairs ministry commences resettlement of rehabilitated street beggars
By John Ndu, Awka
Anambra State Ministry of Women and Children Affairs has commenced immediate resettlement of rehabilitated street beggars.
This geared towards evacuating beggars and miscreants from the street and was kicked off by the Commissioner in the Ministry, Lady Ndidi Mezue.
The resettlement was after a two week period of counseling and rehabilitation of the recently apprehended street beggars at Awka and Onitsha.
This set of resettlement programme saw a family comprising of a woman and her four children voluntarily returned to Akwa Ibom State after undergoing counseling at the Ministry of Women affairs.
Following the decision by the family to return to their home state of Akwa Ibom, the Commissioner personally handed the woman over to her husband who travelled all the way to reunite with his wife and children.
The short ceremony which saw the commissioner presenting an undisclosed amount of cash, food items, provisions, baby kits, and toiletries to the family was done in the presence of former Chairman of Akwa Ibom Indigenes living in Anambra State, Mr. Ekanem C and staff of the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs.
