FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike has said that the nation’s capital is turning into a beggar city.
Wike, who made this known in a statement on Tuesday, vowed to take beggars off the road from next week.
According to him, it is embarrassing that people will come in, the first thing they see are just beggars on the road
He said, “Abuja is turning into a beggar city. If you know you have a sister, you have a brother who is a beggar on the road, please from next week we will carry them. We will take them out.
“It is embarrassing that people will come in, the first thing they see are just beggars on the road. Sometimes too, they may not be beggars, they may be criminals pretending to be beggars. We will not allow that.
“So I’m giving you a public order from now to Sunday, from Monday we will pack them out. Let us know that we have a city that we can call a city, it’s very embarrassing. We are fighting insecurity and people will carry plates as if they are (beggars), they may be informants.’
