The Anambra State
Government has issued a warning to neighbouring states, who reportedly dump
mentally challenged persons in the state.
Anambra State Commissioner
for Children and Women’s Affairs, Mrs Ndidi Mezue, who recounted how the state
had rehabilitated over 100 persons within a short while, aid because some
states had noticed that the State had a rehabilitation programme for mentally
challenged persons and other destitute people, they have decided to dump them
with reckless abandon.
According to Mrs Ndidi who
spoke with Punch’s correspondent, most of the rehabilitated people were from
other states.
“Most of the individuals
who were picked up from different locations in Anambra State were people from
neighbouring states, who were dropped off in Anambra State by unknown
individuals.
“The ministry will do all
it can to rid the streets of Anambra State of destitute and mentally-challenged
people. The manner in which such people are brought into Anambra State to carry
out illicit activities like begging and wandering is disgusting” she said.
“It is not easy to manage
such persons. One of the mentally challenged persons was tracked from the UNIZIK junction, Awka to
Amawbia before the team were able to apprehend him. From the information
gathered from the boy who is probably in his early twenties, it was revealed
that he is from Edo State.
“The subsequent raid that
was carried out under the Aroma flyover, Awka, netted an elderly mentally
challenged woman, who explained that she is from Lagos State, and was dropped
off in the state, by her uncle” she added.
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