Coalition of Civil Society Group, CCSG, has blamed the Federal Government for the alleged “deportation’ of 14 destitute from Lagos to Anambra State, saying rather, “the central government is lacking in the provision of social care for the vulnerable.”

The group also described the action of Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State as an abdication of its responsibility to the citizens of the state.

Briefing at the International Press Centre, Ogba, Ikeja, on ‘Security Challenges and the Raging Controversy,’ the group said rather than condemn Lagos State Government, citizens of Igbo extraction should blame the Presidency for not providing the necessary support for the vulnerable persons in the country.

Speaking on behalf of the group, Mr. Abiodun Sowunmi lamented that the “central government hardly intervenes in the provision of mass housing and there is no record of any intervention in the provision of social care for the destitute in the country.

“Rather than care for them, the Federal Government embarked on a zero policy on the presence of destitute in the Federal Capital territory, FCT, Abuja and is currently demolishing villages belonging to the Gwari people (the indigenes of Abuja) and driving them out of the vicinity of the seat of power.

“Therefore, it is beyond belief that any governor of a state in Nigeria, specifically Governor Obi, with the knowledge of above-mentioned intolerance of the poor, will invite the Presidency to caution a state government that was implementing the law of its state.

“For instance the Lagos State Environmental law 2012, allows the state to clear beggars and destitute off the streets and then rehabilitate them. So what the state government did was absolutely right.”

Speaking against the action of the Anambra State Government, Mr. Nelson Ekujumi said “the government whose citizens have migrated en masse to other states as destitute are themselves indicted and Anambra State ought to take measures to rehabilitate them instead of accusing another state government of ‘deportation.’”


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"Therefore, it is beyond belief that any governor of a state in Nigeria, specifically Governor Obi, with the knowledge of above-mentioned intolerance of the poor, will invite the Presidency to caution a state government that was implementing the law of its state.

“For instance the Lagos State Environmental law 2012, allows the state to clear beggars and destitute off the streets and then rehabilitate them. So what the state government did was absolutely right.”
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These nitwits cannot apply their brains for once, since they have been blinded by prejudice and bigotry.

CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, 1999

41. RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT
(1) Every citizen of Nigeria is entitled to move freely throughout Nigeria
and to reside in any part thereof, and no citizen of Nigeria shall be expelled
from Nigeria or refused entry thereby or exit therefrom.

Against the backdrop of the foregoing, it may be necessary to remind these witless cretins of the following:

SUPREMACY OF THE CONSTITUTION
1. (1) This Constitution is supreme and its provisions shall have binding force
on the authorities and persons throughout the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

(2) The Federal Republic of Nigeria shall not be governed, nor shall any
persons or group of persons take control of the Government of Nigeria or any
part thereof, except in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.

(3) If any other law is inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution,
this Constitution shall prevail, and that other law shall, to the extent of the
inconsistency, be void.

Maybe there should be a Yoruba version of the constitution, to aid these people's comprehension.