Beggars in Kaduna
yesterday took to the street to protest the anti-begging law which accented to
by the Governor last week, giving Governor Nasir El-Rufai seven days ultimatum
to withdraw the law.
The bill bans all forms of street begging and hawking.
The beggars comprising the blind, the deaf, and the
physically challenged, stormed the Kaduna state council of the Nigeria Union of
Journalists (NUJ) yesterday, asserting that they did not mind sacrificing their
lives in the fight against the law. They said nobody could stop them from
begging without providing alternative means of survival
Various inscriptions which includes, ‘El-Rufai, before
stopping street begging, pass state disability bill’, ‘Fulfil your campaign
promises before banning street begging’, and ‘Give us 10 percent job
opportunity as you promised before banning street begging’ was seen with the
protesters.
Speaking on the protest, the Chairman of Concerned Citizens
with Disabilities, Julius Shemang, said that the passage of the law
contradicted the agreed process reached between them and the government that
adequate provision and solutions would be proffered before the law would come
into effect.
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